Planning Engineer

Khatib & Alami; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Khatib & Alami in Dubai seeks a Planning Engineer to review and monitor contractor programmes, ensuring on-time delivery on residential towers. You will provide time-related information to the supervision team and client to support decisions.

The role requires 10–15 years' planning and project controls experience, strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project, and solid knowledge of delay analysis and FIDIC contracts. You will generate weekly progress reports and assist in EOT reviews.

Qualifications

• Review baseline, revised and recovery programmes for compliance.
• Monitor actual progress and identify delays and critical path issues.
• Review monthly progress reports, look-ahead programmes and resource histograms.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards and S-curves for the Client.
• Assess time impact of variations and delay events, and support EOT reviews.
• Maintain records of progress and delays for contractual assessments.
• Participate in progress meetings and highlight risks to programme completion.
• Coordinate with the cost and technical teams on progress-related information.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline, revised and recovery programmes for compliance.
• Monitor actual progress and critical path delays.
• Review monthly progress reports, look-ahead programmes and histograms.
• Prepare weekly/monthly progress reports and dashboards for client.
• Assess time impact of variations and delays; support EOT reviews.
• Maintain records of progress and delays for contractual assessments.
• Participate in progress meetings and highlight risks to completion.
• Coordinate with cost and technical teams on progress information.

Skills

Scheduling

Progress reporting

Delay analysis

Contract knowledge (FIDIC)

Primavera P6

MS Project

Education

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

The Planning Engineer is responsible for reviewing, monitoring and reporting on the Contractor's programme and progress on residential building projects, providing the supervision team and the Client with accurate time-related information to support decision-making.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review the Contractor's baseline programme, revised programmes and recovery programmes for compliance with contract requirements.
• Monitor actual progress on site against the approved programme and identify delays and critical path issues.
• Review and analyze Contractor monthly progress reports, look-ahead programmes and resource histograms.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards and S-curves for the Client.
• Assess the time impact of variations and delay events, and support the review of extension of time claims.
• Maintain records of progress, site events and delays to support contractual assessments.
• Participate in progress meetings and highlight risks to programme completion.
• Coordinate with the cost and technical teams on progress-related information.

• B.Sc. in Civil Engineering.
• 10 to 15 years of experience in planning and project controls, with significant experience in construction supervision.
• Experience on high-rise, mid-rise and low-rise residential buildings.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Good knowledge of delay analysis methods and construction contracts (FIDIC or equivalent).
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills.