Senior Planning Engineer

ITALCONSULT; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Riyadh is seeking a Senior Schedules Planning & Follow-up Engineer to manage and control planning activities across projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing schedules, analyzing critical paths, and ensuring project controls are effectively implemented. Candidates must have a degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering and at least 10 years of relevant experience, fluency in both English and Arabic is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in projects and resource management.
• Experience with planning and scheduling using Primavera.
• Strong analytical skills in managing project schedules.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning and scheduling for assigned projects.
• Assist in preparing program master schedule and perform critical path analysis.
• Prepare reports on schedule performance measurements and forecasts.

Skills

Planning

Scheduling

Resource Management

Risk Management

Critical Path Analysis

Fluency in Arabic

Fluency in English

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering

Tools

Primavera Enterprise Program

Primavera Scheduler

Job description

Job Title: Senior Schedules Planning & Follow-up Engineer

Department: PCO

Location: Riyadh

Reporting to: Project Director

Job Summary

The Senior Schedules Planning & Follow-up Engineer toproactively manage, control, and report on the planning and scheduling activities of the projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning & scheduling parts of assigned projects and the overall program.

• Assist in preparation of program master schedule and performs critical path analysis

• Participate in claims analysis and negotiations.

• Prepare schedule performance measurements reports, forecasts and studies.

• Develops, owns and implement project control procedures in conjunction with supporting projectancillary functions.

• Prepares project plan framework and detailed manpower utilization plan framework.

• Analyzing critical paths and restraints to determine effect of changes on the schedule and recommends workarounds to mitigate impacts.

• Development of plans and recommendations for mitigation of impacts of schedule problems.

• Assist in the preparation of the monthly progress report.

• Assist in establishing and monitoring project controls KPI’s.

• Support the implementation of project policies and procedures.

• Supports the Project Controls team in accomplishing project status review and performance control.

• Analyze critical paths and restraints to determine effect of changes on the schedule andrecommends workarounds to mitigate impacts.

• Provide project management consultation on factors affecting the timely completion of projects.

• Analyze drawings, specifications and statements of work in the preparation of activity.

• Maintain liaison with the project and field personnel for schedule revisions and updates.

• Provide project planning capabilities including critical interfaces and risks analysis.

• Ensure project policies and procedures are implementedaccordingly.

• Works actively with Primavera Contract manager and PrimaveraScheduler.

• Own the Risk management procedure.

• The ideal candidate should hold a bachelor degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering from an internationally recognized university.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in projects and resource management, planning, scheduling, reviewing targeted and corrective schedules by using Primavera Enterprise Program and monitoring works progress and performance rates and confirming the appropriateness the available resources in the project to the required execution rates and very fluent in rates.

• Fluency in the English and Arabic language is mandatory.