Senior Planning Engineer

ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS PROJECTS; Rabigh, Makkah Al Mukarramah; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in power systems is seeking a Project Manager to develop and validate project schedules, ensuring optimization and alignment with industry standards. The successful applicant will oversee resource allocation and coordinate with multiple project disciplines, requiring strong project management skills and relevant engineering qualifications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in project management, ideally in EPC or industrial sectors.
• Proven track record with project management tools.
• Good command of English necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate project schedules, baselines, and WBS.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and scenario analysis.
• Supervise preparation of progress reports highlighting project risks.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Risk Assessment

Schedule Development

Education

BSc. Engineering (Construction Management, Civil/Mechanical/Electrical/Architecture)

Tools

Primavera (P6)

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Develop, review, and validate project schedules, baselines, and work breakdown structures (WBS) in alignment with industry standards.
• Ensure project schedules are realistic, achievable, and optimized, integrating scope, cost, and risk parameters.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and scenario analysis to evaluate project feasibility and potential delays.
• Responsible for preparation of Master Baseline schedules for the entire project and detailed schedule in terms of (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Startup & Commissioning as well as each subcontract package as applicable).
• Responsible for resource allocation, loading, and leveling as applicable
• Coordinate with the project manager regarding strategic targets for projects.
• Responsible for identifying project schedule critical path(s)
• Supervise the preparation of project progress reports/presentations to ensure the transfer of the actual situation while highlighting project risks to different stakeholders.
• Coordinating with different project disciplines to ensure the validity of project schedules and awareness of risks.
• Approve, Monitor, analyze, and study subcontractors’ baseline and updated schedules and its impact on the project master baseline schedule.
• Responsible for settling subcontractor’s performance indicators and highlighting performance deviations.
• To prepare delay analysis and project time claims resolution.
• To participate and provide support for project cash flow & invoicing.
• To Build an interactive dashboard provides multiple layers of knowledge about the Project status

Requirements:

• BSc. Engineering (Construction Management, Civil/Mech./Electrical/Arch)
• +5 years’ experience
• Contractor background in EPC or Industrial field (Power Generation, Oil & Gas Substation, Industrial factories - Cement, Fertilizers…etc.)
• Computer literate especially with Primavera (P6), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint……, etc.).
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with a good command of English.
• Proven track records with project management tools/courses and fair knowledge (Construction Management, PRMG, PMI-SP, or PSP and/or PMP).
• knowledge of database concepts