Planning Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title: Planning Engineer

Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience as Planning Engineer in LSTK Projects.

Location: Jubail, KSA
Department: Engineering / Project Management
Job Type: Full-time

Basic Salary Range: 7000 – 8000 SAR

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with the project manager, site manager, site engineers, job estimators, engineers of various disciplines etc. to acquire proper data and specifications for the schedule.
• Initiate, prepare, and develop Project Baseline Schedule in Primavera according to Contractual scope of work, standards, contract specifications and accepted project management practices
• Analyze drawings, specifications, and method of statements of works for the preparation of activity networks/scheduling/resources planning and allocation.
• Develop major milestone activities and establish a well-defined work breakdown structure, which includes all the scope of work.
• Establish the schedule based on key dates, milestone dates, scope of works, resource loading etc.as specified in the contract.
• Assign duration, resources (Manpower, Materials, and equipment) for each activity based on their weight factor and quantity/volume of work and identify long lead items required in the project.
• Coordinate schedule from multiple sub-contractors/Vendors and incorporate the information gathered into the overall project master schedule.
• Prepare Progress Measurement Sheet, S-curves, Manpower & Equipment Histograms, Quantity Histograms as per the Schedule.
• Develop database for engineering deliverables, procurement deliverables and construction activities for monitoring/analyzing/tracking progress.
• Review, analyze and refine sequence and logic of tasks/activities and highlight any critical activity needs particular attention.
• Track, monitor and forecast progress of all activities and deliverables such as products, engineering documents, fabrication status and construction of all discipline.
• Follow-Up with subcontractor/site team to monitor project progress and make reports.
• Monitoring, Updating and analysis of progress right from the field.
• Collect data and other pertinent information of project progress and update schedule.
• Prepare reports with updating Progress measurement sheet, S-curves, and Histograms, I.e., Daily, weekly, and monthly reports as required by management and client.
• Evaluate dates to completion and project delay, if any, periodically by updating actual progress data.
• Maintain Project delays log in comparison with the latest approved Schedule from Client.
• Support project management in accomplishing project status review and performance control.
• Attending project progress status review meeting with client, vendors, and sub-contractors.
• Prepare reports about activities to be prioritized for site supervisors/Engineers.
• Record and assess the effects of project schedule changes.
• Assess actual progress versus planned progress to determine trends and variances.
• Analyze schedule trends, determining risks, developing options for corrective action and after schedule to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Prepare cash flow charts/tables.
• Estimate and forecast quantity of works and costs/amount of works.
• Prepare progress invoices/bills to client.
• Review and verify the progress invoices/bills of subcontractors and vendors.
• Prepare various Miscellaneous reports as required.
• Prepare Schedule during Bid stage as per the Bid proposal requirements.
• Develop action and recovery plans to support project completion on time.
• Revise the project plans and schedules (Re-Planning) for variation orders / Change orders / Additional scope of works and Extensions of time.

Minimum Competence Requirement

• Graduate / Diploma of Engineering in Mechanical or related field.
• Completed Primavera course P6 or any latest version.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Planning Engineer in LSTK Projects.
• Capable of handling multiple tasks of the projects at the same time.
• Experience in working as Planning Engineer covering all Disciplines (Civil, Structural, Mechanical / Piping, E&I, Communication) for the related projects.
• Preference for candidates who has working experience with ARAMCO LSTK projects.