Planning Engineer - Power And Water Transmission

KBR, Inc.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR-Abu Dhabi is seeking a Planning Engineer to manage project planning, scheduling, and progress reporting for Power and Water transmission schemes in Abu Dhabi.

The role involves building and maintaining Primavera P6 schedules, generating executive-ready visuals in Power BI, and coordinating with cost engineers to align schedules with cash flows and CBS. 5+ years of experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• 5+ years experience in planning/scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Primavera P6 schedules (baselines, updates, recovery plans).
• Prepare weekly/monthly planning reports with lookahead schedules and narratives.
• Generate dashboards using Power BI (SPI/CPI trends, milestones).
• Coordinate with cost engineers to align cash flows and CBS.
• Perform logic checks and critical path analyses.

Skills

Primavera P6

Power BI

Excel

SharePoint

EPC workflows

Construction sequencing

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Primavera P6 EPPM/Professional

Power BI

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

Job Description:

Title:

Planning Engineer - Power and Water transmission Scheme

Job Description

Job Title: Planning Engineer
Company: KBR-Abu Dhabi
Project: Power and Water transmission Scheme
Location: Abu Dhabi
Experience Required: 5+ years

Employment Type: Full-time, Contract

About Company

"Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR!"

The KBR team delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

KBR provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Job Purpose

The Planning Engineer will oversee the Project planning, scheduling, progress reporting process.

This is a PMC role, and there will be multiple Supervision Consultants and EPC`s appointed directly by the Client. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing planning and scheduling requirements on the large-scale power and water transmission projects in Abu Dhabi. This role involves strategic planning, resource management, and collaboration with various stakeholders to meet project objectives, timelines, and budget constraints.

• Schedule Development & Maintenance
• Build and maintain Primavera P6 schedules (Baselines, Updates, Recovery/Acceleration plans, What-If scenarios).
• Develop activity coding structures aligned to WBS/OBS, calendars, and resource/cost loading principles.
• Perform logic checks, critical path analysis (CPA), and near-critical path monitoring.
• Progress Measurement & Reporting
• Implement progress measurement systems (earned value, physical progress curves, progress S-curves).
• Prepare weekly and monthly planning reports: lookahead schedules, progress narratives, variance analyses, milestone tracking.
• Generate dashboards and visuals using Power BI (e.g., SPI/CPI trends, milestone heatmaps, risked dates).
• Cost & Cash Flow Support (Basic)
• Coordinate with cost engineers to cost-load schedules, align to CBS, and produce time-phased cash flows.
• Compare planned vs. actual costs at a summary level to highlight variances affecting schedule.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• 5+ years
• Proven experience in a similar role.

• Primavera P6 EPPM/Professional: calendars, resources, activity coding, baselining, TIA basics, layouts.
• Power BI: data import/transform, measures (DAX), visuals (KPIs, S-curves).
• Excel: pivots, charts, lookups, what-if analysis; SharePoint for data collaboration.
• Understanding of EPC workflows, construction sequencing.
• Familiarity with EOT principles and schedule impact documentation.

• Analytical with strong attention to detail and data quality.
• Clear and concise communicator, able to produce executive-ready visuals and narratives.Proactive, organized, and able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines.
• Collaborative mindset with consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders.