Planning Engineer

About This Role

Prepare, review, and monitor project schedules for construction and development projects; track actual progress against the approved baseline; identify delays and schedule risks at an early stage; and prepare progress reports and dashboards that support decision-making, ensuring projects are delivered within the planned timeline and in line with contract requirements.

What you will do

Key Responsibilities

Schedule Development & Review

• Develop, review, and update detailed project programs and schedules.
• Review contractors baseline programs, revised programs, recovery programs and periodic updates.
• Review project milestones, critical activities, logical dependencies, and overall project durations.
• Perform Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis and identify activities affecting the project completion date.
• Review of contractors look-ahead programs (2-week, 4-week, and similar).
  
  

Progress Monitoring

• Monitor actual progress and compare it against the approved baseline schedule.
• Review contractors weekly and monthly progress updates and verify reported progress.
• Monitor design, procurement, authority approvals, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities against the programmed.
• Conduct site visits to verify actual progress against reported progress.
  
  

Reporting & Dashboards

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports, dashboards, and management presentations.
• Prepare and maintain S-curves, progress charts, manpower histograms, and look-ahead schedules.
• Maintain accurate planning records and historical project progress data.
  
  

Delay & Risk Management

• Identify potential delays, schedule risks, and areas of concern, and escalate them to the project team in a timely manner.
• Assess the schedule impact of variations, changes, and delayed activities.
• Support the assessment of Extension of Time (EOT) submissions and delay claims and contribute to delay analysis.
• Monitor corrective and recovery actions proposed by contractors and support recovery/mitigation planning.
  
  

Coordination & Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate with project managers, consultants, contractors, and engineers to obtain accurate progress information.
• Participate in progress meetings and provide planning and schedule updates.
  
  

What we are looking for

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant planning experience in building construction in the UAE, with Tier 1 contractors or developers.
• Strong UAE construction experience is preferred.
• Prior experience with a Project Management Consultancy (PMC), Engineering Consultancy, Developer, or Client-side organization is highly preferred.
• Strong hands-on experience with Primavera P6; good knowledge of Microsoft Project and Excel.
• Solid understanding of construction sequencing, project scheduling, critical path analysis, and progress measurement.
• Experience reviewing contractors baseline, recovery, and revised programmers.
• Knowledge of FIDIC contracts, EOT assessment, and delay analysis are an advantage.
• Experience with residential, commercial, hospitality, or mixed-use developments is preferred.
  
  

Skills & Competencies

Technical Skills

• Primavera P6
• Project Planning & Scheduling
• Baseline Program Review
• Critical Path Analysis
• Progress Monitoring & Measurement
• S-Curves & Progress Reporting
• Look-Ahead Planning
• Recovery Program Review
• Delay Analysis
• EOT Review & Assessment
• Construction Sequence Analysis
• Project Controls
• Dashboard & Management Reporting
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
  
  

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail in data and reporting.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Team spirit and initiative in escalating risks early.