Planning Engineer (Infrastructures)

Parsons; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Abu Dhabi, UAE is seeking a Planning Engineer to lead planning, scheduling and progress control for major infrastructure and utility projects. You will develop master schedules, monitor interdependencies and support time-related claims and EOT.

The ideal candidate has a Civil Engineering degree, 10+ years of experience, strong Primavera scheduling skills, and proven ability to analyze progress and communicate results to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of planning/scheduling experience in infrastructure/utility projects.
• Strong Primavera scheduling capability.
• Experience supporting claims/EOT and delay analysis.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and support approval of contractor baseline and updated programmes in line with contract conditions and Parsons practices.
• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules (multi-package), monitor interdependencies, and validate resource/schedule feasibility.
• Analyze progress updates, identify delays / slippage and critical events, recommend mitigation / corrective actions and changes / variations.
• Prepare weekly / monthly progress reports, programme analysis, dashboards and presentations against key milestones.
• Support claims/EOT assessments using delay analysis methods (e.g., TIA, window analysis) and maintain contemporaneous records and trackers/logs.
• Coordinate with stakeholders through progress/coordination meetings; support responses to contractor notices and issue schedule performance notices where required.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Communication

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

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Job Description:

Planning Engineer

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Planning Engineer to join our team. In this role you will lead planning, scheduling and progress control activities for major infrastructure / utility works, including programme reporting and time-related claims/EOT support.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Review and support approval of contractor baseline and updated programmes in line with contract conditions and Parsons practices.
• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules (multi-package), monitor interdependencies, and validate resource/schedule feasibility.
• Analyze progress updates, identify delays / slippage and critical events, recommend mitigation / corrective actions and changes / variations.
• Prepare weekly / monthly progress reports, programme analysis, dashboards and presentations against key milestones.
• Support claims/EOT assessments using delay analysis methods (e.g., TIA, window analysis) and maintain contemporaneous records and trackers/logs.
• Coordinate with stakeholders through progress/coordination meetings; support responses to contractor notices and issue schedule performance notices where required.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent Engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in planning and scheduling relevant Infrastructure / Utility projects.
• Strong Primaverascheduling capability.
• Proven experience supporting claims/EOT and delay analysis.
• Excellent Communication and Reporting skills.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations.
• Consultant/CS/PMC experience preferred.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

We truly invest and care about our employee's wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—