Senior Project Planner Wind Farms & Planning Engineer

Green Umbrella Recruitment; Muscat; On-site; OMR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Umbrella Recruitment is seeking a Senior Project Planner Wind Farms & Planning Engineer to develop and maintain integrated project schedules for large-scale wind energy projects. You will baseline programmes, monitor CPM/EVM, and coordinate interfaces across EPCs, OEMs and subcontractors.

The role requires 10–15 years in project planning, 5+ years in renewables, a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management, and strong Primavera P6 skills with PMP/PC certifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.
• English proficiency B2-C1; Primavera P6 Certification strongly preferred.
• PMP and Project Controls certifications considered advantageous.
• 10-15 years of project planning experience; 5 years in renewable energy.
• Experience on utility-scale wind farms above 400 MW; EPC delivery mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules and baselines.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports, dashboards, KPI tracking.
• Coordinate interfaces between EPCs, OEMs, and subcontractors.
• Monitor CPM, EVM, look-ahead planning and recovery scheduling.
• Support lender reporting and management reviews.
• Incorporate HSE constraints into planning and sequencing.

Skills

Project scheduling

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent

Primavera P6 Certification

PMP certification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Senior Project Planner Wind Farms & Planning Engineer

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman | Posted on 08/02/2026

Develop and maintain integrated project schedules. Establish baseline programmes and recovery plans. Monitor engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities. Identify schedule risks and critical path impacts. Prepare weekly and monthly reports. Coordinate schedule interfaces between EPC contractors, OEMs and subcontractors. Support management decision-making through accurate forecasting and progress measurement.

Advanced Primavera P6 expertise MS Project. Schedule development and maintenance. Critical Path Method (CPM). Resource loading and optimization. Progress measurement systems. Earned Value Management (EVM). Delay analysis. Recovery scheduling. Risk analysis. Look-ahead planning. Construction sequencing. Power BI and advanced Excel reporting. Schedule integration across multi-contract environments.

6. Renewables Industry Experience

Experience coordinating turbine deliveries, foundation construction, WTG erection, electrical collection systems, substations, transmission interfaces and commissioning

activities, PV solar and BESS construction. Understanding of renewables installation sequences and major project milestones is highly desirable.

7. Contractual and Commercial Experience

Strong understanding of EPC contracts, milestones, liquidated damages, extension of time claims, change orders, schedule reporting requirements, progress certification and contractor performance monitoring.

8. Reporting and Project Controls

Prepare weekly progress reports, monthly executive dashboards, KPI tracking, S-curves, manpower histograms, procurement tracking logs, commissioning schedules, milestone registers and forecast analyses. Support management reviews and lender reporting requirements.

9. Health, Safety and Environmental Awareness

Demonstrated commitment to HSE principles. Ability to incorporate HSE constraints into planning activities and ensure construction sequencing supports safe project execution.

11. Geographic Experience

Preference for candidates with experience in international wind farm projects, particularly in the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Experience in remote and logistically challenging environments is highly desirable.

12. Key Personal Attributes

Strong analytical capability. Attention to detail. Leadership and communication skills. Ability to challenge contractors professionally. Commercial awareness. Results-oriented mindset. Capability to work under pressure and in multicultural project teams.

Requirements

10. Qualifications

Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.

English proficiency B2-C1. Primavera P6 Certification strongly preferred.

PMP and Project Controls certifications considered advantageous, MS project.

4. Minimum Experience Requirements

Minimum 10-15 years of project planning experience. Minimum 5 years in renewable energy projects.

Proven experience on utility-scale wind farms above 400 MW. Experience throughout engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and COD phases.

Previous experience under EPC delivery models is mandatory.