Planning Engineer

Job Description
Project Control Planning Engineer is responsible for supporting project scheduling activities including engineering, procurement, construction, start-up, and operations.

Project Control provides the tools and systems necessary to effectively and proactively manage, control, and report on cost and schedule for concurrent projects throughout the organization.

Services include planning cost and schedule (work breakdown structure) metrics and tools, collecting performance data (installed quantities, expended labor hours, and other progress measurements for direct hire and subcontract work), tracking data (daily cost compilation and monitoring), analyzing (critical path, resource, and risk analysis), and reporting.

Identifies and tracks all changes or potential changes to the project scope, ensuring schedule impacts are given visibility to the client and project management.

Integrates cost and schedule data and reporting with the Company’s accounting and management information systems to facilitate meeting Company performance and financial goals.

May also be involved in change control management, cost analysis, and earned value and productivity, measurement/analysis.

Desired Candidate Profile
7-14 years of experience in engineering, procurement, and construction projects on a Power Plant/Desalination Plant/Solar Plant.

A minimum of 4 years in the Middle East region is preferred.

Excellent skills in all aspects of project scheduling including logic development, progress measurement, schedule impact analysis, resource loading/leveling, schedule risk analysis, etc. as well as command of the cornerstone scheduling system.

Excellent skill in Primavera 6.

Certification in PMP (preferred)