Senior Planning Engineer

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, or a related discipline.
10–15 years of overall experience in project planning and scheduling within the construction and engineering industry.
Extensive and proven experience working on projects in Makkah (Mecca), with a strong understanding of the local construction environment, project requirements, and execution challenges.
Demonstrated experience in high-rise buildings, hospitality developments, hotels, and large-scale mixed-use projects.
Mandatory experience working in a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) or client-side supervision environment, overseeing contractors' planning and project controls activities.
Strong expertise in developing, reviewing, and monitoring baseline programmes, detailed schedules, progress updates, and recovery plans.
Proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project, and other project planning and scheduling tools.
Solid knowledge of construction methodologies, project sequencing, resource planning, critical path analysis, and project controls.
Experience in reviewing contractors' schedules, assessing time-related claims, identifying delays, and recommending corrective actions.
Excellent reporting, analytical, coordination, and communication skills.
Ability to coordinate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

Develop, review, and monitor integrated project schedules, baseline programmes, and detailed construction plans to ensure alignment with project objectives and contractual requirements.
Oversee and supervise contractors' planning and scheduling activities from the PMC/client-side perspective, ensuring compliance with approved project programmes.
Monitor project progress against approved baselines, identify deviations, assess schedule impacts, and recommend appropriate corrective and mitigation measures.
Review contractors' progress reports, look-ahead programmes, resource-loaded schedules, recovery programmes, and revised schedules.
Conduct critical path analysis, identify potential delays and schedule risks, and proactively recommend solutions to maintain project milestones.
Evaluate contractors' extension of time (EOT) submissions, delay analysis, and time-related claims, providing technical assessments and recommendations.
Coordinate with construction, design, procurement, and project management teams to ensure effective integration of all project activities.
Conduct regular site visits and progress reviews to validate reported progress against actual site conditions.
Prepare and present periodic planning and progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to the client and project management team.
Ensure timely identification of project risks, constraints, and potential bottlenecks, particularly those affecting critical activities and key milestones.
Provide planning support and technical recommendations to the Project Manager and client throughout the project lifecycle.

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