Planning Engineer

Job Role

The Planning Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing project schedules across the full project lifecycle — from tender and baseline development through execution, progress updates, and close-out. The role supports project teams with reliable schedule data, progress measurement, Earned Value Management (EVM) analysis, and forecasting to enable proactive decision-making.

The Planning Engineer prepares baseline and revised schedules in Primavera P6 &Pulse by solutions planning tool in line with contract requirements, integrates cost and resource loading, monitors critical path and float consumption, identifies delays and their root causes, and supports the preparation of Extension of Time (EOT) claims and delay analyses. The role also produces periodic progress reports, S-curves, and dashboards for internal management and client/consultant submission.

Strategic management

• • Develop tender and baseline schedules aligned with contract milestones, scope (BOQ/WBS), and execution strategy.


• • Support project risk management by identifying schedule risks, running what-if scenarios, and proposing mitigation and recovery plans.


• • Contribute to EOT claims through delay analysis (Time Impact Analysis, Window Analysis, Impact as Planned) and supporting documentation in line with FIDIC/contract requirements.


• Align project schedules with cash flow projections and procurement/engineering deliverable plans.

Operations Management

• • Build, maintain, and update project schedules in Primavera P6, including resource and cost loading, activity coding, and calendars.


• • Collect and validate progress data from site and engineering teams; apply updates and reconcile actuals against the baseline.


• • Monitor critical path, near-critical paths, float consumption, and out-of-sequence progress; escalate slippages with corrective actions.


• • Perform Earned Value Management analysis (SPI, CPI, EV, PV, AC, EAC/ETC) and productivity tracking.


• • Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, S-curves, look-ahead schedules, and executive dashboards (Excel/Power BI) for internal and client/consultant submission.


• Coordinate with procurement, engineering, and construction teams to link deliverables, material deliveries, and drawings to schedule activities.

Process Improvement & Knowledge Management

• • Standardize planning templates, activity coding structures, and reporting formats across projects.


• • Develop and improve automation for progress updates and reporting (Excel/Power BI, scripting where applicable).


• • Document lessons learned, as-built schedules, and delay records to support close-out and future claims.


• Keep abreast of planning best practices, contract requirements, and scheduling standards; share knowledge within the team.

Skills

• Strong team management skills.


• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.


• Excellent problem-solving skills.


• Excellent presentation skills.


• Ability to read and interpret drawings, BOQs, and method statements to build realistic schedules.


• High attention to detail and ability to work under pressure to meet reporting deadlines