Senior Planning Engineer - Power & Water EPC (Abu Dhabi)

KBR, Inc.

Abu Dhabi

On-site

AED 180,000 - 340,000

Full time

36 hours ago

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Job summary

KBR-Abu Dhabi is seeking a Planning Engineer to oversee project planning, scheduling and progress reporting on large power and water transmission projects in Abu Dhabi. This PMC role involves coordinating with supervision consultants and EPCs to meet objectives, timelines and budget constraints.

The candidate should have a related bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience, with hands-on Primavera P6, Power BI and Excel skills, plus strong analytical ability and clear communication to report

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in related field.
5+ years of experience in a planning/scheduling role.
Proven experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

Schedule Development & Maintenance.
Build and maintain Primavera P6 schedules (Baselines, Updates, Recovery/Acceleration plans, What-If scenarios).
Develop activity coding structures aligned to WBS/OBS, calendars, and resource/cost loading principles.
Perform logic checks, critical path analysis (CPA), and near-critical path monitoring.
Progress Measurement & Reporting.
Implement progress measurement systems (earned value, physical progress curves, progress S-curves).
Prepare weekly and monthly planning reports: lookahead schedules, progress narratives, variance analyses, milestone tracking.
Generate dashboards and visuals using Power BI (SPI/CPI trends, milestone heatmaps, risked dates).
Cost & Cash Flow Support (Basic).
Coordinate with cost engineers to cost-load schedules, align to CBS, and produce time-phased cash flows.
Compare planned vs. actual costs at a summary level to highlight variances.