Planning Engineer

About the Role

Join Parsons as a Planning Engineer based in Dubai, where you will engage in essential planning, scheduling, and project control activities for a large-scale community infrastructure project. This opportunity allows you to work alongside exceptional professionals in an innovative environment that values individual growth and agility.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and communicate the Engineer’s approval of contractors' baseline work schedules in accordance with contractual terms and Parsons’ recommendations.
• Validate resource allocation to ensure the project’s timely delivery.
• Construct a comprehensive Master Schedule merging multiple project components, accounting for their interdependencies and mutual impacts.
• Review and verify updated progress schedules to identify potential delays, highlight critical milestones, and recommend corrective measures.
• Perform "what-if" analyses to evaluate the time implications of changes, variations, or potential events early, providing alternatives before contractor instructions.
• Generate periodic progress and monthly reports with program assessments, resolving scheduling challenges to support on-time completion, including delivering presentations on project milestones.
• Conduct thorough evaluations of claims such as Extensions of Time and Disruption through advanced delay analysis techniques, demonstrating concurrent delays where applicable.
• Collaborate with contractors and employers to address and resolve planning and scheduling issues.
• Coordinate with clients to finalize contractor programs, reports, and claim documentation.
• Participate in various meetings—kick-off, technical, service coordination, progress reviews—contributing valuable insights and preparing accurate meeting minutes.
• Create and maintain trackers and logs monitoring critical issues during design and construction phases.
• Establish agreement on progress measurement systems and key performance indicators with consultants and contractors for effective project monitoring.
• Deliver clear and effective presentations to management and interact with diverse professionals, providing analytical and reasoned responses to contractor notices.
• Maintain accurate project records contemporaneously.
• Issue delay notices and slow performance letters to document contractor shortcomings when schedules are not met.

Candidate Profile

• Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering or Construction Management from an accredited institution.
• Possesses at least seven years of relevant experience in planning and scheduling for infrastructure projects such as utilities, roads, landscaping, and structures, preferably within the Gulf region community development sector.
• Demonstrates a solid understanding of the construction industry, especially infrastructure and utilities with intersection and coordination requirements.
• Proficient in scheduling software, particularly Primavera P6.
• Exhibits strong written and verbal communication capabilities.
• Familiar with industry best practices and regulatory standards.

Additional Information

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