Planning Engineer

JOB SUMMARY The Planning Engineer is responsible for developing monitoring and maintaining project schedules to ensure successful project execution This role involves preparing indepth schedule analysis schedules and ensuring compliance with project requirements The Planning Engineer monitors progress identifies potential risks and proposes corrective actions to mitigate delays RESPONSIBILITIES Prepare the project baseline schedules and ensure compliance with contractual requirements and project scope Highlight potential risks and critical milestones during tendering phase Revise and finalize the baseline from all stakeholders and ensure its approved by client and project team Identify key activities critical paths and dependencies Prepare weekly and monthly lookahead plans and coordinate with project managers to align the lookahead with the overall schedule Site to obtain actual three weeks Look Ahead Prepare weekly and monthly reports on project progress Attend weekly project progress and commercial meetings Conduct delay analyses and provide mitigation strategies Prepare and implement recovery schedules to bring the project back on track Adjust timelines resource allocations and critical path activities as needed Monitor the project s critical path and its impact on timelines Monitor shop drawing delivery Monitor Delivery of material Conducting continuous site visits to monitor actual progress QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor s degree in civil engineering 25 years in planning and project management in engineering projects Advanced experience with planning tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Excel formulas VLOOKUP Pivot Tables Formatting Advanced critical path analysis Strong understanding of project management principles SKILLS ABILITIES Strong communication and collaborative skills with internal teams and external stakeholders Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively Effective negotiation skills to secure favorable terms with subcontractors clients etc Strong report and proposal writing skills Good presentation skills on project progress and updates Strong analytical and problemsolving skills to assess project challenges and develop recovery plans and schedules