Job Description

Senior Planning Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Planning Engineer to support the planning and project controls function across a portfolio of large-scale real estate and construction developments. The successful candidate will play a key role in establishing and maintaining project schedules, monitoring progress, identifying schedule risks, and delivering accurate reporting to support management decision-making.

This role requires strong expertise in Primavera P6, project controls, schedule analysis, reporting, and coordination with consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor project progress against approved master programmes, baselines, and key milestones.
• Review and assess contractor and consultant schedules, look-ahead programmes, resource plans, and recovery schedules to ensure alignment with project objectives and site realities.
• Track progress, productivity, and performance metrics, conducting variance analysis, earned value analysis, and schedule forecasting.
• Identify critical path impacts, schedule risks, delays, and mitigation opportunities, providing proactive recommendations to maintain project objectives.
• Perform delay analysis, time-impact assessments, and recovery planning for ongoing projects.
• Coordinate planning activities across design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover stages.
• Monitor project interfaces and authority approval milestones, escalating risks and issues where necessary.
• Prepare monthly progress reports and executive dashboards on construction status, variances, and risks, using AI-enabled reporting tools where appropriate, and maintain auditable monitoring and reporting records.
• Maintain accurate planning records, reporting systems, and auditable project control documentation.
• Support the implementation of digital and AI-enabled tools for schedule analysis, reporting, and performance monitoring where applicable.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of planning and project controls experience on large-scale construction or development projects.
• Proven experience working with developers, consultants, project management consultants (PMCs), or tier-one contractors.
• Experience across the full project lifecycle from design through construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• GCC or Qatar project experience is highly preferred.

Certifications

• Primavera P6 proficiency is mandatory.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE PSP, or other recognised Project Controls certifications are preferred.

Technical Skills

• Primavera P6 planning and scheduling.
• Integrated Master Programme development and maintenance.
• Baseline management and programme updates.
• Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.
• Float analysis and schedule assurance reviews.
• Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Progress measurement and forecasting.
• Delay analysis and Time Impact Analysis (TIA).
• Recovery planning and schedule optimization.
• Resource and look-ahead planning.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Power BI and project reporting tools.
• Knowledge of AI-driven project controls, analytics, and reporting solutions is an advantage.
• Familiarity with 4D Planning and BIM integration is preferred.