Planning Engineer - Infrastructure Controls

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Dubai seeks a Planning Engineer - Infrastructure Controls to lead Primavera P6 schedules across roads, utilities, landscaping and structures for a major community development. You will assess contractor programs, forecast risks and support timely project completion.

The role emphasizes integrated master scheduling, delay analysis, extensions of time, and clear reporting with dashboards. Gulf-region experience and strong communication are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Extensive planning and project controls experience on major infrastructure developments.
• Strong exposure to utilities, roads, landscaping, structures and interconnected packages.
• Gulf-region project experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced practical capability with Primavera P6.
• Proven experience reviewing baseline schedules and contractor progress updates.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline schedules and provide recommendations per contract and planning practices.
• Assess resources for compatibility with scheduled completion requirements.
• Develop and maintain an integrated master schedule across packages.
• Map dependencies between roads, utilities, landscaping, structures and works.
• Evaluate contractor schedule updates and verify reporting accuracy.
• Analyze schedule performance for delays, slippage and risks.
• Recommend mitigation measures and corrective actions for delays.
• Perform what-if schedule analysis for time consequences of changes.
• Prepare periodic progress reports with forecasts and recommendations.
• Develop management presentations showing progress against milestones.

Skills

Primavera P6

Infrastructure planning

Project controls

Baseline schedule review

Integrated master scheduling

Critical path analysis

Schedule forecasting

Resource validation

Progress measurement systems

Progress schedule verification

Schedule variance analysis

What-if analysis

Time Impact Analysis

Window Analysis

Extension of Time assessment

Disruption analysis

Concurrent delay analysis

Claims assessment

Delay mitigation

Contractor schedule management

Milestone tracking

Schedule recovery planning

Roads planning

Utilities planning

Structural works scheduling

Landscape works scheduling

Community development projects

Progress reporting

Project trackers and logs

Contemporary records

Job description

Planning Engineer - Infrastructure Controls in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity responsible for planning, scheduling, progress analysis, delay assessment, and project controls across major community development infrastructure. Parsons Corporation is hiring an experienced planning professional to manage Primavera P6 schedules covering roads, utilities, landscaping, and structures while evaluating contractor programs, forecasting schedule risks, assessing Extension of Time claims, and supporting timely project completion.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function: Project-Program Management

Salary: 20000-30000

Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Planning Engineer will provide schedule intelligence and project control across interconnected infrastructure packages within a major community development. The position goes beyond routine progress tracking by testing contractor programs, identifying critical-path threats, modelling the time consequences of changes, and assessing delay claims against contractual and contemporary project records. Accurate schedule analysis will enable the Engineer and Client to make informed decisions before emerging delays affect key milestones or overall completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline schedules and provide recommendations regarding acceptance in accordance with contract conditions and established planning practices.
• Assess whether proposed labor, equipment, and other project resources are compatible with scheduled completion requirements.
• Develop and maintain an integrated master schedule covering multiple infrastructure and construction packages.
• Map dependencies between roads, utilities, landscaping, structures, and associated community development works.
• Evaluate contractor schedule updates and verify the accuracy of reported planning and progress information.
• Analyze schedule performance to identify emerging delay, slippage, critical activities, and milestone risks.
• Recommend mitigation measures and corrective actions where actual or forecast progress falls behind approved programs.
• Perform what-if schedule analysis to determine the potential time consequences of changes, variations, and anticipated events.
• Evaluate alternative sequencing or mitigation options before project instructions are finalized.
• Prepare periodic and monthly progress reports supported by schedule analysis, forecasts, and actionable recommendations.
• Develop management presentations showing actual progress against interim milestones, major milestones, and contractual completion dates.
• Carry out detailed assessments of Extension of Time, disruption, and other schedule-related claims.
• Apply recognized delay analysis techniques including Time Impact Analysis and Window Analysis.
• Examine concurrency and determine whether contractor-caused delays overlap with other delaying events.
• Prepare reasoned responses to contractor notices and detailed particulars using schedule evidence, construction logic, and relevant contractual provisions.
• Coordinate directly with contractors and the Employer to resolve planning, sequencing, and scheduling issues.
• Work with the Client to finalize contractor programs, periodic reports, schedule submissions, and claims assessments.
• Attend kick-off, technical, service coordination, and progress review meetings and provide planning input where required.
• Prepare clear minutes capturing schedule decisions, responsibilities, deadlines, and outstanding actions.
• Establish trackers and logs for critical design and construction issues that may influence project delivery.
• Agree progress measurement systems and key performance indicators with consultants and contractors.
• Monitor project performance using approved progress measurement methodologies.
• Maintain organized contemporary records supporting schedule analysis, contractual correspondence, and future claim assessments.
• Issue or support preparation of delay notices and slow-performance correspondence where contractor progress is attributable to culpable delay.
• Present schedule findings and project control recommendations clearly to management and multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Ideal Profile

• Extensive planning and project controls experience on major infrastructure developments.
• Strong exposure to utilities, roads, landscaping, structures, and interconnected community infrastructure packages.
• Gulf-region project experience is strongly preferred.
• Advanced practical capability with Primavera P6.
• Proven experience reviewing baseline schedules and contractor progress updates.
• Ability to develop and manage integrated master schedules involving multiple work packages.
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis, resource validation, schedule forecasting, and progress measurement.
• Experience conducting Time Impact Analysis and Window Analysis.
• Practical knowledge of Extension of Time and disruption claim assessment.
• Ability to analyze concurrent delay and establish schedule cause-and-effect relationships.
• Sound understanding of construction sequencing and multidisciplinary interface requirements.
• Familiarity with contractual provisions affecting schedule management, delay notices, and contractor performance.
• Experience preparing executive progress reports, dashboards, trackers, and management presentations.
• Strong record-management discipline for maintaining contemporary project evidence.
• Thorough knowledge of construction industry practices and applicable regulations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex planning conclusions to clients, contractors, engineers, and senior management.

Skills Set

• Primavera P6
• Infrastructure planning
• Project controls
• Baseline schedule review
• Integrated master scheduling
• Critical path analysis
• Schedule forecasting
• Resource validation
• Progress measurement systems
• Progress schedule verification
• Schedule variance analysis
• What-if analysis
• Time Impact Analysis
• Window Analysis
• Extension of Time assessment
• Disruption analysis
• Concurrent delay analysis
• Claims assessment
• Delay mitigation
• Contractor schedule management
• Milestone tracking
• Schedule recovery planning
• Roads planning
• Utilities planning
• Structural works scheduling
• Landscape works scheduling
• Community development projects
• Progress reporting
• Project trackers and logs
• Contemporary records

Why Join Us

Complex community developments require planners who can understand how multiple infrastructure packages interact rather than evaluating each schedule in isolation. This position provides substantial involvement in integrated planning, Primavera P6 controls, delay analysis, contractual claims, progress measurement, and schedule risk management. It offers experienced planning engineers the opportunity to influence project decisions using evidence-based analysis while developing deeper expertise across multidisciplinary infrastructure delivery in Dubai.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation supports complex infrastructure and urban development programs through integrated engineering, technology, program management, and construction supervision capabilities. Its Middle East teams work across transportation, roads, utilities, structures, and large community developments, bringing together technical design and project controls expertise to manage demanding projects from planning through final delivery.