Planning Engineer

Penspen; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen is seeking a highly experienced Planning Engineer with a design background in Oil & Gas, industrial electrical systems, and infrastructure projects in the UAE. You will oversee design, execution and compliance across multiple disciplines in line with UAE regulations, provide accurate progress reporting, identify schedule risks and coordinate recovery actions to support safe and timely delivery.

Responsibilities include preparing baseline schedules, WBS, milestones, and detailed activity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in any Engineering.
• 10+ years’ experience in Oil & Gas, industrial electrical systems, and instrumentation.
• Familiarity with UAE regulations and authority procedures is highly preferred.
• Design experience is mandatory.
• Excellent communication, reporting, and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare baseline schedules, work breakdown structures, milestones, and detailed activity plans.
• Develop resource and cost-loaded schedules using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Coordinate schedule inputs with engineering, procurement, subcontractors, and site teams.
• Monitor actual progress against the approved baseline and analyze schedule variances.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, and look-ahead schedules.
• Identify critical path activities, scheduling risks, and potential delays.
• Develop recovery plans and assess the schedule impact of changes.
• Track manpower, equipment, productivity, and procurement requirements.
• Maintain planning records and support delay analysis and extension-of-time submissions.
• Participate in progress meetings and follow up on agreed actions.

Skills

Scheduling

Project coordination

Progress reporting

Education

Bachelors degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

We are hiring a highly experienced Planning Engineer with a design background in Oil & Gas, industrial, fuel retail and distribution infrastructure, including service stations, storage facilities, and associated upgrades. Provide accurate progress reporting, identify schedule risks, and coordinate recovery actions to support safe and timely delivery. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing design, execution, and compliance across multiple disciplines in line with UAE regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare baseline schedules, work breakdown structures, milestones, and detailed activity plans.
• Develop resource and cost-loaded schedules using Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Coordinate schedule inputs with engineering, procurement, subcontractors, and site teams.
• Monitor actual progress against the approved baseline and analyze schedule variances.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, and look-ahead schedules.
• Identify critical path activities, scheduling risks, and potential delays.
• Develop recovery plans and assess the schedule impact of changes.
• Track manpower, equipment, productivity, and procurement requirements.
• Maintain planning records and support delay analysis and extension-of-time submissions.
• Participate in progress meetings and follow up on agreed actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in any Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Oil & Gas, industrial electrical systems, and instrumentation.
• Familiarity with UAE regulations and authority procedures is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication, reporting, and coordination skills.
• Design experience is mandatory.
• Previous UAE/GCC experience is an advantage.