Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Well regarded International Design and Engineering consultancy are seeking a Planning Engineer to work on projects across the Middle East, from their Amman office.

This role will include the following responsibilities:

Prepare project Notice to proceed in coordination with BDD and distribute to all concerned parties.
Assist the PM to prepare (PMP) project management plan to discuss it during planning workshop with project team, then produce final PMP and obtain management approvals
Prepare project WBS that identifies project scope defined in the project contract in coordination with PM and HOS for approval. And update in weekly basis to reflect project updates and progress of work.
Responsible for project contractual documentation both in soft and hardcopies as per archiving and filling procedure.
Prepare project budget using form (FO-BDD-PM-03) and prepare comparison sheet between budgeted hours and actual spent hours to be discussed through the technical coordination meetings..
In case of scope change, assist PM to prepare scope change notifications and provide with all supported documents to have DD approval, and prepare VOR as requested by DD. APM shall reflect approved changes and update the project WBS, budget accordingly.
Upon receiving client written approval on the submitted deliverables, prepare project invoices as per contract requirements.
Upon project closeout, APM shall send notifications to MBD to update projects library, website. And ensure financial and administrative closeout procedure have been applied as per closeout procedure.
Attend project meetings as follows:
Internal meetings: including management review meeting (KPI) , PM progress weekly meetings, project technical weekly meeting and meetings as requested by PM, APM shall prepare action log and send to all attendees
External meetings: attend external meetings with client, sub consultants, and other external parties if needed and as requested by PM
Act as PM during his absence after clear delegation from PM
Identify scope of work, and understand project component, zoning and logic sequence of project activities.
Review and comment on contractor construction programmer for compliance with contract requirements , and ensure that the contractor program to include amongst others the following :
Logic network (CPM) including critical path.
Activities tabular schedules.
Bar chart schedules.
Shop drawings and material submittal schedules.
Procurement schedule.
Resources schedules and histograms
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) .
Employer key dates mile stones.
Monitoring contractor program, resources, rate of progresses, material delivery and updates of the program.
Analyze gaps between actual progress and the planned progress and advise accordingly.

Requirements

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering or a Mechanical Engineering, PMP certification and any other relevant certifications are highly preferable
Three to four years of experience in project planning/ scheduling.
Good knowledge of construction activities and logic sequence of such activities (engineering, manufacturing, and construction).
Good knowledge in MS project and primavera project management programs (version 5 and 6) software.
Able to prepare base line and loaded time schedules for project construction.
Good command of English language.
Excellent communication skills; verbal & written. Knowledge/experience of best practice in Engineering/Architecture.
Knowledge in Design Management methodologies scoping and control.
International exposure.

About the Company

Consisting only of Director level personnel, each with over 12 years' experience of working within the Gulf Region, we aim to alleviate all the issues and frustrations traditionally associated with using a Resourcing or external HR service. Each client and candidate is handpicked and dealt with by a Director personally thus ensuring that all parties get the level of service they expect. to: Consisting only of Director level personnel, each with over 12 years' experience of working within the Gulf Region, we aim to alleviate all the issues and frustrations traditionally associated with using a Resourcing or external HR service. Each client and candidate is handpicked and dealt with by a Director personally thus ensuring that all parties get the level of service they expect.

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