Senior Planning Engineer - Villas

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

Job summary

A leading company in program and construction management is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer to oversee construction schedules and ensure compliance with project timelines. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Engineering, a minimum of 12 to 15 years' experience in similar projects, and familiarity with project management software such as Primavera and Microsoft Project. This role involves close monitoring of construction progress, reporting to management, and ensuring that adequate resources are in place for successful project completion.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 to 15 years' experience in Planning works.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP are preferred.
• Fully conversant with Primavera, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Review and monitor Contractor's major construction progress against schedules.
• Participate in weekly progress meetings and assist in monthly reports.
• Advise on scheduling deficiencies and corrective actions.

Skills

Planning

Monitoring

Reporting

Education

BSc in Engineering or higher

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Job description

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:

• 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 its 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 BSc or higher.
• Relevant certifications such as PMP is preferred.
• A qualified Engineer with a minimum of 12 to 15 years' experience Planning works in similar Projects.
• Must be fully conversant with Primavera, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, etc.