Senior Planning Engineer — Oil & Gas Project Controls

Penspen; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead planning, scheduling, and cost control across the project lifecycle. You will monitor progress, forecast variances, and drive corrective actions with engineering, procurement, construction and operations teams.

The role requires 15+ years in project controls within oil & gas, strong Primavera P6 skills, and experience with EPC/EPCM/DBO environments. Upstream exposure and advanced reporting capabilities are essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project controls experience in oil & gas/energy.
• Proven involvement in EPC/EPCM/DBO and construction execution environments.
• Experience with pipelines, processing facilities, brownfield tie-ins and infrastructure.
• Exposure to Upstream Oil & Gas projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (baseline, CPM, float, resource loading, optimization).
• Strong knowledge of PMS, WBS, CBS, progress measurement, EVM principles.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and control costs across project lifecycle.
• Forecast, monitor schedule/cost performance and identify variances.
• Provide timely recommendations to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and vendors.
• Develop dashboards and KPI reports for executive visibility.
• Challenge contractor schedules and forecasted completion dates.

Skills

Primavera P6

CPM scheduling

Earned Value Management

Power BI

MS Excel

Risk management

Look-ahead planning

Resource loading

Schedule optimization

Upstream oil & gas

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

PMP / PMI-SP / AACE/PSP/CCP (advantageous)

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

MS Excel

Job description

Penspen is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer in Abu Dhabi to lead planning, scheduling, and cost control across the project lifecycle. You will monitor progress, forecast variances, and drive corrective actions with engineering, procurement, construction and operations teams.

The role requires 15+ years in project controls within oil & gas, strong Primavera P6 skills, and experience with EPC/EPCM/DBO environments. Upstream exposure and advanced reporting capabilities are essential.