Senior Planning Engineer – Scheduling & Controls

ATKINSREALIS OVERSEAS - ABU DHABI; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Annual leave balance

Company gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus program

Annual flight contribution

Transportation & housing allowances

Employee Wellbeing Program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer in Dubai to lead project planning across large-scale developments. You will review baselines, monitor progress, and prepare look-ahead schedules while coordinating with engineers, contractors and clients to drive on-time delivery.

The role requires 10+ years in planning/controls, Primavera P6 proficiency and a commitment to best practices in scheduling, reporting and risk management within complex projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Planning and Controls: baseline programme review, progress monitoring, look-ahead schedules, delay analysis, EOT support, dashboards and reporting.
• Primavera P6 certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review baseline schedules for compliance with contract requirements, milestones and sequencing.
• Monitor progress against approved baselines and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare short- and long-term look-ahead schedules for execution and resource planning.
• Analyze schedule risks, critical paths, constraints and delivery impacts.
• Conduct delay analysis and support EOT assessments and claims evaluation.
• Review contractor progress reports, recovery plans and revised schedules.
• Develop project dashboards, KPI reports, earned value metrics, and schedule performance analyses.
• Coordinate with engineers, construction managers, contractors and client reps to validate progress data.
• Monitor activities across engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning for alignment with schedules.
• Identify deviations and suggest mitigation and acceleration strategies.
• Support project controls, risk management, forecasting and change management.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports with executive summaries and schedule analysis.
• Participate in project review meetings and stakeholder workshops.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project controls

Schedule analysis

Look-ahead planning

EOT support

Progress dashboards

Reporting

Baseline programmes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer in Dubai to lead project planning across large-scale developments. You will review baselines, monitor progress, and prepare look-ahead schedules while coordinating with engineers, contractors and clients to drive on-time delivery.

The role requires 10+ years in planning/controls, Primavera P6 proficiency and a commitment to best practices in scheduling, reporting and risk management within complex projects.