Senior Planning Engineer

Atkins Realis Group; Medina; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Atkins Realis Group seeks a Senior Planning Engineer with extensive experience in planning, scheduling, and project controls for large-scale developments in Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on developing and managing schedules, monitoring progress, analyzing delays and risks, and supporting EOT assessments to ensure on-time project delivery.

The incumbent will coordinate with clients, contractors, and consultants to drive performance, prepare dashboards and reports, and ensure alignment with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.
• Primavera P6 capability/certification preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Planning and Controls Baseline programme review, progress monitoring, look-ahead schedules, delay analysis, EOT support, progress dashboards and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Review and assess contractors baseline schedules for compliance with contract requirements, milestones and sequencing.
• Monitor project progress against baseline programmes and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare and review short-term and long-term look-ahead schedules for execution and resource planning.
• Analyze schedule risks, critical paths, constraints and impacts on delivery.
• Conduct delay analysis and support EOT assessments and claims evaluation.
• Review and validate contractor progress reports, recovery plans and revised schedules.
• Develop dashboards, KPI reports, earned value metrics and schedule performance analyses.
• Coordinate with resident engineers, construction managers, contractors and client reps to collect progress data.
• Monitor engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning activities for alignment with schedules.
• Identify schedule deviations and propose mitigation and acceleration strategies.
• Support project controls, risk management, forecasting and change management processes.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports with executive summaries and schedule analysis.
• Participate in project review meetings and stakeholders workshops.
• Ensure planning and reporting comply with contractual requirements and industry best practices.
• Review schedule impacts from design changes, variations, procurement issues and site constraints.
• Assist in project closeout planning, testing, commissioning schedules and handover milestones.

Skills

Scheduling expertise

Project controls

Risk analysis

Progress reporting

Stakeholder coordination

Critical path analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Description

Overview We are looking for a Senior Planning Engineer with a strong background in project planning scheduling and project controls for large-scale construction developments including mixed-use residential commercial hospitality recreational projects We are looking for a Saudi National candidate who will be responsible for developing and managing project schedules monitoring progress conducting delay and risk analyses preparing reports and providing planning support to ensure the successful delivery of projects The role requires close collaboration with clients contractors consultants and other project stakeholders to drive project performance and achieve key milestones

Your role

• Review and assess contractors baseline schedules for compliance with contract requirements project milestones and construction sequencing
• Monitor project progress and performance against approved baseline programmes and recommend corrective actions as required
• Prepare and review short-term and long-term look-ahead schedules to support project execution and resource planning
• Analyze schedule risks critical paths constraints and potential impacts on project delivery
• Conduct delay analysis and provide support for Extension of Time EOT assessments and claims evaluation
• Review and validate contractor progress reports recovery plans and revised schedules
• Develop project dashboards KPI reports earned value metrics and schedule performance analyses
• Coordinate with resident engineers construction managers contractors and client representatives to collect and validate progress data
• Monitor engineering procurement construction testing and commissioning activities to ensure alignment with project schedules
• Identify schedule deviations and proactively recommend mitigation and acceleration strategies
• Support project controls risk management forecasting and change management processes
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports with clear executive summaries and schedule analysis
• Participate in project review meetings progress meetings and stakeholder workshops
• Ensure planning and reporting activities comply with contractual requirements consultant procedures and industry best practices
• Review schedule impacts associated with design changes variations procurement issues and site constraints
• Assist in project closeout planning testing and commissioning schedules and handover milestones

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.
• Primavera P6 capability/certification preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Planning and Controls Baseline programme review, progress monitoring, look-ahead schedules, delay analysis, EOT support, progress dashboards and reporting