Senior EPC Planning & Controls Engineer

INTECH; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 402,000 - 603,000; Full time

Job summary

INTECH Automation Intelligence is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and project controls for complex EPC projects across Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Utilities, and Manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will have 6–10 years of EPC planning experience, strong Primavera P6 and integrated scheduling skills, and a proven ability to manage baselines, progress updates, and performance dashboards.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of EPC project planning experience.
• Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and integrated scheduling.
• Experience with progress measurement and earned value.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated, resource-loaded, and cost-loaded project schedules using Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, aligned with milestones and execution plans.
• Coordinate schedules across engineering teams, consultants, procurement, fabrication subcontractors, construction, and commissioning.
• Review consultant and subcontractor schedules, validate progress updates, track engineering deliverables, and ensure alignment with baselines.
• Develop manpower plans and resource forecasts, identify constraints, and recommend adjustments to support project execution.
• Establish progress measurement systems and integrate schedule, cost, and man-hour data for earned value and performance analysis.
• Analyze critical paths, schedule variances, and project trends; forecast completion dates and identify risks/delays.
• Develop and monitor recovery plans, including resequencing and resource adjustments to protect milestones.
• Prepare weekly/monthly progress reports, S-curves, look-ahead schedules, and dashboards using Excel and Power BI.
• Assess schedule impacts of scope changes and disruptions, supporting delay analyses with Project Management and Commercial teams.
• Maintain project baselines, revisions, and reporting documents through SharePoint or collaboration platforms.

Skills

EPC project planning

Progress forecasting

Schedule analysis

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

Power BI

Job description

INTECH Automation Intelligence is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, and project controls for complex EPC projects across Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Utilities, and Manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will have 6–10 years of EPC planning experience, strong Primavera P6 and integrated scheduling skills, and a proven ability to manage baselines, progress updates, and performance dashboards.