Title Planning EngineerLocation Dubai-UAECompany Real Estate DevelopmentWe are seeking a reliable Planning Engineer with 6 to 10 years of experience in the role. The ideal candidate should have worked with a Consultant, Contractor, or PMC on high-rise building projects, with at least 6 years of experience in the UAE. Experience with developers is preferred.Responsibilities
Understand entire Project Lifecycle and prepare detailed project scope and establish planning, scheduling & reporting requirements in line with Contract Agreement.
Responsible for developing resource loaded & logically sequenced detailed project baseline schedule for overall turnaround scope including pre-turnaround (Pre-TA), turnaround execution, and post turnaround (post-TA) phases.
Establish formats & frequency for progress reporting of project.
Verify & consolidate resource requirements (manpower, equipment\'s, tools/ consumables) based on norms and project schedule requirements.
Sets up alert for all important contractual & milestone dates
Regular follow ups with the responsible parties to ensure timely achievement of all targets and milestone and raise flags whenever not achieved and suggest and implement recovery programmes.
Extract look-ahead schedules and provide to all parties including development team, Construction team and others.
Monitor project progress & update project schedule versus baseline schedule; and adjust schedule for any scope change.
Monitor Critical/ Near-critical activities and report any deviation from schedule to Turnaround manager & concerned teams / Sr Management .
Provide scheduling support to Project Manager regarding any variation or change order.
Review job packages and walk down assigned tasks/ progress with Project Manager.
Arrange for preparation & submission of progress reports to client & HO.
Requirements
An engineering degree (Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Discipline) from accredited university.
6 to 10 years\' experience of working as Planning Engineer with Consultant, Contractor or PMC in high-rise buildings with min 6+ years in UAE. Experience with developer is preferred.
Must have good knowledge & experience of planning tools, software\'s & techniques.
Should have worked 5+ years on Primavera or Aconex software.
Demonstrated ability to plan, organize & prioritize time/ workload and delegate work to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines.
Ability to read and understand specifications, schematics, diagrams and drawings.
Must have good knowledge of turnaround process & events.
Skilled at effective communications including good interpersonal skills as well as written and verbal skills. Must be able to communicate effectively with management, contractors and engineers.
Must possess & experience of resource (manpower, equipment\'s, tools/ consumables) computations using norms.
Good knowledge of MS Office & 365 platform apps is essential