Engineer - Planning

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Engineer - Planning to join our team in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In this critical role, you will be responsible for overseeing the planning, scheduling, and monitoring of complex building projects, ensuring their successful and timely completion.

Responsibilities:

• Understand work scope, quantity, and logical sequencing of construction disciplines;
• Provide detailed review, analysis, and monitoring of procurement and construction programmes with Critical Path Method analysis;
• Work closely with contractors' planners to monitor and amend baseline programmes;
• Prepare progress reports, graphs, and critical path analysis for monthly and weekly progress reports;
• Report risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies to the Project Lead;
• Review actual progress against construction programmes and report accordingly;
• Advise the Project Lead of potential delay events;
• Attend site visits and workshops to monitor progress;
• Conduct independent site visits to evaluate contractor's site progress;
• Provide support to the Cost Control Team;
• Maintain records of programme monitoring;
• Assist during negotiations, arbitration, or dispute resolution;
• Review claims, defense, and particulars of events.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field;
• Minimum of 10 years of post-graduate experience in project planning, scheduling, and progress monitoring for building projects.

Benefits: AECOM offers comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.