Senior Planning Engneer

Position: Senior Planning Engineer

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

Job Purpose

The Senior Planning Engineer is responsible for planning, scheduling, cost control, progress measurement, forecasting, and performance reporting throughout the project lifecycle. The role supports successful project delivery by monitoring schedule and cost performance, identifying risks and variances, evaluating contractor progress, and providing timely recommendations to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, and within budget. The position works closely with engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and contractors to maintain project controls, governance, reporting, and decision-making processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE/PSP/CCP or equivalent certification is advantageous.
  
  

• 15+ years of project controls experience, with substantial exposure to oil & gas / energy projects.
• Strong experience in Concept, FEED, EPC/EPCM/DBO and construction execution environments.
• Demonstrated involvement in large multidisciplinary projects involving pipelines, processing facilities, brownfield tie-ins and infrastructure.
• Exposure in Upstream Oil & Gas projects
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, including baseline development, Critical Path Method (CPM), float analysis, resource loading, and schedule optimization.
• Strong knowledge of Project Management Systems (PMS), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), weighted progress measurement, S-curves, discipline progress tracking, and Earned Value Management (EVM) principles.
• Expertise in critical and near-critical path identification, schedule variance analysis, delay analysis, recovery planning, acceleration strategies, and schedule risk mitigation.
• Experience in project cost control, including budget management, commitments, actual costs, accruals, forecasting, Estimate at Completion (EAC), and cost variance analysis.
• Sound understanding of engineering deliverables management, Master Document Register (MDR) tracking, interdisciplinary interfaces, dependencies, and design maturity assessment.
• Knowledge of Long Lead Item (LLI) management, purchase order milestone tracking, vendor document control, manufacturing progress, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), and material delivery monitoring.
• Proficiency in quantity- and productivity-based progress measurement, look-ahead planning, workface planning, and construction sequencing.
• Experience in risk management, including maintenance of risk registers, schedule and cost risk analysis, trend monitoring, change control, and impact assessment.
• Advanced reporting capabilities using Power BI and Microsoft Excel, including development of dashboards, KPI reporting, S-curves, and executive-level project performance reports.
• Demonstrated ability to critically review and challenge contractor schedules, progress claims, productivity assumptions, and forecasted completion dates.
• Familiarity with stage-gate/GVAP project lifecycles, governance frameworks, baseline management, and change control processes.
• Proven ability to coordinate and integrate planning activities across engineering, procurement, construction, operations, vendors, and contractors within EPC/EPCM project environments.