Senior Engineer, Planning

Job Purpose

Plan and advise on implementation strategies for new projects, establish systems and procedures, review/ analyse the Consultants and Contractors’ project plans, mobilization of PMC Manpower, schedules, progress, resources utilization and recommend corrective actions. Review /plan, schedule, monitor and control assigned civil projects in line with approved scope of work.

Job Specific Accountabilities (Part 1)

• Develop and maintain systems and procedures covering the areas of planning, scheduling, progress measurement and reporting.
• Review project execution strategies and implementation schedules for new projects and advise on logic, duration and mode of implementation.
• Ensure that suitable contractual provisions are made in all contracts to provide appropriate planning and scheduling data, information and documentation.
• Finalize the planning formats and with respect to Projects Control Department in the Tender documents and participate in technical evaluation of bids.
• planning and scheduling documents, such as master schedules, progress reports, ‘S’ curves and bar charts etc. are prepared properly and in accordance with contractual time schedules and frequencies by Consultants and Contractors.
• Review and recommend necessary planning documents for Company approval to ensure that such documents are regularly updated by Consultants and Contractors.
• Identify and review the critical and sub-critical activities and their impact on the project schedules.
• Review the reported progress of Consultants/Contractors to ensure that the reports accurately reflect the actual performance and productivity.
• Review the weekly and monthly reports submitted by Consultants and Contractors.
• Review and calculate the Change Request and Contract Trend Notice related to time impact.
• Review and evaluate the claims submitted by Consultants and Contractors.
  
  

Job Specific Accountabilities (Part 2)

• Review the work forecasts and plan for remaining activities and comments on the proposals for any amendments to original plans and schedules.
• Analyse and identify areas of concern and work progress trends for potential problems, examine implications of such problems and recommend possible course of action to avoid/minimize such impact and ensure timely completion of projects.
• Attend/ contribute in regular monthly/weekly progress review meetings. Review/ prepare monthly executive reports on project status and progress, and review the project close-out reports.
• Review resource deployment and work of contractors and recommend corrective actions.
  
  

Generic Accountabilities

Supervision

• Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective business objectives.
  
  

Budgets

• Provide input for preparation of the Function / Division / Department / Section budgets, assist in the implementation of the approved Budget, and work plans to deliver business objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
  
  

Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures

• Implement approved Function/ Division/ Department/ Section policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the work programs in line with Company and International standards.
  
  

Performance Management

• Contribute to the achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the Function/ Division / Department/ Section in line with the Company Performance framework.
  
  

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with best industry standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.
  
  

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures, controls, applicable legislation, and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices.
  
  

Reports

• Provide inputs to prepare MIS and progress reports for Company Management.
  
  

Internal Communications & Working Relationships

Daily contacts with Planning & Cost Control Head, Project Managers and other project personnel regarding planning activities.

External Communications & Working Relationships

• Regular contacts with ADNOC Group employees on work related matters
• Frequent contacts with outside Consultants/Contractors.
  
  

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor`s Degree in an Engineering discipline.

Minimum Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• 8 years’ experience in planning and scheduling in Major Building/Civil Projects in a large organization.
• Must be conversant with Primavera, MS Projects, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, etc.
• Good knowledge of English.