Senior Project Planner – Defense & C4ISR

Edge

Abu Dhabi

On-site

AED 280,000 - 420,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

EDGE, based in the United Arab Emirates, seeks a Senior Specialist Project Planner in Abu Dhabi. You will own the project schedule—building, maintaining and updating detailed plans, tracking milestones, and ensuring that complex, multi-disciplinary projects are delivered on time.

You will work with Senior Project Managers, engineers and stakeholders across the full lifecycle. You should have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field and 4–7 years in project planning, with advanced

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management or related field.
4-7 years' experience in project planning / scheduling in defence/aerospace or mission-critical environments.
Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (building, baselining and updating complex schedules).
Strong understanding of WBS, critical path, dependencies and baselines.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and monitor integrated project schedules and track project costs for C4ISR projects.
Break down work into tasks, durations and dependencies with project managers and engineers.
Track progress against milestones and critical path; highlight delays and risks early.
Coordinate with engineering, operations and commercial teams to keep timelines realistic and current.
Prepare and present schedule reports, dashboards and what-if scenarios for management.
Support change control, resource planning and risk/issue management from a schedule perspective.