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Planning Engineer

Job in Abu Dhabi, UAE/Dubai
Listing for: Prompt General Contracting
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-14
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Civil Engineering, Procurement / Purchasing
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 150000 - 210000 AED Yearly AED 150000.00 210000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

The Planning Engineer is responsible for developing, monitoring, and maintaining project schedules to ensure successful project execution. This role involves preparing in-depth schedule analysis schedules and ensuring compliance with project requirements. The Planning Engineer monitors progress, identifies potential risks, and proposes corrective actions to mitigate delays.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Prepare the project baseline schedules and ensure compliance with contractual requirements and project scope.
  • Highlight potential risks and critical milestones during tendering phase.
  • Revise and finalize the baseline from all stakeholders and ensure its approved by client and project team.
  • Identify key activities, critical paths, and dependencies.
  • Prepare weekly and monthly lookahead plans and coordinate with project managers to align the lookahead with the overall schedule.
  • Site to obtain actual three weeks Look Ahead.
  • Prepare weekly and monthly reports on project progress.
  • Attend weekly project progress and commercial meetings.
  • Conduct delay analyses and provide mitigation strategies.
  • Prepare and implement recovery schedules to bring the project back on track.
  • Adjust timelines, resource allocations, and critical path activities as needed.
  • Monitor the project's critical path and its impact on timelines.
  • Monitor shop drawing delivery
  • Monitor Delivery of material
  • Conducting continuous site visits to monitor actual progress.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
  • 2-5 years in planning and project management in engineering projects.
  • Advanced experience with planning tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Excel formulas (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Formatting).
  • Advanced critical path analysis.
  • Strong understanding of project management principles.
Skills & Abilities
  • Strong communication and collaborative skills with internal teams and external stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
  • Effective negotiation skills to secure favorable terms with subcontractors, clients, etc.
  • Strong report and proposal writing skills.
  • Good presentation skills on project progress and updates.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess project challenges and develop recovery plans and schedules.
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