Senior Planning Engineer: Scheduling & Controls

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM Middle East Ltd is hiring a Planning Engineer - Project Scheduling and Controls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on integrated master scheduling, progress measurement, and delay analysis across major infrastructure programs.

The ideal candidate will develop master schedules, validate contractor programs, monitor progress, and support recovery planning and management decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in a relevant engineering or management field.
• 10+ years of planning, scheduling and project controls experience.
• Strong knowledge of critical path, delay analysis, and earned value concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated master schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and handover.
• Verify schedule logic, durations, milestones and constraints against contractual requirements.
• Monitor progress and provide early warning of delays and risks to management.
• Support extension-of-time claims with structured delay analysis.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction and site teams to validate progress.
• Prepare executive dashboards and schedule narratives for reporting.

Skills

Critical path analysis

Schedule forecasting

Progress measurement

Delay analysis

Issue resolution

Stakeholder communication

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Project Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Data visualization tools

Job description

AECOM Middle East Ltd is hiring a Planning Engineer - Project Scheduling and Controls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on integrated master scheduling, progress measurement, and delay analysis across major infrastructure programs.

The ideal candidate will develop master schedules, validate contractor programs, monitor progress, and support recovery planning and management decisions.