Planing Engineer

Job description / Role

Role: Site Planning Engineer
Location: KSA Western Region
Project: Thermal Power Plant Construction Project
Salary: $14k - $16k per month plus benefits depending on experience

The ideal candidate will more than likely be working as a planning engineer and have previous experience of planning power plant construction works, preferably Thermal projects.
- Review the implementation time schedules which are periodically issued by the contractor for each sub-project regarding match with the actual progress and achievement of the planned progress.
- Develop and maintain the Schedulers own implementation time schedules for the purpose of establishing a systematic and consistent estimate of the percentages of completion for each sub-project. Each sub-project shall be broken down into the disciplines Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Erection and Commissioning.
- Present the progress as planned and achieved by the Contractor in form of tables and S-curves for each sub-project and also for the total project (weighted average).
- Monitor and verify Contractors work progress in all areas for the purpose of progress payments and assist the Project/Site Manager in issuing the payment certificates with all necessary backup and evidence. The primary progress assessment in the field is however done by the discipline engineers.
- Maintain records for all payments made by the Employer to the Contractor. This comprises separate payments for the commercial value of goods/services and for the related VAT.
- Maintain records for all contract variations whether implicitly or explicitly agreed between Contractor and Employer.
- Transfer of knowledge to the Employers counterpart engineers
- Receive and implement instructions as given by the Project Manager.
- Cooperate in all activities with the PE Site team in accordance with the instructions of the Project Manager/Site Manager

Requirements

Education:
- Bachelor Degree or Higher in B.Sc Engineering from a reputable university

Experience:
- Min. 15 years of experience in Planning, Scheduling, Budget and Cost Control of large projects with Min. 10 years in Thermal Power Projects.
- Western National
- Proficient in Primavera Planning & Scheduling Software
- Preferably experience in the Middle East resp. Saudi Arabia

If this role is of interest please apply now.

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