We are looking for an experienced Planning Engineer with a strong civil engineering background. If you have expertise in project planning, reporting, and claim reviews within the construction sector, this role is for you.
You will play a pivotal role in driving project success by ensuring strategic planning, accurate forecasting, and effective resource allocation delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain the project master schedule, baseline, and revisions.
- Issue weekly/monthly progress updates and highlight delays or slippage.
- Coordinate with project engineers, production supervisors, and site supervisors to align sequences.
- Monitor shop drawing submissions, approvals, and procurement lead times.
- Develop manpower and resource histograms for factory and site crews.
- Prepare recovery schedules and mitigation plans when milestones are at risk.
- Attend progress meetings and present schedule status to the project manager and client.
- Ensure schedules allow realistic durations for safe execution.
Must Have
- Bachelor's Degree in in Civil/Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
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Minimum 3 years of planning experience in façade, glazing, cladding, aluminium joinery, or building envelope projects within the GCC.
- Experience with both fabrication shop and site installation planning is preferred.
- Primavera P6 and/or MS Project for baseline, updated, and recovery schedules.
- Critical Path Method (CPM) and float analysis.
- Fabrication sequencing: extrusion cutting, CNC, surface treatment, assembly, and glazing.
- Site installation sequencing: anchoring, framing, glass fixing, and sealing floor-by-floor.
- Long-lead material procurement: aluminium extrusions, special glass, imported hardware.
- Shop drawing approval cycles and sample/mock-up timelines.
- Interface with main contractor’s master programme and milestone dates.
- Progress tracking: percent complete, man-hour curves, S-curves, and earned value.Job Details
Nice to have
- Interface with main contractor’s master programme and milestone dates.
- Progress tracking: percent complete, man-hour curves, S-curves, and earned value.Job Details
What's great in the job?
- Great team of smart people, in a friendly and open culture
- No dumb managers, no stupid tools to use, no rigid working hours
- No waste of time in enterprise processes, real responsibilities and autonomy
- Expand your knowledge of various business industries
- Create content that will help our users on a daily basis
- Real responsibilities and challenges in a fast evolving company
What We Offer
Type of Employment: Permanent / Full time
Salary: AED 8 -12K/month
What you can expect from the employer:
- A flexible, growth-driven environment.
- Supportive team culture and career growth opportunities.
- Visa provided for self.
- Medical insurance provided.
- Package is inclusive of everything.