Senior Planning Engineer - Buildings

About the role

Bainona Engineering Consultancy (BEC), a UAE-based multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer in Abu Dhabi. The role monitors construction programmes, validates progress and provides schedule analysis and reporting from the Consultant's perspective.

Key responsibilities

• Review and analyse the Contractor's baseline construction programme and updates, recommending actions to project management.
• Monitor actual progress against the approved programme, identifying slippage, delay, critical-path impacts and milestone risks.
• Review look-ahead schedules, recovery programmes, manpower histograms, resource schedules and S-curves.
• Conduct regular site verification to validate reported progress percentages and activity status.
• Coordinate with Civil, Architectural, MEP, QS and other disciplines to ensure accurate progress data and forecasting.
• Analyse the schedule implications of variations, changes, instructions and key project events.
• Support preparation and evaluation of Extension of Time claims and delay analyses with the Project Manager and QS.
• Identify schedule risks and recommend mitigation, acceleration or recovery measures.
• Maintain planning records, programme logs and schedule correspondence for project controls and claims support.
• Take part in progress and coordination meetings and prepare periodic progress, planning and delay-analysis reports for the Project Manager / Client.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant GCC experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with an engineering consultancy in construction supervision.
• Relevant experience on master-planned communities.

Required skills

• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 and construction programme analysis.