Planning Engineer - Power and Water Transmission

About the role

KBR is hiring a Planning Engineer for its Abu Dhabi office, working on the Power and Water transmission scheme. This is a full-time contract role within a PMC position, where several Supervision Consultants and EPCs are appointed directly by the client. The engineer oversees planning and scheduling on large-scale power and water transmission projects, covering strategic planning, resource management and stakeholder collaboration to meet project objectives, timelines and budgets.

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, and perform logic checks, critical path analysis and near-critical path monitoring
• Progress measurement and reporting: implement earned value, physical progress curves and S-curves, prepare weekly and monthly planning reports (lookahead schedules, progress narratives, variance analyses, milestones), and generate dashboards and visuals in Power BI (SPI/CPI trends, milestone heatmaps, risked dates)
• Cost and cash flow support: coordinate with cost engineers to cost-load schedules, align to CBS and produce time-phased cash flows, and compare planned versus actual costs at a summary level

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• 5+ years of experience, including proven experience in a similar role
• Understanding of EPC workflows and construction sequencing
• Familiarity with EOT principles and schedule impact documentation

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
• Analytical, detail-oriented, clear communicator, proactive and collaborative with consultants, contractors and internal stakeholders