Senior Planning Engineer

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Planning Engineer to join their dedicated team in Abu Dhabi. This contract-based opportunity offers an exciting chance to contribute to globally significant projects while working alongside top-tier industry professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, monitor, and control project schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Ensure timelines, milestones, and deliverables meet contractual requirements.
• Develop detailed Level 3 / Level 4 schedules using Primavera P6 covering all EPC phases.
• Establish and maintain Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Project Breakdown Structure (PBS), and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
• Prepare and update project baseline schedules and ensure proper change management.
• Monitor project progress and performance against baseline using KPIs and earned value analysis (EVA).
• Identify schedule risks, critical paths, and potential delays; recommend mitigation and recovery plans.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams for schedule alignment.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports for internal and client review.
• Conduct delay analysis (EOT claims, time impact analysis, window analysis, etc.).
• Support contract management team in claims preparation and dispute resolution.
• Interface with clients (ADNOC or similar) for schedule reviews, approvals, and updates.
• Ensure compliance with ADNOC planning standards and reporting requirements.
• Participate in project meetings, progress reviews, and management reporting sessions.
• Track procurement deliverables and ensure alignment with project schedule milestones.
• Monitor subcontractor schedules and integrate into the master project plan.

• Minimum 12-15+ years relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree (minimum).
• Mandatory GCC experience.
• Familiarity with ADNOC project planning standards.
• Strong knowledge of CPM, WBS, PBS, CBS, and S-curve development.
• Advanced user of Primavera P6.