Senior Planning Engineer

About the role

The International Engineering Center is hiring a Senior Planning Engineer in Ras Al Khaimah. The role covers the full range of project planning and controls, from developing schedules and baselines to monitoring progress, coordinating with engineering, procurement and construction teams, and mentoring junior planners.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and update detailed project schedules, baselines, milestones and execution plans.
• Monitor progress against approved programmes, identify delays and risks, and recommend corrective or recovery actions.
• Analyse project requirements, dependencies, constraints and critical activities to support project delivery.
• Develop resource-loaded schedules, manpower forecasts and resource allocation plans.
• Coordinate with engineering, project management, procurement, construction, clients and contractors on planning matters.
• Prepare progress reports, dashboards, forecasts, look-ahead schedules and planning presentations for management and clients.
• Support cost, budget and resource forecasting through accurate planning data.
• Review contractor programmes, progress updates, recovery schedules and delay-related submissions where required.
• Identify improvements to planning processes, reporting and project controls, mentor junior planning engineers and help set company planning standards.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, contractual requirements and industry standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience, including planning/scheduling or project controls.
• Experience in an engineering consultancy or major development environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication and stakeholder management skills, and ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced consultancy setting.
• Preferred: UAE or Middle East project experience, experience reviewing contractor programmes, claims and extension-of-time submissions, and previous leadership or mentoring of planning teams.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6; strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Project experience is an advantage.
• Project scheduling, critical path analysis, progress measurement, resource planning, forecasting and risk management.
• Delay analysis, recovery planning and schedule performance monitoring.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE or equivalent certification preferred.

What we offer

• Health insurance
• Visa
• Paid annual leaves
• Maternity and paternity leaves