Junior Planning Engineer

KONE; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE in Dubai is seeking a Junior Planning Engineer to design, develop and maintain project plans, and monitor progress against schedules. The role involves supporting tender activities from the sales phase through project execution and closeout.

You will proactively identify resource and time challenges, manage critical path, and assist with EOT claims and risk analyses while collaborating with project teams. Proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in project planning, scheduling and claims management.
• Experience with top construction firms or elevator industry preferred.
• Proven experience in Extension of Time (EOT) claim management and dispute resolution is a plus.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project; strong dashboards, progress tracking and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Supports sales by creating project schedules and related materials for estimates and proposals.
• Designs and maintains cost- and resource-loaded schedules for projects and highlights scheduling challenges.
• Interacts with customers to align master schedules with KONE scope and milestones.
• Identifies misalignment between Supply Line and Front Line; suggests corrective actions.
• Assists local Project Manager in developing and maintaining schedules, critical path analysis and EOT activities.
• Performs project performance analysis and forecasting based on Critical Path and Earned Value.
• Maintains records of schedule development throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensures bespoke customer reports and contractual planning obligations are fulfilled.
• Provides support on EOT claims and Cause and Effect scheduling; assists with risk analysis.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Risk assessment

Contractual awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Certified as a Top Employer in the UAE Qatar KSA and Oman KONE is committed to creating a better workplace demonstrated through our excellent people practices. We prioritize fostering a positive work culture that encourages collaboration diversity growth and well-being while maintaining the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

JuniorPlanning Engineer is responsible for designing developing and maintaining project plans plus monitoring and reporting project progress against plans. The role proactively highlights resource and time challenges in meeting project requirements. The role is involved from the tender phase (supporting the sales team) to project execution and closeout (supporting the project team).

Key Responsibilities:

• Supports sales function by creating project schedules and related support material for use in KONE estimates and proposals.

• Designs constructs and maintains costand resource-loaded schedules for projects in execution and pro-actively highlights resource and time challenges in meeting schedule requirements.

• Interacts directly with customers to clearly understand overall project requirements and milestones to integrate construction master schedules with those specific to KONE scope.

• Bridges potential misalignment between KONE Supply Line and Front Line by actively checking project schedules and identifying and suggesting corrective actions and scheduling opportunities.

• Assists local Project Manager in the development and maintenance of existing schedules performing critical path acceleration and gap analysis as required.

• Assists in project performance analysis and forecasting based on Critical Path and Earned Value.

• Maintains accurate records of schedule development throughout the lifetime of the Project.

• Ensures bespoke customer reports and contractual planning obligations are understood and fulfilled.

• Provides support to the Project Team and management about EOT claims and Cause and Effect scheduling.

• Assists in project risk analysis.

• Contributes to the development of planning processes and best practices and assists with their implementation and guides supports and trains project teams in their application.

• Proactive approach in assisting the project manager on Critical and Near Critical delays; Delay notices; Interim / Final particulars for EOT claim through effective collaboration with the relevant stakeholders

Are you the one

• Bachelors degree in engineering or a related field.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in project planning scheduling and claims management.

• Experience working with at least one of the top 10 to 15 construction companies or within the elevator industry.

• Proven experience in Extension of Time (EOT) claim management and contractual dispute resolution (preferred).

• Proficiency in Primavera P6 MS Project and other project management tools.

• Strong understanding of construction project dashboards progress tracking and reporting.

• One-year fixed term contract role.

At KONE we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is being a great place to work we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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