Senior Specialist Project Planner

About the role

EDGE, an advanced technology group focused on defence and emerging technologies, is looking for a Senior Specialist Project Planner in Abu Dhabi. You will own the project schedule: building, maintaining and updating detailed plans, tracking progress against key milestones and making sure complex, multi-disciplinary projects are delivered on time. You will work closely with Senior Project Managers, engineers and wider stakeholders to coordinate tasks, resources and dependencies across the full project lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and monitor integrated project schedules and track project cost for C4ISR projects.
• Break down work into tasks, durations and dependencies with project managers and engineers.
• Track progress against key milestones and critical path, highlighting delays and risks early.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations and commercial teams to keep timelines realistic and current.
• Prepare and present schedule reports, dashboards and "what-if" scenarios for management.
• Support change control, resource planning and risk/issue management from a schedule perspective.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management or a related field.
• 4-7 years' experience in project planning/scheduling, ideally in defence, aerospace, C4ISR or other mission-critical environments.
• English communication skills; able to work with multidisciplinary and international teams.
• Preferably experience on defence, military or government technology programmes.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (building, baselining and updating complex schedules).
• Understanding of project management concepts (WBS, critical path, dependencies, baselines, earned value is a plus).
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, comfortable with data and timelines.

What we offer

• Tax-free salaries that are highly competitive.
• Benefits that can include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance for you and your dependents, and education allowances for your children.
• A learning academy and digital learning platforms, career support and the chance to work with global talent.