Senior Planning Engineer - 4 Month Contract
United Arab Emirates | Contract
Our Semi Government Consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced consultant Senior Planning Engineer to join their team in Ras Al Khaimah to work client side on projects in the Emirate. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Senior Planning Engineer on large scale civil construction and fit out projects in the UAE and have a proven track record of working in recognised consultancy or PMC Companies.
This role is available for immediate joining and is an initial 4 month contract position employed as an outsourced staff through J10 Consulting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Involve in planning and monitoring of all activities within the Engineering projects programs.
- Assist in analyzing project specifications and finding cost-effective ways to achieve the deliverables.
- Prepare the baseline program, schedules, milestones and deliverables as per project management plan.
- Prepare full projects portfolio plan (80 plus projects) in coordination with project managers and vendors.
- Analyzing technical drawings and providing durations and milestones and overall project plan accordingly.
- Prepare look ahead plan for the execution team.
- Generate and update progress report of the project in a weekly or monthly basis.
- Able to do critical path analysis at project, program and portfolio levels
- Prepare forecasted cash flow for projects and portfolio and report on actual Vs Planned spends and progress.
- Identifying the project program risks and propose mitigation strategies.
- Monitor the cash flow and tracking schedule of the project.
- Prepare forecasts resulting from significant deviations from scheduled baselines.
- Tracking and analyzing field results based on the planned progress and actual progress.
- Determined and develop the most suitable methods for the projects.
- Involve throughout the development stage of the projects and present at site during construction phase to oversee procedures.
- Estimate a timescale for the projects and ensure that the outlined deadlines are met.
- Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Analysis and Reporting -Prepare various strategies for all planning activities for projects and portfolio.
- Ensure accuracy for all operational requirements for projects and achieve all project objectives
Senior Planning Engineer Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or an equivalent degree.
- Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in construction field.
- Fluent in English (Arabic is advantage).
- Planning and project management skills and software including Primavera P6 etc
- Strong technical knowledge.
- Strong problem-solving skills
Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV and details directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and process
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2022
Status: Filled