Senior Planning Engineer - Residential

Hill International; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction management company is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer in Abu Dhabi. Candidates must have a BSc in Engineering, a minimum of 12 to 15 years' experience in construction, and proficiency in Primavera and Microsoft Project. This role involves reviewing schedules, monitoring construction progress, and ensuring compliance with project timelines.

Qualifications

• Qualified Engineer with BSc or higher.
• Minimum 12 to 15 years' experience in construction.
• Experience in consulting/PMC is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Review the Baseline Schedule and report to the Controls Manager.
• Monitor construction progress against approved schedules.
• Visiting project sites to validate compliance with schedules.

Skills

Primavera

Microsoft Project

Cost engineering

Scheduling

Risk management

Education

BSc in Engineering or higher

Relevant certifications such as PMP

Job description

Overview

Senior Planning Engineer - Residential

Hill International provides program, project, and construction management services for clients in a range of sectors undertaking major construction projects across the world. Our services include cost engineering and estimating, quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, risk management, and claims avoidance. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Review/comment the Baseline Schedule and other schedules and report to the Controls Manager.
• Review and continuously monitor, against approved schedules, the Contractor\'s major construction progress and ensure equipment and manpower are adequate or in case of any shortage report to Controls Manager.
• Review in detail the recovery schedules as submitted by the CONTRACTORS and ensure manpower and site supervision staff are increased properly.
• Regular visits to project sites to validate whether the progress of work on SITE is in compliance with approved schedules, major milestones have been met and report deficiencies to Construction Manager.
• Review all daily, weekly, and monthly reports as submitted by CONTRACTOR and report to Controls Manager any deficiency or non-compliance.
• Review any claim involving time impact as submitted by the CONTRACTOR and report his assessment to Controls Manager.
• Review field design changes and Trend Notices and assess time impact if any.
• Advise the Construction Manager of any foreseen slippage of progress and corrective actions to be taken.
• Attend weekly progress meeting and monthly Executive meetings and participate in preparing the agenda.
• Assist Controls Managers during the preparation of Monthly Progress reports and Monthly Executive Presentations.
• Reviews the commissioning plans as submitted by the CONTRACTOR and ensures compliance with the approved Baseline schedule.
• Participate with PMC staff in reviewing the Close-Out Reports as submitted by the CONTRACTOR.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Should be qualified Engineer with BSc or higher.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP is preferred.
• A minimum of 12 to 15 years\' experience working on complex projects end-to-end within the construction field.
• Experience in consulting/PMC is mandatory
• Having previous project experience in residential, mid-rise is essential
• Must be fully conversant with Primavera, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, etc.
• Ability to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work-related issues.