Planning Engineer

About this task

Develop, monitor and update construction schedules, track project progress and provide planning analysis to support timely delivery of projects in Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities:
- Develop baseline and detailed project schedules, work breakdown structures and activity sequencing in Primavera P6 or MS Project.
- Coordinate with project, site and technical teams to validate durations, dependencies, resources and milestones.
- Update schedules using actual site progress and identify critical path changes and delays.
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, S-curves, look-ahead schedules and dashboards.
- Monitor planned versus actual progress and recommend recovery and mitigation actions.
- Assess schedule impacts of variations, constraints and changes; support extension-of-time documentation and delay analysis.
- Coordinate procurement, engineering and construction interfaces to identify schedule risks.
- Maintain schedule records, progress evidence, assumptions and planning documentation.

Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, architecture or a relevant engineering discipline.
- 3–5 years of experience as a planning engineer in construction or contracting.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project and advanced Microsoft Excel.
- Knowledge of baseline schedules, critical path methodology, progress measurement, S-curves and recovery plans.
- Familiarity with extension-of-time documentation and construction contracts preferred.
- Experience in landscaping, façade, finishing or fit-out projects preferred.
- Exposure to Saudi Arabian construction projects is an advantage.