Planning and Monitoring Engineer (Substation experience)

Job Purpose

The Planning & Monitoring Engineer is responsible for assisting the Senior Planning & Monitoring Engineer in coordination with the Project Management Team & functional managers, including performing delay analysis as dictated by the relevant contracts.

The person performing this role has to possess thorough knowledge & experience in the entire life cycle of projects from initiation till close-out.

Dimensions

External Interfaces:

• Utilities
• Client
• Project consultants
• Other stakeholders, as necessary
  
  

Internal Interfaces

• Senior Planning & Monitoring Engineer
• Engineering Team
• Project Management Team
  
  

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participate in creating Project baseline schedules, Project costs, Resource allocation as per TAQA requirements with Senior Planning Engineer.
• Establish project Work Break-down Structure (WBS) and Project Control Strategy.
• Establish a Tender & Master Projects Time Schedule.
• Participate in establishing a Cost Breakdown Structure & earned value calculations as per TAQA scheduling requirements.
• Coordinate with Senior Planning Engineer for preparation of project measurement procedure as per TAQA requirements “Manpower & machinery histogram, S curves for progress & billing”.
• Assist in enhancing the internal reporting system by coordinating with the Senior Planning Engineer.
• Assist in issuing the external report by coordination with Senior Planning Engineer as per TAQA Requirements.
• Assist in establishment of a recovery / revised schedule as per project status.
• Assist in maintaining resources histogram by coordination with project management team.
• Maintain and update the project schedule.
• Follow up the projects progress, and highlight the reasons of delay derived from Variance Analysis.
• Prepare and review the daily, weekly and monthly progress reports for internal & external reporting.
• Utilize project planning and monitoring tools effectively to ensure compliance with project timelines, budgets and quality standards.
• Tracking progress measurements & support the finance team for invoice preparation & submission.
• Prepare & maintain material control list.
• Assist in preparing EOT claims by extracting the delay events & review the sub-contractor’s EOT.
• Record costs in EBS in coordination with the commercial team.
• Perform any other related tasks assigned as per the directives of the Senior Planning Engineer and the HOD (Engineering).
  
  

Qualification & Experience

• Project risk assessment management, Contract management, Interface Coordination, and Conflict Resolution.
• Leadership, team building, communication, critical thinking, decision-making, problem solving skills are mandatory.
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to present complex, technical information to a wide audience.
• High competence in technical writing, systems development and utilization.