Planning Engineer - UCC Qatar

Job Summary

• The Planning Engineer implements and monitors engineering design stages planning processes, reviews and monitors consultant design plans and authorities approval to ensure that there is no clash between construction and design plans, efficient delivery of the design engineering to maintain construction plans progress without delay. Monitors procurement process to ensure of material deliverable on site as per construction plans. Coordinates between constructions need and consultants to deliver all required for construction on time

• Job Responsibilities

Provide project planning/scheduling support and manage small team of planners.

• Manage the project schedules in accordance with the project work breakdown structure and ensuring the project that project schedules are developed.

Ensure that project plans are regularly updated and within levels certainty to allow effective monitoring forecasting and control.

• Produce pre-design, design, tender and award, procurement, construction, and completion scheduling in order to depict the project and contractual requirements in compliance to the planning procedures.

Analyze project requirements, preparation of resource and cost loaded planning schedules

• Produce resource histograms for manpower, material and submittals.

Evaluate and analyze the progress through updated status reports in various formats based on the contract schedule in order to provide performance assessment and accurate forecasts.

• Coordinate and liaise with project managers to update the detailed works program

Coordinate and liaise with subcontractors and authorities in relation to planning and programming matters for the various interfaces that exist on the project

• Liaise with the Project Director/Manager on the different scenarios to be simulated in the schedule Prepare What if Analysis

Review and evaluate the subcontractors schedules and reports and recommend necessary actions in order to align the subcontracted items in schedule to the contract schedule.

• Prepare the progress monitoring portion of the monthly report including the monthly schedule updates in order to incorporate in the monthly progress report submittal to the client and the management

Participate in the progress and coordination meetings in order to discuss the status of the project.

• Job Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge in Engineering fundamentals

• Knowledge in Principles of planning and knowledge in Principles and practices of research and date collection.

Familiarity with planning practices and the associated software such as Advance Primavera 6

• Knowledge in Principles and practices of research and data collection

Familiar with local and international standards in construction

• ERP knowledge preferably SAP functional skills are a requirement to be successful in this role.

• Job Experience

• Minimum 8 year(s) working experience, 5 year(s) relevant working experience, 2 year (s) GCC is a plus

• Competencies

Collaboration

• Accountability

Resilience

• Quality

Leadership

• Cash Flow Analysis

Project Resource Management

• Project Tracking and Reporting

Revenue Forecasting

• Primavera Project Planner

• Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or any related field

Job Type: Full-time