Planning Engineer - Power and Water Transmission

About the role

KBR is hiring a Planning Engineer for its Abu Dhabi project covering the Power and Water Transmission scheme. The role oversees project planning, scheduling and progress reporting within a PMC arrangement where several Supervision Consultants and EPCs are appointed directly by the client. It covers large-scale power and water transmission projects and involves strategic planning, resource management and stakeholder collaboration to meet project objectives, timelines and budget constraints.

Key responsibilities

• Schedule development and maintenance: build and maintain Primavera P6 schedules (baselines, updates, recovery and acceleration plans, what-if scenarios)
• Develop activity coding structures aligned to WBS/OBS, calendars and resource/cost loading principles
• Perform logic checks, critical path analysis and near-critical path monitoring
• Implement progress measurement systems such as earned value, physical progress curves and progress S-curves
• Prepare weekly and monthly planning reports including lookahead schedules, progress narratives, variance analyses and milestone tracking
• Generate dashboards and visuals in Power BI (SPI/CPI trends, milestone heatmaps, risked dates)
• Support cost and cash flow by coordinating with cost engineers to cost-load schedules, align to CBS and produce time-phased cash flows
• Compare planned versus actual costs at a summary level to highlight variances affecting the schedule

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• 5+ years of experience, with proven experience in a similar role
• Analytical, with strong attention to detail and data quality
• Clear communicator able to produce executive-ready visuals and narratives
• Proactive, organised and able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines
• Collaborative with consultants, contractors and internal stakeholders

Required skills

• Primavera P6 (EPPM/Professional): calendars, resources, activity coding, baselining, TIA basics, layouts
• Power BI: data import and transformation, DAX measures, KPI and S-curve visuals
• Excel: pivot tables, charts, lookups, what-if analysis; SharePoint for data collaboration
• Understanding of EPC workflows and construction sequencing
• Familiarity with EOT principles and schedule impact documentation