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مهندس تخطيط – مشاريع البنية التحتية

Planning Engineer – Infrastructure Projects

المهام الرئيسية:

• إعداد وتحديث جداول المشاريع التفصيلية باستخدام Primavera P6.
• متابعة التقدم ورفع تقارير دورية إلى فريق المشروع والإدارة.
• تحديد التأخيرات والمسارات الحرجة واقتراح خطط بديلة.
• التنسيق مع فرق الهندسة، والمشتريات، والتنفيذ لضمان توافق الجدول الزمني.
• التأكد من توافق التخطيط مع المتطلبات التعاقدية وتوقعات العميل.

• Develop and update detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 .
• Monitor project progress and generate regular reports for the project team and management.
• Identify delays and critical paths, and propose alternative recovery plans.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and execution teams to ensure schedule alignment.
• Ensure planning is in line with contractual requirements and client expectations.

المتطلبات:

• بكالوريوس في الهندسة المدنية أو تخصص مشابه.
• خبرة لا تقل عن 8 سنوات في تخطيط مشاريع البنية التحتية والمرافق.
• خبرة إلزامية في مشاريع شركة المياه الوطنية (NWC) أو عقودها.
• إجادة العمل على Primavera P6 وتطبيقات MS Office.
• مهارات قوية في التواصل، وكتابة التقارير، وحل المشكلات.
• معرفة بأنظمة العمل والتنظيمات السعودية لمشاريع البنية التحتية.
• شهادة PMI-SP أو PMP تعتبر ميزة إضافية.
• يجب أن يكون لديه إقامة قابلة للنقل داخل المملكة.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in infrastructure and utilities project planning.
• Mandatory experience in National Water Company (NWC) projects or contracts.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 and MS Office applications .
• Strong communication, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of Saudi regulations and procedures for infrastructure projects.
• PMI-SP or PMP certification is a plus.
• Must have a transferable Iqama within the Kingdom.

Overview

Planning Officer, Strategic Planning Section.

Handling corporate level performance management, reporting, and strategic planning to support management decisions in shaping the company's growth and operational efficiency.

• Play a strategic role in shaping a company's growth and operational efficiency.
• Prepare corporate reports and executive presentations and engage with senior management and stakeholders. Perform analytical assessments to demonstrate overall corporate performance.
• Extract data from the system to build comprehensive analyses that support business decisions and the business plan.
• Develop financial reporting capabilities and build solid financial acumen in a short time.
• Utilize available data to identify market trends and business risks.

• Industrial Engineer, with a 3.5 out of 4 GPA minimum.
• Minimum 3 years of experience.

• Not Applicable

• Other

• Management and Manufacturing

• Oil and Gas

Planning Officer, Strategic Planning Section.

Handling corporate level performance management, reporting, and strategic planning to support management decisions in shaping the company's growth and operational efficiency.

• Play a strategic role in shaping a company's growth and operational efficiency.
• Prepare corporate reports and executive presentations and engage with senior management and stakeholders. Perform analytical assessments to demonstrate overall corporate performance.
• Extract data from the system to build comprehensive analyses that support business decisions and the business plan.
• Develop financial reporting capabilities and build solid financial acumen in a short time.
• Utilize available data to identify market trends and business risks.

• Industrial Engineer, with a 3.5 out of 4 GPA minimum.
• Minimum 3 years of experience.

• Not Applicable

• Other

• Management and Manufacturing

• Oil and Gas

• To be accountable for defining and maintaining the schedules, metrics and information framework, including the establishment of planning standards, policies, procedures, protocols and systems to facilitate efficient and effective Project Management and Execution.

• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring to the Planning Team. Foster a collaborative and high-performance work environment, promoting continuous learning and professional development. Lead Performance and Reporting resources at Programme level and resources and Teams embedded within Projects.

• To be accountable for best-in-class and innovative quality, timeliness and consistency of scheduling work produced by the Planning Team.

• To be accountable for providing leadership and insight on interdependencies, baselines, trends, forecasts and performance, along with Subject Matter Expert (SME) advice to Senior Leaders in managing the successful delivery of KBR Programme and Projects. Leads the development and implementation of Performance and Reporting strategies aligned with organizational objectives, ensuring effective Performance and Reporting practices are established and followed throughout the Project Lifecycle.

• To be accountable for supporting, challenging and influencing Senior Leaders to ensure 'best for KBR and Client' decisions and to be accountable for ensuring that the vertical Supply Chain, at all levels, develop and deliver Performance Reports in accordance with leadership requirements. Work with leaders across KBR and Clients to highlight trends and performance insights.

• To be accountable for leading and coordinating scheduling activities within the Supply Chain, development and delivery areas to assure the accuracy and quality of information being captured across all functional, Programme and Project disciplines.

• To be accountable for providing strategic analysis of the schedules submitted and provide insights, trends on performance and risks to support decision making and to provide periodic project performance updates to key Senior Stakeholders, with key strategic insights and trends to support development and delivery trade off decisions.

• To be accountable for the specific timely, accurate, comprehensive, quality assured and delivery of all schedules contained within the Project Controls Performance and Reporting daily, weekly, monthly and ad-hoc cadence.

• To be accountable for the comprehensive collection, analysis, assessment and reporting of date, metrics and information across Planning and Scheduling, Estimating, Budget and Cost Control, Commercial, Financial, Risk Management, Change Management, Project Management Information Systems, Document Control, BIM and Digital Transformation, Design, Technical and Procurement capabilities and disciplines within the KBR Team, Client Teams, Consultant Programme Teams and Supply Chain.

• Establish and enforce governance and quality control measures to ensure adherence to Programme specifications, industry standards and regulatory requirements. Implement robust assurance processes to identify and resolve quality issues promptly.

• Integrate with the Information Management & Technology Leads, and Project Controls Leads, establish Programme and Project wide Digital Strategies and identify, establish, implement and manage software, tools, controls systems, workflows, processes and tools.

• Coordinate with Functional Teams to ensure appropriate identification, onboarding and allocation of resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, to support Project Execution. Optimize resource utilization to maximize efficiency and productivity. Manage resource performance and attrition.

• Undertake self-assessment of procedural compliance and sharing lessons learnt, and best practice within the Project Planning community.

• Actively promote and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures.

• The Project Controls Manager - Planning will be an expert level developer, implementor and manager of Planning systems (P6), capable of transforming large volume raw data into meaningful, logical, interactive and user-friendly schedules. Specifically, the Project Controls Manager - Planning will be an expert level implementor and manager of schedules, data imports, data analytics, data manipulation and building data visualisations and reports.

• A demonstrable ability to implement, manage and control best-in-class solutions, processes and delivery within the Performance and Reporting capability.

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Programme management innovation, principles, practices, and methodologies.

• Proficiency in the use of Project Control and Project Management tools and software relating to Performance and Reporting, including but not limited to: Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Data Analysis and Reporting systems, Risk Management tools (facilitating and analysing), Cost Management systems, Estimating systems, Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS).

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate and mitigate Project risks and capitalise on Project opportunities.

• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.

• Strong organizational and time management abilities, with the capacity and ability to manage multiple projects and large Teams simultaneously.

• Knowledge and understanding of relevant industry standards, regulations and best practice.

• Essential: Degree (BSc, BA, BEng) level professional qualification in Project Management, Project Controls or Engineering disciplines, or equivalent experience.

• Essential: A minimum of 15 years of relevant industry and Planning or Project Controls, experience with proven, extensive and demonstrable experience in Project Controls within the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) industry, with a track record of successfully delivering complex and high value Programmes, Mega Projects and Projects.

• Essential: A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in similar volume Programme and Projects and a minimum of 5 years of Middle East regional experience, managing and working with diverse Teams and people.

• Essential: Membership of a role appropriate cognate Professional Institute or recognised Certificates of Learning and Competence.

• Essential: A high standard of spoken and written English.

• Essential: A commitment to future learning and education in industry innovation, development and change with a demonstrable recent record of Continued Professional Development (CPD).

Join to apply for the Planning Engineer role at Group AMANA

Group AMANA is in constant forward motion. Over decades of growth, we have adopted intelligent solutions that improve the way we build, making AMANA a regional leader in the industry today. We are a human-centric organization, promoting learning and development opportunities for all employees to thrive in dynamic markets. By investing in our people’s continued growth and learning, we challenge and change how we build together – people and business.

We are seeking a highly skilled Planning Engineer with proven expertise in construction and EPC projects, particularly in fast-track industrial and commercial facilities and data centers . The ideal candidate will be proficient in project scheduling, time extension analysis, and reporting, with strong technical knowledge of Primavera P6 , Power BI , and dashboard development to support project control and decision-making.

• Understands the contract requirements related to schedule updates, notices, and milestones.
• Assists in preparing the weekly and monthly reports, time claims and updating Planning module.
• Assists in the preparation of tender schedule and baseline schedule.
• Collects and validates the actual progress of work done from sites and communicates effectively with the site team to improve the time management of the project.
• Demonstrates good skills and abilities in the use of Primavera.
• Demonstrates proficiency in required presentation skills (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Develops any required flowcharts or presentations related to work sequence.
• Follows up and updates the micro schedule using actual quantities and progress on a daily basis.
• Interacts with the Cost Control/QS to get required information (quantities, BOQ amount, cost, resources, etc.).
• Monitors and collects the productivity data from the Construction daily reports, time sheets and daily site rounds.
• Assesses and highlights to the Project Manager and line manager any foreseeable delays, risks or areas of concern and provides possible recovery strategies.
• Collects activity status regularly by visiting sites, then updates the schedules with actual progress of work done (including any revisions, accelerations, variations and recovery plans) in coordination with the project team.
• Collects and maintains the actual productivity data from the Construction daily reports, site rounds, and time sheets.
• Communicates effectively and coordinates with the site team and other divisions (Procurement, Engineering, Cost Control, etc.) to improve the time management of the project.
• Conducts delay analysis and advises the need to submit extension of time claims. Assists the contracts team in preparing the required supporting documents for Extension of Time claims (impacted schedules, narrative, methodology, etc.).
• Coordinates and assists in conducting the site coordination meetings with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Loads resources in baseline schedule and generates resource histograms, cash in curve and cash out curve.
• Prepares client reports and internal reports/schedules on a weekly and monthly basis, distributes the reports to all concerned functions and maintains the copies in the server or in the project filing system.
• Studies contract documents, reviews construction methodologies/sequences and prepares baseline schedule as guided by the Project Manager.
• Studies tender documents and prepares a reliable tender schedule including all client technical requirements (histograms, summaries, etc.).
• Coordinates with other divisions (Procurement, Engineering, Construction, Cost Control, etc.) to ensure proper time management of the projects.
• Ensures the information in the baseline schedule is accurate and logical.
• Highlights to the management any foreseeable delays, risks or areas of concern and provides possible recovery strategies.
• Participates in the site progress meetings and ensures the periodic update of the construction schedule including any revisions, accelerations, variations and recovery plans.

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, or related Engineering discipline .
• Minimum of 5 years of proven experience in planning roles within construction and EPC environments.
• Strong exposure to fast-track industrial, commercial facilities, and data center projects .
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 (mandatory).
• Solid knowledge of Extension of Time (EOT) claims and delay analysis methodologies.
• Hands-on experience in Power BI for reporting, dashboard creation, and data analytics.
• Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict project deadlines.

• Familiarity with contract management principles (FIDIC or similar).
• Knowledge of cost control and resource management integration with schedules.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary EPC environments.
• Advanced Excel and data management skills

• We know that our company growth and success come from our people who continuously drive our company, partners and clients forward. Our community of talented employees, AMANAians, are built on the eight foundations of the Group Amana workforce.
• We are Team Players.
• We are Reliable.
• We communicate with Clarity.
• We make decisions based on Understanding.
• We are Accountable.
• We are human Driven.
• We are Adaptable and Agile

• Associate

• Full-time

• Project Management
• Industries: Construction, Architecture and Planning, and Civil Engineering

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Planning Engineer Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or related field.

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and resource allocations using Primavera P6, ensuring alignment with project objectives and timelines.
• Implement resource loading techniques in Primavera P6 to allocate manpower, equipment, and materials according to project requirements and constraints.
• Utilize Primavera P6's costing features to estimate project costs, track expenditures, and analyze project budget variances throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project progress and performance against the planned schedule, resource utilization, and budget, and identify deviations or risks that may impact project delivery.

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We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Planning Engineer to join our real estate development team. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing, monitoring, and updating project schedules, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget. You will work closely with project managers, engineers, architects, and contractors to plan and track the progress of residential and commercial developments.

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules (using Primavera P6, MS Project, or similar software).
• Coordinate with internal departments and external consultants to gather project data.
• Monitor project progress and update timelines, identifying delays and recommending solutions.
• Prepare regular progress reports for senior management.
• Assist in resource planning and allocation to ensure efficiency and cost control.
• Analyze risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with project timelines, budgets, and specifications.
• Support project documentation, including permits, contracts, and planning approvals.
• Coordinate with construction teams to ensure schedule adherence.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Proven experience (3+ years) as a Planning Engineer, preferably in the real estate or construction industry.
• Proficiency in project planning software (Primavera P6, MS Project).
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle and construction processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and reporting skills in English (Arabic is a plus).
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Experience with residential and commercial real estate projects.
• Knowledge of local regulations and permitting processes.
• PMP or similar project management certification is a plus.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Strategy/Planning

Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

Note: This posting reflects the current role and location, and does not constitute a guarantee of future openings.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with project managers and key stakeholders to define project scope and objectives.
• Create and manage project schedules using industry-standard scheduling tools.
• Monitor progress, identify potential delays, and propose corrective actions.
• Efficiently allocate resources, including manpower, equipment, and materials, to meet project objectives.
• Work closely with project teams to ensure optimal resource utilization.
• Identify and assess potential risks and uncertainties that may impact project timelines.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans.
• Generate regular project progress reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Highlight key milestones, challenges, and recommended actions.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and other team members to optimize project efficiency.
• Participate in project review meetings to assess progress and address concerns.
• Evaluate the impact of changes to project scope and timelines.
• Implement changes effectively and communicate adjustments to relevant parties.
• Participate in post-project reviews to identify lessons learned and areas for improvement.
• Propose enhancements to planning and scheduling processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience as a Planning Engineer in construction or engineering projects.
• Proficiency in project scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Thorough understanding of project management principles.
• Experience in large-scale construction projects.
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM) concepts.
• Professional certification in project management (PMP, Prince2) is a plus.

JASARA PMC, a leading program management company in the civil engineering industry, is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Planning Engineer to join our team. As a Planning Engineer at JASARA, you will play a crucial role in our mission to deliver social infrastructure programs that support the vision of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030.

Here at JASARA, we are a joint venture between Public Investment Fund (PIF), Jacobs, and Saudi Aramco. Our company is dedicated to elevating the delivery of social infrastructure programs in Saudi Arabia, and we offer exciting opportunities to work on some of the most complex and prestigious projects in the world. Our team is driven by excellence and a solutions-based approach, and we are committed to bringing visible change and contributing to the transformation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

1. Create and develop project plans and schedules, ensuring they are aligned with project requirements and objectives.
2. Conduct resource allocation and cost estimation for project planning purposes.
3. Collaborate with all stakeholders to gather necessary information and inputs for the development and maintenance of project schedules.
4. Monitor project progress and identify potential schedule risks or issues.
5. Conduct schedule analysis and impact assessments to provide recommendations for schedule adjustments or corrective actions.
6. Ensure that project schedules are updated in a timely manner and reflect any changes or deviations from the original plans.
7. Provide regular reports and updates on project schedules to management and other key stakeholders.

Requirements

1. Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
2. Proven experience as a Planning Engineer in the civil engineering industry.
3. Proficient in using project management software and tools.
4. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
5. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
6. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
7. Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
8. Knowledge of industry standards and regulations related to project planning and scheduling.