Senior Planning Engineer – RTA Project Controls, Dubai

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 201,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM Middle East Ltd invites an experienced Planning Engineer to support RTA Project Controls in Dubai. The role focuses on developing and maintaining detailed project schedules, coordinating with authorities, and delivering recovery plans for complex civil infrastructure programs.

The ideal candidate has 7–12 years of planning experience, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a proven track record in delay analysis, EOT submissions, and KPI-driven reporting for major community transportation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related field with professional certification.
• Experience with RTA projects and approvals is highly valuable.
• Strong analytical and communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed baseline, revised, and recovery programmes using Primavera P6.
• Maintain project schedules in accordance with RTA specifications and contractual requirements.
• Review scheduling logic, activity relationships, durations, milestones, and sequencing for realism.
• Monitor progress against baselines and identify schedule variances.
• Analyse critical path changes and determine activities affecting milestones.
• Perform schedule risk analysis to identify threats to project completion.
• Prepare and evaluate Extension of Time claims per contract procedures.
• Coordinate planning activities with RTA approval procedures and external authorities.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports and look-ahead programmes.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project scheduling

RTA planning

Baseline programmes

Recovery planning

Time Impact Analysis

Delay analysis

EOT claims

Stakeholder coordination

Procurement tracking

Long-lead items

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

AECOM Middle East Ltd invites an experienced Planning Engineer to support RTA Project Controls in Dubai. The role focuses on developing and maintaining detailed project schedules, coordinating with authorities, and delivering recovery plans for complex civil infrastructure programs.

The ideal candidate has 7–12 years of planning experience, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a proven track record in delay analysis, EOT submissions, and KPI-driven reporting for major community transportation