Planning Engineer (Airport Projects)

AECOM; Doha; On-site; QAR 250,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in Doha is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer to support the planning, scheduling, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of airport construction and fit-out projects.

The role will work closely with the Project Manager, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure project activities are properly planned, progress is accurately monitored, delays are identified, and corrective actions are followed through to successful completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 7-10 years of experience in planning and scheduling within construction, infrastructure, or airport projects.
• Hands-on experience with Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint for reporting and data analysis.
• Experience coordinating with contractors, consultants, suppliers, and multidisciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager in planning, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of airport projects.
• Prepare, update, and maintain project schedules, baseline programmes, lookahead programmes, and progress trackers.
• Monitor planned vs. actual progress and identify delays, critical activities, and schedule risks.
• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, suppliers, and internal teams to collect progress updates and follow up on pending activities.
• Prepare weekly/monthly progress reports, dashboards, presentations, and executive summaries.
• Prepare Minutes of Meetings, action trackers, and follow up with responsible stakeholders for timely closure.
• Monitor critical path, milestones, project deliverables, and key interfaces.
• Assist in preparing recovery programmes and mitigation plans for delayed activities.
• Coordinate with Document Control to ensure accurate tracking of project documents, submissions, and approvals.
• Support project meetings through agenda preparation, progress presentations, and action follow-up.
• Provide regular schedule and progress updates to the Project Manager and management team.

Skills

Scheduling

Forecasting

Stakeholder coordination

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Project Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Primary Location: QA - Doha, QA - Jaidah Square - Site

Company Description

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Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experiencedPlanning Engineerto support the planning, scheduling, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of airport construction and fit-out projects. The role will work closely with the Project Manager, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure project activities are properly planned, progress is accurately monitored, delays are identified, and corrective actions are followed through to successful completion.

The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and project controls, preferably withinairport, aviation, commercial, or complex infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager in planning, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of airport projects.
• Prepare, update, and maintain project schedules, baseline programmes, lookahead programmes, and progress trackers.
• Monitor planned vs. actual progress and identify delays, critical activities, and schedule risks.
• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, suppliers, and internal teams to collect progress updates and follow up on pending activities.
• Prepare weekly/monthly progress reports, dashboards, presentations, and executive summaries.
• Prepare Minutes of Meetings, action trackers, and follow up with responsible stakeholders for timely closure.
• Monitor critical path, milestones, project deliverables, and key interfaces.
• Assist in preparing recovery programmes and mitigation plans for delayed activities.
• Coordinate with Document Control to ensure accurate tracking of project documents, submissions, and approvals.
• Support project meetings through agenda preparation, progress presentations, and action follow-up.
• Provide regular schedule and progress updates to the Project Manager and management team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree inCivil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 7-10 years of experiencein project planning and scheduling within construction, infrastructure, or airport projects.
• Hands-on experience withPrimavera P6and/or Microsoft Project.
• Good knowledge of project scheduling, progress monitoring, critical path analysis, and schedule updates.
• Experience in preparingweekly/monthly progress reports, dashboards, lookahead programmes, and management presentations.
• Experience coordinating with contractors, consultants, suppliers, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong proficiency inMS Excel and PowerPointfor reporting and data analysis.
• Airport or major infrastructure project experience is preferred.
• Strong communication, coordination, analytical, and follow-up skills.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

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AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.

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