Senior Planning Engineer - Infrastructure Programs Lead

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead planning, scheduling and project controls for RTA infrastructure projects in Dubai. The role focuses on Primavera P6 schedules, delay analysis, and programme management across highways, interchanges, bridges and utilities.

Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 10 years in planning and scheduling with major infrastructure exposure and strong coordination with contractors and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management from a recognized university.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in planning and scheduling, with major infrastructure exposure.
• Experience in highway construction, interchange development, bridge works, underpasses, utility infrastructure, and road improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline programmes and assess compliance with contract requirements and approved planning practices.
• Evaluate whether proposed manpower, equipment, materials, and other resources are sufficient to achieve planned completion dates.
• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules covering multiple infrastructure packages and their interdependencies.
• Identify potential programme risks, conflicts, interfaces, and constraints and record significant matters within the Project Risk Register.
• Review updated and progress schedules to verify reported planning information and actual project status.
• Identify slippage, critical path concerns, delayed activities, and milestone risks.
• Develop mitigation measures, corrective actions, and robust recovery plans where contractor progress falls behind schedule.
• Prepare monthly and periodic progress reports with programme analysis, forecasts, recommendations, and milestone status.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project planning

Construction scheduling

Baseline schedule review

Integrated master scheduling

Critical path analysis

Schedule forecasting

Progress monitoring

Project controls

Risk register management

Programme risk analysis

Delay analysis

Time Impact Analysis

Window Analysis

Extension of Time assessment

Disruption claims

Concurrent delay analysis

What-if analysis

Recovery planning

Progress Measurement Systems

Contractor programme review

Infrastructure scheduling

Highway projects

Interchange projects

Bridge projects

Underpass construction

Utility coordination

TMS coordination

Progress reporting

Milestone tracking

Contractor notices

Contractual programme analysis

Contemporary records

Management presentations

Planning team leadership

RTA projects

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Parsons is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead planning, scheduling and project controls for RTA infrastructure projects in Dubai. The role focuses on Primavera P6 schedules, delay analysis, and programme management across highways, interchanges, bridges and utilities.

Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 10 years in planning and scheduling with major infrastructure exposure and strong coordination with contractors and stakeholders.