Planning and Scheduling Engineer

Dar Al Riyadh Group; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Dar Al Riyadh Group is seeking a Senior Planning & Scheduling Engineer to lead integrated master schedules for dam O&M projects across Saudi Arabia. You will review baselines, coordinate multi-disciplinary activities and ensure alignment with contractual milestones.

With 8+ years of planning experience and expert use of Primavera P6, MS Project and SAP maintenance scheduling, you will provide progress analysis, forecasts and recovery plans in collaboration with operations, contractors and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent from a recognized university.
• 8+ years of professional planning and scheduling experience.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain master, detailed and recovery schedules.
• Expertise in Primavera P6, MS Project and SAP maintenance scheduling.
• Strong data analysis, reporting and stakeholder coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review and maintain integrated master schedules for dam O&M projects.
• Review baseline schedules, detailed work programs and updates.
• Coordinate schedules across disciplines into coordinated plans.
• Monitor progress against baselines and current schedules.
• Prepare schedule forecasts and resource requirement estimates.
• Coordinate with operations, contractors and stakeholders.
• Attend progress meetings and prepare technical reports.

Skills

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Schedule analysis

Critical path

Resource loading

Look-ahead planning

Data analysis

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

• Develop, review and maintain integrated master schedules for dam O&M projects and related program activities.
• Review contractors’ baseline schedules, detailed work programs, maintenance schedules and schedule updates.
• Confirm that submitted schedules reflect contractual requirements, approved scope, key milestones and delivery priorities.
• Establish work breakdown structures, activity coding, calendars, logical relationships, milestones and schedule-control procedures.
• Integrate civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, instrumentation, inspection and maintenance activities into coordinated schedules.
• Monitor progress against approved baseline and current schedules.
• Measure actual progress using approved progress-measurement methods and supporting records.
• Analyze planned-versus-actual performance, critical paths, float consumption and schedule trends.
• Identify variances, emerging delays, sequencing conflicts, resource constraints and potential milestone impacts.
• Prepare schedule forecasts and estimate future resource, equipment, material and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate maintenance work schedules with operations teams, contractors, consultants and relevant stakeholders.
• Support the scheduling of preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance activities.
• Coordinate work windows, shutdowns, equipment isolation and return-to-service requirements with operational teams.
• Maintain short-term, medium-term and long-term schedules, including weekly and monthly look-ahead plans.
• Review contractors’ manpower and equipment deployment against planned requirements.
• Assess the time impact of scope changes, variations, claims, delayed approvals and other project events.
• Support delay analysis and provide factual schedule information for contractual and management reviews.
• Recommend corrective actions, schedule-recovery measures and revised sequencing where required.
• Review recovery schedules and monitor the implementation and effectiveness of approved recovery plans.
• Maintain schedule assumptions, constraints, progress records, productivity data and supporting documentation.
• Develop schedule dashboards, progress curves, milestone trackers and management-reporting tools.
• Calculate and report planning and scheduling KPIs, including progress variance, milestone performance, schedule adherence and forecast completion.
• Reconcile schedule information with SAP maintenance plans, work orders and other project-control systems.
• Support risk reviews by identifying schedule risks, assessing potential impacts and monitoring mitigation actions.
• Participate in progress meetings, planning workshops, schedule reviews and coordination sessions.
• Work within a 60-month national program supporting the operation, maintenance, quality improvement and risk reduction of approximately 574 dams across Saudi Arabia.
• Prepare clear daily, weekly, monthly, annual and technical reports as required by the assignment.
• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or an equivalent discipline from a recognized university.
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in planning and scheduling, including project-planning responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience developing, updating and analyzing baseline, master, detailed and recovery schedules.
• Strong practical capability in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office and SAP maintenance scheduling.
• Experience measuring progress, analyzing schedule variance and preparing completion forecasts.
• Knowledge of critical-path analysis, resource loading, schedule logic, progress curves and look-ahead planning.
• Experience coordinating schedules across contractors, consultants, operations teams and multidisciplinary engineering functions.
• Understanding of preventive, corrective and emergency maintenance planning.
• Strong data-analysis, technical-reporting and stakeholder-coordination skills.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, reports or studies when requested.