Planning & Schedule Engineer
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About the Role
WSP in Riyadh seeks a senior Planning & Schedule Engineer with 15+ years of experience to lead planning and scheduling for road, bridge, highway, and tunnel projects. The role involves developing project plans, schedules using Primavera P6, monitoring progress, managing risks, and reporting to stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
- Develop detailed project plans, including scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and timelines
- Prepare project schedules using Primavera P6, ensuring alignment with project requirements, resource availability, and contractual obligations
- Coordinate with project teams to allocate resources effectively
- Monitor project progress against the baseline schedule, identify variances, and analyze critical path activities
- Identify schedule risks and uncertainties, develop mitigation strategies, and monitor risk factors
- Assess the impact of changes to project scope, schedule, or resource allocation and implement adjustments
- Prepare regular progress reports, dashboards, and performance metrics
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to address scheduling concerns and ensure alignment
- Conduct post project reviews and analysis to capture lessons learned
- Ensure compliance with project schedules, contractual requirements, and industry standards
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field
- Minimum 15 years of experience in planning and scheduling roles on road, bridge, highway, and tunnel projects
- Proven expertise in project scheduling software, such as Primavera P6
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Strong understanding of project management principles, with experience in site supervision and construction management
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast paced environment
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Job Description
- As a Planning & Schedule Engineer at WSP in Riyadh, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful planning, scheduling, and execution of road, bridge, highway, and tunnel projects.
- You will develop comprehensive project plans, monitor progress, and optimize project timelines to achieve project objectives efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Project Planning: Develop detailed project plans, including scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and timelines.
- Schedule Development: Prepare project schedules using Primavera P6.
- Resource Allocation: Coordinate with project teams to allocate resources effectively.
- Progress Monitoring: Monitor project progress against the baseline schedule.
- Risk Management: Identify schedule risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Change Management: Assess impact of changes and implement adjustments.
- Performance Reporting: Prepare regular progress reports and dashboards.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with project stakeholders.
- Lessons Learned: Conduct post project reviews.
- Compliance and Quality Assurance: Ensure compliance with schedules and standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in planning and scheduling roles on road, bridge, highway, and tunnel projects.
- Proven expertise in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office.
- Strong understanding of project management principles.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Benefits
- Competitive pay.
- First class medical cover.
- Paid professional subscriptions.
About WSP
- We strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture.
- We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.
- We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.
- Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees.
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