Senior Planning Engineer

Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) branch; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer for airport projects in Jeddah. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering, over 15 years of experience in design and build projects, and expertise in managing large-scale programs. This role involves overseeing project schedules, maintaining clear communication with teams, and ensuring timely project delivery while adhering to quality standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years professional work experience in design & build projects.
• Experience in airport projects is required.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to validate and check data and reports.

Responsibilities

• Oversee work across multiple projects on the program and ensure the main program schedule is up to date.
• Responsible for successful delivery of the project from inception to final implementation.
• Producing high quality monthly reports and regular updates of the program.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Education

Degree in Engineering

Job description

We are looking to recruit an experiencedSenior Planning Engineer to join one of our airport projects in KSA and actively contribute to the growth and development of the business.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role who can handle the responsibility of overseeing the program planning including the development of summary schedules, illustrative schedule output for the project.

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee work across multiple projects on the program and ensure the main program schedule is up to date and adhered to.
• Maintain project plans and procedures, as well as providing effective management and support to the technical delivery and project management teams.
• Manage the setup and maintenance of the design delivery schedule, the cost management systems, and technical procedural documents.
• Responsible for successful delivery of the project in accordance with the scope of works from inception to final implementation including quality, time, cost and technical alignment with client sectors and procedures.
• Establish and maintain baselines and ensure project control mechanisms are in place to monitor performance. Review overall project status with the project management team and recommend corrective action where necessary.
• Collects and interprets schedule data and providing output to the program and project teams.
• Producing high quality monthly reports and regular updates of programme and follow up.

Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering with minimum 15 years professional work experience in design & build projects.
• Should have airport project experience
• Having excellent attention to detail and ability to validate and check data and reports, recording and reports produced, providing commentary and analysis.

Please note that due to the volume of applications, only candidates with skills and experience matching our current vacancies will be contacted. If you have a CV that we like and that we feel may fit a future role, we hope you don’t mind if we keep your details on our database and contact you when an opportunity arises.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

SMEC is a global engineering, management and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions for our clients and partners. Leveraging our 70-year history of delivering nation-building infrastructure, we provide technical expertise and advanced engineering services to resolve complex challenges across major infrastructure and energy projects.

SMEC has a long and proud history which dates back to Australia’s iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949, one of the largest and most complex hydroelectric schemes in the world. Headquartered in Australia, we have offices across more than 35 countries in Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Americas.Together with our clients and partners, we deliver projects that directly contribute to improving health, quality of life and development outcomes for communities and neighborhoods around the world. Driven by innovation, ingenuity and skill, our people have shaped these outcomes in some of the world’s most remote and challenging environments.

Since 2016, SMEC has been a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, an Asia-based global powerhouse of over 16,000 employees. Through our network of global specialists and by collaborating with local partners, we connect clients with the best teams and capabilities to deliver sustainable solutions.