Senior Planning Engineer

Khatib & Alami; Dubai; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Khatib & Alami is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to oversee infrastructure project programmes, monitor progress, and identify risks early. You will review baseline and revised schedules, analyze critical paths, and prepare client dashboards.

The role requires advanced Primavera P6 skills, strong reporting ability, and deep knowledge of FIDIC conditions of contract. Ideal candidates have 15–20 years of planning experience, including construction supervision of infrastructure projects, and

Qualifications

• Must have strong capability to track project progress and identify risks.
• Ability to analyze critical paths and quantify time impacts.

Responsibilities

• Review baseline, revised and recovery programmes using Primavera P6.
• Monitor site progress against the approved programme and analyse the critical path.
• Review progress reports, look-ahead programmes and resource plans.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, S-curves and dashboards for the Client.
• Assess time impact of variations and delay events, support extension of time reviews.
• Maintain progress records and site event logs.
• Participate in progress meetings and highlight programme risks and mitigations.

Skills

Progress monitoring

Delay analysis

Report writing

Education

B.Sc. in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

The Senior Planning Engineer is responsible for reviewing, monitoring and reporting on the Contractor's programme on infrastructure projects, ensuring that progress is tracked accurately and risks to completion are identified early.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review the Contractor's baseline, revised and recovery programmes using Primavera P6.


• Monitor progress on site against the approved programme and analyse the critical path.


• Review Contractor progress reports, look-ahead programmes and resource plans.


• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, S-curves and dashboards for the Client.


• Assess the time impact of variations and delay events, and support extension of time reviews.


• Maintain progress records and site event logs.


• Participate in progress meetings and highlight programme risks and mitigation measures.

• B.Sc. in Engineering.


• 15 to 20 years of experience in planning, including construction supervision of infrastructure projects.


• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.


• Strong experience in progress monitoring and delay analysis.


• Good knowledge of FIDIC conditions of contract.


• Strong analytical and report-writing skills.