Planning Engineer

We are Azizi, a leading Dubai-based developer and a passionate team of people driven by the goal of crafting beautiful homes for people living in the UAE. Our portfolio spans across Dubai's prime residential and commercial destinations, showcasing our commitment to transparency, customer centricity, quality, integrity and adding value through a construction-driven approach.

At Azizi Developments, we are not merely constructing properties, we are crafting inspiring communities. As one of Dubai's leading private developers, our passion lies in delivering beautiful, high-quality homes in the city's most prestigious locations. Our success is rooted in a construction-driven approach and our core values: transparency, customer centricity, quality, integrity, and value creation. Join our dynamic Supervision team and play a pivotal role in bringing visionary designs to life. From blueprint to final build, you will engage in every stage of the development journey, transforming ambition into architecture and concepts into reality.

We are looking for a Planning Engineer with a consultant or supervision background to monitor the planning and progress of residential and high-rise tower projects. You will review contractor programmes, track progress against the approved baseline, identify delays early, and give project management clear, accurate reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Review contractor baseline programmes for logic, critical path, resource loading, and compliance with contract requirements and milestones.
• Review contractor method statements and sequencing from a time and interface perspective.
• Issue review comments and recommend programmes for approval.
• Verify contractor monthly updates, look-ahead programmes, and progress reports against actual site progress.
• Carry out site inspections to validate reported progress.
• Track planned versus actual progress using S-curves, histograms, and earned value analysis.
• Monitor manpower, equipment, and material procurement against programme requirements.
• Identify critical and near-critical delays, analyse their causes, and report on the impact to key milestones.
• Assess contractor Extension of Time (EOT) claims and support their evaluation.
• Review contractor recovery plans and acceleration measures, then monitor their implementation.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports and management dashboards.
• Attend progress meetings and flag programme risks with recommended actions.
• Coordinate with the Resident Engineer, Project Manager, QA/QC, commercial, and MEP teams.
• Maintain accurate records to support time-related contractual decisions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in construction planning.
• Experience working in a Consultant or Supervision team, ideally in the UAE.
• Proven experience on residential and high-rise tower construction projects in the UAE.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, plus a working knowledge of MS Project.
• Experience using Power BI to build project dashboards and progress reports.
• Working knowledge of FIDIC contract conditions, especially time-related clauses.