Planning Engineer

Job description / Role

PURPOSE:
The Planning Engineer shall undertake the tasks of planning and scheduling of all relevant works as defined by Client throughout the contract period. He will be working under the instruction of the Project Manager and in conjunction with the site supervision team he is responsible to determine the timeframe of each of the work orders and prepare the pre-construction stage schedule for all the technical reports to be submitted to the Client for approval.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Review and comment on work programmes prepared by the contractor and report findings to the Project Manager.
- Review and comment on other planning/progress related reports submitted by contractors with the consent of the Project Manager.
- Work with and assist the Resident Engineer in highlighting and effectively communicating any shortfall of the programme to the CPM.
- Monitor work programmes and status, ensuring progress reported is a true reflection of work achieved, and report areas of concern or particular progress to the Project Manager.
- Attend any relevant planning meetings with project managers and contractor.
- Provide relevant planning related information and suggestion to the Project Manager when ever required.
- Assist the Project Manager in responding to Employer requests.
- Scrutinize in detail the contractor work programme in relation to logistics, critical paths, floats and lags and make any necessary comments to the Project Manager.
- Work closely with contractors planning team to ensure that work programmes are in accordance with contractual requirements.
- To ensure the Contractors schedule of the work order is prepared using the system referred to as the Critical Path Method (CPM).
- To ensure that the contractors schedule is prepared using the specified timeframe as indicated in the work order approved by the Client.
- To ensure that the Contractors CPM plan shall be drawn to a level of details sufficient to show clearly all salient features of the work order and the sequence of activities are clearly demonstrated.
- To ensure that the Contractors schedule of the work order is submitted along with the salient information such as concise written description of the construction plan, cost and the required resources.
- To monitor the progress of the work orders and report to the Project Manager.
- To assist the Project Manager in determining the Extension of Time claims by the Contractor.
- To assist the Project Manager in the preparation of Bi Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports.
- To ensure the quality of the works during the construction stage by regular site visits and ensure compliance with drawings and specifications.
- To participate in handing over of the work orders.
- Assist PM in carrying out any correspondence needed with Client, the contractor and Government Departments (if needed).
- Assist in preparation of Monthly Reports in coordination with Resident Engineer and Project Manager.
- To study and/or visit the work order sites in order to resolve any queries raised by the supervision team.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Civil Engineering Graduate.

KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Project Planning & Management.
- Determine the time frame of each of the work orders and prepare the pre-construction stage schedule for all the technical reports to be submitted to the Client for approval.
- Primavera, WBS, Project Planning and Scheduling.

About the Company

Mouchel provides design, managerial, engineering and operational services which support communities around the world, round the clock.

We are an international infrastructure and business services Group and we support communities every minute of the day. Take a look at your watch, day or night, and someone representing Mouchel, or something created or managed by Mouchel, will be helping to make life better for people across the world.

Whether its helping to manage and maintain a road network in Western Australia, covering an area twice the size of the UK, coastal engineering and management services in Dominica or highways, marine works and major utility projects in the Middle East, Mouchels people are working to make things better for their clients and the societies they serve.