Junior Planning Engineer: Master Schedules & EOT Insights

Kone México; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE is seeking a Junior Planning Engineer in Dubai to design, develop, and maintain project plans across tender, execution, and closeout stages. You will monitor progress, highlight resource and schedule risks, and support the project team with critical path and EOT considerations.

Responsibilities include creating schedules, integrating KONE scope with master plans, performing risk analysis, and maintaining reporting dashboards for stakeholders. A fixed-term one-year contract applies.

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 or elevator-industry companies.
• Proven Exten­sion of Time (EOT) claim management experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project and other PM tools.
• Strong dashboards, progress tracking and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Supports sales by creating project schedules and related materials for estimates and proposals.
• Designs and maintains cost- and resource-loaded schedules for projects in execution.
• Interacts with customers to align schedules with KONE scope milestones.
• Checks alignment between KONE Supply Line and Front Line schedules and suggests actions.
• Assists local Project Manager with critical path, acceleration and gap analyses.
• Supports project performance analysis and forecasting using Critical Path and Earned Value.
• Maintains records of schedule development throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensures bespoke customer reports and contractual planning obligations are met.
• Provides support on EOT claims and Cause and Effect scheduling; assists risk analysis.

Skills

Primavera P6

MS Project

Scheduling

Dashboarding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

KONE is seeking a Junior Planning Engineer in Dubai to design, develop, and maintain project plans across tender, execution, and closeout stages. You will monitor progress, highlight resource and schedule risks, and support the project team with critical path and EOT considerations.

Responsibilities include creating schedules, integrating KONE scope with master plans, performing risk analysis, and maintaining reporting dashboards for stakeholders. A fixed-term one-year contract applies.