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Seeking an experienced Planning Engineer / Senior Planning Engineer with a strong background in project planning, scheduling, and project controls for large-scale construction developments, including mixed-use, residential, commercial, villa, and townhouse projects.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and managing project schedules, monitoring progress, conducting delay and risk analyses, preparing reports, and providing planning support to ensure the successful delivery of projects. The role requires close collaboration with clients, contractors, consultants, and other project stakeholders to drive project performance and achieve key milestones.
Your role
- Review and assess contractors' baseline schedules for compliance with contract requirements, project milestones, and construction sequencing.
- Monitor project progress and performance against approved baseline programmes and recommend corrective actions as required.
- Prepare and review short-term and long-term look-ahead schedules to support project execution and resource planning.
- Analyze schedule risks, critical paths, constraints, and potential impacts on project delivery.
- Conduct delay analysis and provide support for Extension of Time (EOT) assessments and claims evaluation.
- Review and validate contractor progress reports, recovery plans, and revised schedules.
- Develop project dashboards, KPI reports, earned value metrics, and schedule performance analyses.
- Coordinate with resident engineers, construction managers, contractors, and client representatives to collect and validate progress data.
- Monitor engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning activities to ensure alignment with project schedules.
- Identify schedule deviations and proactively recommend mitigation and acceleration strategies.
- Support project controls, risk management, forecasting, and change management processes.
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports with clear executive summaries and schedule analysis.
- Participate in project review meetings, progress meetings, and stakeholder workshops.
- Ensure planning and reporting activities comply with contractual requirements, consultant procedures, and industry best practices.
- Review schedule impacts associated with design changes, variations, procurement issues, and site constraints.
- Assist in project closeout planning, testing and commissioning schedules, and handover milestones.
About you
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent. Primavera P6 capability/certification preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Planning and Controls.
- Expertise in baseline programme review, progress monitoring, look-ahead schedules, delay analysis, EOT support, progress dashboards and reporting.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Medical insurance.
- Annual leave balance.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Transportation & housing allowances.
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
