Job description

Job Summary:

The Planning Engineer will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and controlling project schedules to support timely execution and successful delivery of projects. Duties include preparing baseline schedules, updating project programs, monitoring progress, preparing reports, analyzing schedule performance, and coordinating with project teams to support effective project planning and control. The role requires strong knowledge of planning and scheduling methodologies, proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project, analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication with project stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in project planning, scheduling, and project controls, preferably in construction projects.
• Proficient in Primavera P6, MS Project, baseline schedule preparation, project progress monitoring, schedule updates, and planning reports.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, effective communication, coordination abilities, and the capability to support project teams in achieving project objectives.

Skills

• Project Planning and Baseline Scheduling - Develop detailed project baseline schedules, work breakdown structures, activity sequences, milestones, and timelines in accordance with contractual requirements, project scope, and execution strategies.
• Schedule Monitoring and Updating - Regularly update project schedules using actual progress information, monitor planned versus actual performance, identify delays and deviations, and maintain accurate project programs reflecting current site conditions.
• Progress Measurement and Performance Analysis - Monitor project activities and evaluate schedule performance using appropriate planning and control techniques, identify critical path activities, assess potential impacts of delays, and highlight activities requiring management attention.
• Project Reporting and Documentation - Prepare and submit daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports, schedule updates, progress curves, look-ahead schedules, and other planning documents to provide management with clear visibility of project status and performance.
• Coordination with Project Teams - Coordinate with Project Managers, site engineers, procurement, technical office, and subcontractors to collect progress data, verify activity status, review work priorities, and align project schedules with actual execution requirements.
• Schedule Forecasting and Recovery Planning: Analyze schedule deviations, assess their impact on project completion dates, identify potential scheduling constraints, and prepare revised schedules, recovery programs, and resource forecasts in coordination with the project team to support timely project delivery.