Planning Engineer - Construction (UAE) | Primavera P6 & CPM

Planning Engineer; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Allied Contracting LLC in the UAE seeks an experienced Planning Engineer to join our team. You will create and manage project schedules, baseline programs, and recovery plans, and report variances against the baseline.

The ideal candidate has 4–5 years of UAE construction experience, a Civil Engineering degree, strong Primavera P6 skills, and is proficient in AutoCAD and MS Office 365. Immediate or short-notice joiners preferred.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of hands-on UAE construction experience.
• Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Strong Primavera P6 skills with CPM and resource allocation.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project schedules, baseline programmes and recovery plans.
• Monitor site progress against the approved baseline and report variances.
• Analyse the critical path to spot delays early and recover time.
• Assess delay events and prepare Extension of Time submissions with supporting records.
• Prepare resource-loaded schedules and manpower, material and equipment plans.
• Review subcontractor programmes and prepare look-aheads.
• Track engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning activities.
• Produce weekly and monthly progress reports, KPI dashboards and management presentations.
• Attend coordination meetings and give planning recommendations.

Skills

Experience in UAE construction

Strong communication

Team collaboration

CPM/CPM scheduling

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

AutoCAD

MS Office 365

PowerPoint

Job description

Allied Contracting LLC in the UAE seeks an experienced Planning Engineer to join our team. You will create and manage project schedules, baseline programs, and recovery plans, and report variances against the baseline.

The ideal candidate has 4–5 years of UAE construction experience, a Civil Engineering degree, strong Primavera P6 skills, and is proficient in AutoCAD and MS Office 365. Immediate or short-notice joiners preferred.