Operations and Maintenance Planning Engineer

DAR AL RIYADH; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR AL RIYADH is seeking a Senior Scheduling Professional to develop and manage comprehensive maintenance schedules for dam assets across Saudi Arabia. You will convert requirements into executable work packages, define activity sequences and milestones, and coordinate with engineers, contractors and permit authorities to ensure on-time delivery.

The role requires extensive experience with Primavera P6, MSP and SAP maintenance planning, plus strong analytical and reporting skills to forecast

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of planning and scheduling experience.
• Experience in O&M, maintenance, infrastructure or asset-intensive projects.
• Advanced use of Primavera P6, MSP, and SAP maintenance planning.
• Knowledge of progress measurement, critical-path analysis, forecasting and recovery planning.
• Experience reviewing contractor schedules and validating progress.
• Ability to interpret engineering scopes, docs, and milestones.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual, monthly, weekly and daily maintenance schedules for dam assets.
• Prepare preventive, predictive, corrective, emergency and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Convert approved requirements into detailed work packages and schedules.
• Define activity sequences, durations, dependencies and milestones.
• Coordinate planned shutdowns and return-to-service activities.
• Monitor progress, compare with baselines and adjust plans as needed.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules and progress-reports for management.
• Coordinate with engineers, technicians, contractors and permit authorities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Planning & scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

SAP maintenance planning

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Develop annual monthly weekly and daily maintenance schedules for dam assets
• Prepare preventive predictive corrective emergency and condition-based maintenance programs
• Convert approved maintenance requirements into detailed work packages and executable schedules
• Define activity sequences durations dependencies milestones and resource requirements
• Integrate civil mechanical electrical hydraulic instrumentation and control-system maintenance activities
• Schedule contractor maintenance activities and coordinate implementation with relevant stakeholders
• Prepare two-week and four-week look-ahead schedules
• Coordinate planned shutdowns equipment isolation testing restart and return-to-service activities
• Optimize maintenance schedules to minimize operational disruption and asset downtime
• Ensure critical and safety-related maintenance activities receive appropriate priority
• Monitor maintenance backlogs and recommend actions to address overdue work
• Review contractors baseline schedules detailed work programs schedule updates and recovery plans
• Verify that contractors schedules align with contractual milestones and approved O amp M plans
• Review schedule logic calendars activity durations constraints and critical paths
• Monitor actual progress and compare performance with approved baselines
• Identify delays schedule slippage resource shortages and emerging delivery risks
• Perform critical-path float and schedule-impact analyses
• Assess the scheduling impact of variations equipment failures access restrictions and technical changes
• Recommend recovery measures alternative work sequences and resource adjustments
• Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of approved recovery plans
• Maintain integrated schedules for O amp M repair rehabilitation and improvement projects
• Establish progress-measurement methods rules and reporting procedures
• Define weighted activities work breakdown structures and measurable completion criteria
• Verify reported progress against field evidence completed quantities and approved records
• Prepare planned-versus-actual performance analyses
• Develop progress curves milestone trackers resource histograms and schedule dashboards
• Monitor schedule and maintenance KPIs including Planned maintenance complianceWork-order completionSchedule adherenceMaintenance backlogCritical-path performanceEquipment downtimeContractor productivityForecast completion dates
• Prepare schedule and decision-support reports for the Dams Sector
• Forecast future workloads resource demand equipment needs and expected completion dates
• Highlight critical activities delayed milestones operational risks and required management actions
• Maintain accurate records supporting schedule updates and progress assessments
• Coordinate labour materials spare parts tools equipment and access requirements
• Confirm that resources are available before scheduled work begins
• Work with Procurement and Stores teams to monitor long-lead materials and critical spare parts
• Coordinate with engineers technicians contractors operators and permit authorities
• Participate in planning progress coordination and performance-review meetings
• Follow up assigned actions and ensure schedule-related issues are resolved promptly
• Support the evaluation of contractor staffing productivity and schedule performance
• Reporting and Compliance
• Prepare clear daily weekly monthly annual and technical reports as required by the assignment
• Present schedule performance forecasts delays and recovery recommendations to management
• Coordinate with government stakeholders consultants contractors and multidisciplinary teams
• Attend meetings inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required
• Comply with Saudi laws applicable codes Client procedures quality requirements and occupational health and safety obligations

Key Requirements

• Bachelor s degree in Engineering or an equivalent relevant discipline from a recognized university.
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification or an equivalent internationally recognized planning and scheduling qualification.
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in planning and scheduling.
• Demonstrated experience planning O&M, maintenance, infrastructure or asset-intensive projects.
• Advanced practical capability in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office and SAP maintenance planning.
• Experience developing baseline, integrated, detailed and look-ahead schedules.
• Strong knowledge of progress measurement, critical-path analysis, forecasting and recovery planning.
• Experience reviewing contractor schedules and validating reported progress.
• Understanding of preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance processes.
• Ability to interpret engineering scopes, technical documents, maintenance requirements and contractual milestones.
• Strong analytical, reporting, communication and stakeholder-coordination skills.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, schedules or reports when requested.