Senior Planning/Scheduling Engineer

Role Overview

Planning and Progress Control

• Review, analyze, and validate contractor baseline programmes and schedule submissions.
• Monitor construction progress, deviations, risks, recovery opportunities, resources, productivity, and schedule performance.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, and executive schedule summaries.
• Monitor milestones, critical paths, and interface activities across multiple disciplines.

Delay and Contract Administration

• Conduct schedule impact assessments, delay analyses, and extension of time evaluations.
• Review contractor look-ahead programmes and recovery schedules.
• Evaluate contractor claims associated with time impacts and schedule changes.
• Ensure compliance with project controls procedures, contractual obligations, and reporting requirements.

Project Coordination

• Support Resident Engineers and Project Managers with planning-related recommendations.
• Participate in progress meetings and provide planning advice to stakeholders.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary supervision teams covering roads, utilities, traffic, and infrastructure works.
• Maintain accurate project controls records and programme documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of professional planning and scheduling experience.
• Extensive transport, roads, highways, and infrastructure utilities project experience.
• Strong site supervision consultancy experience on major infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated Saudi Arabia experience on large-scale government, municipal, or transportation infrastructure programmes.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and other project planning software.
• Knowledge of delay analysis, extension of time assessments, and project controls practices.
• Experience reviewing contractor programmes and monitoring construction progress during execution.
• Excellent reporting, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• PMP, PSP, or equivalent professional certifications are preferred.
• Fluent English is required, while Arabic language skills are advantageous.
• Experience must be predominantly in consultancy and supervision environments.

Experience Preference

• Candidates with primarily building construction, contractor execution, design office, or head office planning experience are not preferred.

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