Steel Fabrication Planning Engineer

HUMAN-AI-Z Nexus Technology; Dubai; On-site; AED 210,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

HUMAN-AI-Z Nexus Technology seeks an experienced Steel Fabrication Planning Engineer to manage production planning, scheduling, and project controls for structural steel projects. You will coordinate with Engineering, QA/QC, Procurement, Stores, Logistics, Site, and Erection teams to ensure readiness of IFC/shop drawings, BOMs, and material availability.

The role requires strong Primavera P6 and MS Project experience, baseline programming, and proven ability to deliver on time with high quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil/ mechanical/ industrial engineering or related field.
• 3–8 years of experience in steel fabrication planning or project controls.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed steel fabrication plans and production schedules.
• Prepare master and detailed fabrication schedules, look-ahead plans, and baselines.
• Create WBS, activity coding, and sequencing with logic links.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, QA/QC, and Site teams to align drawings and materials.
• Monitor progress, track tonnage, resources, and production targets against delivery milestones.
• Generate daily/weekly/monthly fabrication reports and dashboards.

Skills

Fabrication planning

Production scheduling

Baseline programme scheduling

WBS & work breakdown

Resource loading

Material planning

Drawing interpretation

Project controls

Coordination with departments

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Excel

CNC/NC production

Job description

Job SummaryWe are looking for an experienced Steel Fabrication Planning Engineer to manage and coordinate production planning, fabrication scheduling, project planning, material planning, production control, progress monitoring, resource planning, and delivery schedules for structural steel and metal fabrication projects.The ideal candidate should have strong practical knowledge of Primavera P6, MS Project, fabrication planning, production scheduling, baseline programmes, WBS, resource loading, material planning, cutting lists, CNC/NC production, welding, assembly, blasting, painting, inspection, packing, dispatch, erection, and project controls.The candidate will coordinate closely with Engineering, Production, Procurement, QA/QC, Stores, Logistics, Project Management, Site and Erection Teams to ensure fabrication activities are completed according to approved drawings, project schedules, quality requirements, production targets, and delivery milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed Steel Fabrication Plans, Production Schedules, Fabrication Programmes, and Project Schedules.

• Prepare Master Fabrication Schedule, Detailed Fabrication Schedule, Weekly Production Schedule, Daily Production Plan, and Look-Ahead Production Plan.

• Develop and maintain Baseline Programme / Baseline Schedule for fabrication and project execution.

• Prepare project WBS, activity coding, fabrication sequences, production activities, milestones, logic links, and schedule relationships.

• Develop integrated schedules covering engineering, material procurement, material receipt, cutting, CNC processing, fit-up, welding, assembly, inspection, blasting, painting, coating, packing, loading, transportation, delivery, and site erection.

• Plan fabrication activities based on approved IFC drawings, shop drawings, fabrication drawings, BOQ quantities, material availability, production capacity, project priorities, and delivery requirements.

• Coordinate with Engineering to monitor drawing preparation, drawing approval, IFC drawing release, shop drawing approval, fabrication drawing status, revisions, RFIs, technical queries, and design changes.

• Ensure fabrication schedules are based on the latest approved drawings and material requirements.

• Prepare detailed fabrication sequences and production workflows for structural steel components.

• Plan production for columns, beams, rafters, trusses, bracing, purlins, girts, platforms, staircases, handrails, ladders, pipe racks, canopies, equipment supports, mezzanines, and miscellaneous steel.

• Monitor fabrication activities including material cutting, CNC cutting, drilling, punching, bending, fit-up, welding, assembly, dimensional inspection, grinding, blasting, painting, galvanizing, coating, marking, packing, and dispatch.

• Coordinate with Production Supervisors and Workshop Managers to establish daily and weekly production targets.

• Monitor planned production versus actual production and identify fabrication delays, bottlenecks, productivity issues, and capacity constraints.

• Track fabrication quantities based on tonnage, piece count, assemblies, fabrication hours, weld quantities, and completed components.

• Prepare tonnage-based progress measurement systems for structural steel fabrication.

• Monitor fabrication tonnage, installed tonnage, completed tonnage, balance tonnage, dispatched tonnage, and erection tonnage.

• Prepare and maintain fabrication trackers, tonnage trackers, production dashboards, progress reports, and quantity monitoring sheets.

• Prepare S-Curves, Progress Curves, Planned vs Actual Reports, Productivity Reports, KPI Dashboards, Manpower Histograms, and Management Reports.

• Monitor fabrication productivity, production rates, man-hours, machine utilization, welding productivity, cutting productivity, and workshop capacity.

• Identify production bottlenecks related to material shortages, drawing delays, machine availability, manpower constraints, welding capacity, blasting/painting capacity, inspection hold points, and logistics.

• Develop recovery programmes, catch-up plans, acceleration plans, overtime plans, additional shift plans, and production resequencing when required.

• Coordinate fabrication priorities with project milestones, site erection sequences, delivery dates, and installation requirements.

• Develop material requirement plans based on fabrication schedules and approved material take-offs.

• Coordinate with Procurement and Stores regarding raw material availability, steel plates, sections, profiles, pipes, bolts, welding consumables, paint, coating materials, and other fabrication consumables.

• Track Material Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Material Delivery, Material Receiving, Material Inspection, Stock Availability, and Material Shortages.

• Monitor material cutting plans, nesting plans, cutting lists, material utilization, scrap, wastage, and material consumption.

• Coordinate with QA/QC for MIR, WIR, ITP, inspection points, welding inspection, dimensional inspection, NDT, blasting inspection, painting inspection, coating inspection, and final release.

• Track inspection status, NCRs, rework, repair, punch lists, inspection releases, and quality hold points.

• Coordinate with Welding and QA/QC teams regarding WPS, PQR, WPQ, welding sequences, weld inspection, NDT, visual inspection, MPI, DPI, UT, and radiography where applicable.

• Monitor fabrication activities against approved method statements, project specifications, approved drawings, ITPs, codes, standards, and client requirements.

• Coordinate with Logistics for packing, loading, transportation, delivery sequence, shipping documentation, and site delivery schedules.

• Prepare dispatch schedules aligned with site erection and installation requirements.

• Coordinate with Site and Erection Teams to prioritize fabrication based on erection sequence, work-front availability, site requirements, crane access, and installation priorities.

• Track fabrication-to-erection interfaces and ensure materials are available ahead of site requirements.

• Review and monitor subcontractor fabrication schedules, supplier schedules, painting schedules, galvanizing schedules, and outsourced processing activities.

• Monitor subcontractor and workshop performance against approved production programmes and delivery milestones.

• Prepare Daily Fabrication Reports, Weekly Fabrication Reports, Monthly Progress Reports, Production Reports, Delay Reports, and Forecast Reports.

• Participate in production meetings, project progress meetings, coordination meetings, planning meetings, and management reviews.

• Provide accurate fabrication progress data to the Project Manager, Planning Manager, Project Controls Manager, Production Manager, and Commercial Team.

• Assist in identifying variations, additional works, scope changes, drawing revisions, production impacts, and schedule impacts.

• Support delay analysis, schedule impact analysis, recovery planning, and extension-of-time documentation where required.

• Maintain accurate records of baseline revisions, actual progress, production quantities, delays.

Desired Candidate Profile

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 3–8 years of experience in Steel Fabrication Planning, Production Planning, Project Planning, or Project Controls.

• Strong hands-on experience in structural steel fabrication and workshop production planning.

• Experience with Primavera P6 is highly preferred.

• Strong understanding of steel fabrication processes, production sequencing, tonnage tracking, material planning, workshop capacity, and fabrication productivity.

• Experience working with structural steel contractors, fabrication yards, steel workshops, EPC contractors, PEB companies, or metal fabrication companies.

• Ability to read and understand structural drawings, fabrication drawings, erection drawings, IFC drawings, BOQs, MTOs, and project specifications.

• Strong knowledge of Excel, production trackers, fabrication schedules, progress measurement, reporting, and planning tools.

• Experience coordinating with Production, Engineering, Procurement, QA/QC, Stores, Logistics, Site and Erection Teams.

• Strong analytical, coordination, reporting, and problem-solving skills.