Planning Engineer – Infrastructure

About the role

Parsons is looking for a talented Planning Engineer (Infrastructure) to join its team on a major infrastructure Operations & Maintenance project in Abu Dhabi. In this role you will lead planning, scheduling, progress control, and time‑related assessments for infrastructure projects, ensuring robust programme delivery and clear reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Review contractor baseline and updated programmes and support Engineer’s consent in line with contract conditions and Parsons practices.
• Validate resource and schedule feasibility to support timely completion.
• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules across multiple packages and interfaces.
• Analyze progress updates to identify delays, slippage and critical events; recommend mitigation and recovery actions.
• Perform “what‑if” and schedule impact analysis for changes, variations and potential events.
• Prepare regular progress reports, monthly programme analysis and presentations against key milestones.
• Support claims/EOT assessments using delay analysis methods such as time impact analysis, window analysis and concurrent delay.
• Lead and attend planning and progress meetings, prepare minutes and maintain trackers, logs and contemporaneous records.
• Agree progress measurement system (PMS) and KPIs with contractors/consultants for monitoring.
• Issue delay or slow‑performance notices when required and support responses using programme data and contractual provisions.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.
• Minimum 10 years of planning/scheduling experience on infrastructure projects (storm‑water, roads, sewerage, utilities).
• UAE equivalency certificate (mandatory).
• Strong communication and reporting skills.

Required skills

• Schedule impact analysis.
• Time impact analysis.
• Window analysis.