Senior Planning Engineer – Infrastructure & Roads, Qatar

Parsons; Doha; On-site; QAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Qatar is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead planning, scheduling, and progress monitoring for roads, drainage, utilities, and infrastructure projects. You will ensure alignment with contract requirements and client expectations while guiding the project team.

The role requires a Civil Engineering degree, 14 years of experience, and proven CPM scheduling and project controls expertise, with MMUP/MME certification in Qatar preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university.
• 14 years of experience in planning, scheduling, and project controls for construction and infrastructure.
• Experience in planning and scheduling major roads, drainage, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, earned value principles, and project controls practices.
• Strong understanding of CPM scheduling techniques and schedule impact analysis.
• Experience evaluating project performance, identifying delays, and recommending mitigation and recovery measures.
• Familiarity with delay analysis, extension of time assessments, and schedule-related contractual requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills with the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Must be MMUP/MME certified in Qatar.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling activities for the project and ensure alignment with objectives, milestones, and contractual requirements.
• Review and monitor contractors' baseline programmes, recovery programmes, revised schedules, and look-ahead plans.
• Evaluate project progress and performance against approved schedules and identify delays and risks.
• Analyze critical path activities, schedule impacts, and recommend mitigation measures.
• Monitor progress of roads, drainage, utilities, structures, and related works.
• Support project controls through schedule reviews, progress assessments, and reporting.
• Prepare and review dashboards, progress reports, and planning reports for management and client review.
• Coordinate with Resident Engineers, Site Engineers, contractors, and stakeholders to obtain progress information.
• Review contractor resource loading and work plans to support project execution.
• Identify planning risks and develop corrective/preventive measures.
• Assist in delay assessments and extension of time submissions.
• Forecast project completion dates and evaluate performance trends.
• Participate in progress meetings and provide scheduling updates.
• Support close-out activities through validation and final reporting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in planning and controls processes.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

CPM scheduling

Project controls

Analytical thinking

Communication

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

MMUP/MME certification (Qatar)

Tools

Primavera P6 scheduling

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Parsons in Qatar is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead planning, scheduling, and progress monitoring for roads, drainage, utilities, and infrastructure projects. You will ensure alignment with contract requirements and client expectations while guiding the project team.

The role requires a Civil Engineering degree, 14 years of experience, and proven CPM scheduling and project controls expertise, with MMUP/MME certification in Qatar preferred.