Senior Planning Engineer, Project Controls – Dubai

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,880 - 312,480; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Dubai invites a Senior Planning Engineer - Project Controls to lead schedule governance across a major community development. You will review contractor programmes, validate resources, monitor milestones, and advise on delays, changes, and recovery plans.

The role requires advanced Primavera P6 skills and 10+ years in civil infrastructure, plus strong coordination with multidisciplinary teams and clear executive reporting on progress and risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in planning, scheduling, and project controls.
• Strong experience supporting infrastructure and community development projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 proficiency.
• Experience in Gulf region is preferred.
• Strong ability to develop integrated Master Schedules for multiple interdependent packages.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline programmes and recommend acceptance, revision, or rejection per contract.
• Validate planned labor, equipment, materials, and resources against scope and dates.
• Develop and maintain an integrated Master Schedule for multiple packages.
• Map dependencies across roads, utilities, structures, and related activities.
• Assess updated schedules for accuracy, logic, sequencing, and progress.
• Identify critical activities and risks, and propose recovery plans.
• Prepare delay notices, review claims, and maintain contemporaneous records.
• Provide schedule analyses in weekly, monthly, and executive reports.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project planning

Project scheduling

Project controls

Baseline programme review

Master Schedule development

Critical path analysis

Schedule progress updating

Resource validation

Progress Measurement System

Schedule forecasting

Delay analysis

Time Impact Analysis

Window Analysis

Concurrent delay analysis

Extension of Time

Disruption claims

What‑If analysis

Recovery programmes

Mitigation planning

Progress reporting

Milestone tracking

Contractual notices

Infrastructure construction

Roads and utilities

Community development

Construction sequencing

Commercial coordination

Contemporary records

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Parsons Corporation in Dubai invites a Senior Planning Engineer - Project Controls to lead schedule governance across a major community development. You will review contractor programmes, validate resources, monitor milestones, and advise on delays, changes, and recovery plans.

The role requires advanced Primavera P6 skills and 10+ years in civil infrastructure, plus strong coordination with multidisciplinary teams and clear executive reporting on progress and risks.