Senior Planning Engineer

Hill International; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in project management seeks an experienced project controls engineer to oversee project schedules and contractor performance. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 12-15 years in similar roles, accompanied by relevant engineering qualifications and certifications. This role offers an opportunity to work on complex projects in a dynamic environment, ensuring that all milestones and reporting standards are met accurately.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 to 15 years of experience in planning works in similar projects.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP preferred.
• Must be fully conversant with Primavera and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

• Review and monitor contractors' construction progress against approved schedules.
• Regular site visits to ensure compliance with schedules and report deficiencies.
• Assist in preparing monthly progress and executive presentations.

Skills

Planning

Monitoring

Reporting

Communication

Education

BSc in Engineering or higher

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Job description

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Review/comment the Baseline Schedule and other schedules and report to the Controls Manager.
• Review and continuously monitor against approved schedules the Contractors major construction progress and ensure equipment and manpower are adequate or in case of any shortage report to Controls Manager.
• Review in detail the recovery schedules as submitted by the CONTRACTORS and ensure manpower and site supervision staff are increased properly.
• Regular visits to project sites to validate whether the progress of work on SITE is in compliance with approved schedules major milestones have been met and report deficiencies to Construction Manager.
• Review all daily weekly and monthly reports as submitted by CONTRACTOR and report to Controls Manager any deficiency or non-compliance.
• Review any claim involving time impact as submitted by the CONTRACTOR and report his assessment to Controls Manager.
• Review field design changes and Trend Notices and assess time impact if any.
• Advise the Construction Manager of any foreseen slippage of progress and corrective actions to be taken.
• Attend weekly progress meeting and monthly Executive meetings and participate in preparing the agenda.
• Assist Controls Managers during the preparation of Monthly Progress reports and Monthly Executive Presentations.
• Reviews the commissioning plans as submitted by the CONTRACTOR and ensures its compliance with the approved Baseline schedule.
• Participate with PMC staff in reviewing the Close-Out Reports as submitted by the CONTRACTOR.

Qualifications Experience Knowledge and Skills:

• Should be qualified Engineer BSc or higher.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP is prefereed.
• A qualified Engineer with a minimum of 12 to 15 years experience Planning works in similar Projects.
• Must be fully conversant with Primavera Microsoft Project PowerPoint etc.