Planning Engineer
Roles & Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the project’s master schedule using Primavera P6 / MS Project.
- Prepare WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), activity lists, logic links, and sequencing for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
- Establish baseline schedules and ensure alignment with project execution plans.
- Track progress of engineering deliverables, procurement activities, fabrication, and site construction.
- Update schedules regularly and measure progress using industry-standard methods (weightage, earned value, productivity indices).
- Identify slippages, analyze variances (SV, CV), and propose recovery plans.
- Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, subcontractors, and client representatives to gather schedule inputs.
- Participate in project coordination meetings and highlight critical issues impacting schedule.
- Ensure alignment between discipline schedules and overall project timeline.
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, histograms, and progress measurement systems.
- Forecast schedule impacts, manpower requirements, and future work fronts.
- Present schedule status, delays, and mitigation plan to project management and clients.
- Perform critical path analysis (CPM) and update critical activities regularly.
- Identify and document risks affecting schedule performance.
- Develop resource-loaded and cost-loaded schedules as per project requirements.
- Monitor productivity rates, resource utilization, and ensure optimal allocation.
- Provide schedule impact reports for claims and contractual correspondence.
- Participate in risk workshops and integrate risk response plans into the schedule.
- Maintain planning records, schedules, progress sheets, and project control documents.
- Ensure compliance with client requirements, EPC standards, and project-specific procedures.
- Support project closeout by preparing final reports and as-built schedules.
Job Details
| Posted Date: | 2026-05-12 |
| Job Location: | Kuwait |
| Job Role: | Engineering |
| Company Industry: | Other Business Support Services |