Senior Scheduling Planning Engineer

Penspen; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is seeking an experienced Scheduling and Planning Specialist to provide oversight for all phases of EPC contractor work. You will review integrated project schedules, resource histograms, and critical path analyses to ensure alignment with milestones and contractual obligations.

You will monitor schedule performance, assess recovery plans, participate in progress review meetings, coordinate interfaces, and support risk workshops by integrating schedule risks into

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls and schedule management for EPC projects.
• Familiarity with CPM, critical path analysis, and progress reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning oversight and schedule assurance across EPC contractor's work.
• Validate baselines, lookahead schedules, and productivity metrics.
• Report variances and mitigation strategies; support risk workshops.

Job description

Penspen is a leading energy services company, providing engineering, project management, asset management and integrity services to the energy industry worldwide for over 70+ years. Originally founded in the UK in 1954 as Spencer & Partners, the company has now grown to include almost 1,000 members of staff, with major offices in London, Mexico, Colombia Houston and Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait. (https://www.penspen.com)

About the job:

To Provide planning oversight and schedule assurance for all phases of the EPC contractor's work. Review and validate integrated project schedules, resource histograms, critical path analysis, and progress measurement systems. Ensure alignment of the baseline schedule with project milestones and contractual obligations. Monitor schedule performance, assess recovery plans, and report variances with mitigation strategies. Participate in progress review meetings, interface coordination, and constructability planning. Validate contractor’s monthly progress reports, lookahead schedules, and productivity metrics. Support risk assessment workshops and integrate schedule risks into the project control processes.

The job location will be based on Abu dhabi,UAE.