SR. PLANNING ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION)

Duncan & Ross Consulting; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Duncan & Ross Consulting in Dubai seeks a Senior Planning Engineer (Construction) to lead schedules for complex mixed-use projects. You will develop strategies, monitor progress, and ensure safety compliance while delivering clear reports to stakeholders.

Expertise in Primavera P6 and MS Office is essential, with immediate UAE-based availability required for this on-site role. Responsibilities include integrating discipline schedules, refining durations, and preparing monthly progress

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Must be immediately available and currently based in the UAE.
• 8+ years experience on mixed-use projects.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Office.
• Strong planning and project management skills.
• Strong analytical, critical and logical thinking.
• Sound understanding of safety protocols.
• Ability to focus under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead in preparing schedule data for proposals or contract negotiations.
• Integrate inter-discipline schedule requirements to establish logical sequences.
• Review work sequences with the total project plan.
• Determine activity durations within disciplines.
• Develop quantity release and installation curves.
• Review invoice verification for payment based on cost-loaded schedules.
• Identify information needed to complete work logics between disciplines.
• Develop project codes of accounts and work breakdown structures; recommend modifications.
• Determine critical-path activities and identify schedule impacts.
• Prepare schedule commentary for monthly progress reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Lead Planner-Scheduler.

Skills

8+ years experience

Planning & project management

Analytical & logical thinking

Deadline-driven

Safety protocol understanding

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Job description

About the job SR. PLANNING ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION)

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

Senior Planning engineers help engineering teams deliver projects on schedule. They develop strategies, determine material and labor costs, monitor crew performance, ensure health and safety regulations are obeyed, and that communications channels are open. Planning engineers also interpret data, compile reports, and deliver presentations when required.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Takes a lead in preparing schedule data for proposals or contract negotiations as requested and checks and confirms that the correct scope of work is reflected on assigned schedules.
• Integrates inter-discipline schedule requirements and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Reviews and assesses the work sequences with the total project plan.
• Establishes and implements methods for determining activity durations within assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Develops quantity release and/or installation curves for assigned disciplines/areas or specialties.
• Reviews and approves invoice verification for payment based on cost-loaded schedules, as required.
• Reviews schedule data, identifies and acquires information needed to complete work logics to interface between assigned disciplines, specialties and/or projects.
• Develops specific project codes of accounts and work breakdown structures, and recommends appropriate modifications and revisions for new work items assigned.
• Determines critical-path activities for assigned discipline or specialties and identifies significant activities supporting inter- discipline requirements and identifies critical path for discipline or specialty work activities.
• Identifies, analyzes and monitors schedule deviations for assigned disciplines or specialties including subcontractor submittals and recommends corrective action/work-around solutions for project considerations.
• Develops and writes the schedule commentary that appears in the monthly progress and similar reports. Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule and prepares and presents the Critical Items Action Report.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate under the direction of the Lead Planner-Scheduler.
  

KEY SKILLS:

• Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineer
• Candidates MUST be immediately available and currently be based in the UAE
• 8+ years experience working in mixed used projects
• Proficiency in Primavera 6 software.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Planning and project management skills.
• Strong analytical, critical, and logical thinking skills.
• A sound understanding of safety protocols.
• Ability to focus under pressure and meet deadlines.