Planning Engineer

Prompt General Contracting; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contracting company in Abu Dhabi seeks a Planning Engineer responsible for developing and monitoring project schedules. This role involves project baseline preparation, risk identification, and progress reporting. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering and relevant planning experience.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years in planning and project management in engineering projects.
• Advanced experience with planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, monitor, and maintain project schedules.
• Conduct delay analyses and propose corrective actions.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports on project progress.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Negotiation

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Excel

Job description

The Planning Engineer is responsible for developing, monitoring, and maintaining project schedules to ensure successful project execution. This role involves preparing in-depth schedule analysis schedules and ensuring compliance with project requirements. The Planning Engineer monitors progress, identifies potential risks, and proposes corrective actions to mitigate delays.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Prepare the project baseline schedules and ensure compliance with contractual requirements and project scope.

Highlight potential risks and critical milestones during tendering phase.

Revise and finalize the baseline from all stakeholders and ensure its approved by client and project team.

Identify key activities, critical paths, and dependencies.

Prepare weekly and monthly lookahead plans and coordinate with project managers to align the lookahead with the overall schedule.

Site to obtain actual three weeks Look Ahead.

Prepare weekly and monthly reports on project progress.

Attend weekly project progress and commercial meetings.

Conduct delay analyses and provide mitigation strategies.

Prepare and implement recovery schedules to bring the project back on track.

Adjust timelines, resource allocations, and critical path activities as needed.

Monitor the project s critical path and its impact on timelines.

Monitor shop drawing delivery

Monitor Delivery of material

Conducting continuous site visits to monitor actual progress.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor s degree in civil engineering.

2-5 years in planning and project management in engineering projects.

Advanced experience with planning tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Excel formulas (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Formatting).

Advanced critical path analysis.

Strong understanding of project management principles.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Strong communication and collaborative skills with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.

Effective negotiation skills to secure favorable terms with subcontractors, clients, etc.

Strong report and proposal writing skills.

Good presentation skills on project progress and updates.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess project challenges and develop recovery plans and schedules.

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