Senior Claims Planning Engineer

Job description / Role

Faithful+Gould is one of the worlds leading consultancies providing integrated project and programme management services for construction and engineering projects, with a turnover in excess of 200 million.

Faithful+Gould worldwide has access to 2,300 consultants, of whom 400 are located in the Middle East across six offices. We have successfully delivered commercial advice and management support for over 65 years to clients in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, UK, and North America. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Atkins Group, the design and engineering company.

Active in the Middle East for 18 years, Faithful+Gould combines in-depth knowledge of the region with the ability to draw on our global resource and constructive expertise, to deliver the most challenging of projects. With registered companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, this makes us one of the strongest international construction consultancies in the region.

Due to continued success in the country we are now seeking an experienced Senior Claims Planning Engineer to join our already established team in Saudi.

The Senior Claims Planning Engineer is a site based position, and a member of the Faithful+Gould Claims Team.

The Senior Claims Planning Engineer will hold the following duties and responsibilities:
- Will be part of a Claims Team of 15 plus staff.
- Will prepare extension of time (EOT) and delay analysis.
- Review subcontractor delay claims for substantiation.
- Will liaise with Commercial Team and Planning Team and exchange information.
- Prepare fragnet schedules as required.
- Attend meetings with clients, subcontractors as required.
- Ability to assess potential time impacts of variations.
- Ability to make recommendations to overcome project issues and resequencing as required.
- Will report directly to Claims Planning Manager but will interface with other Claims Planning & Commercial Team staff.
- Ability to develop logic for various facilities and trades.
- Meet with client and subcontractors as needed to review schedule and issues.
- Must be able to identify potential issues and ways to overcome them.
- Review and analyze subcontractors schedule and submission logs/reports.

Requirements

- 10-15 Years experience in Project Planning.
- Must have an engineering degree
- Preferred Airport or large project experience.
- Must have good English verbal and writing skills. Arabic a plus but not required.
- Must be thoroughly knowledgeable in Primavera P6 scheduling programs.
- Have site base experience and knowledge of construction sequencing.
- Have thorough knowledge of resource and cost loading and subcontractor work forces.
- Must be able to utilize other software applications, Miscrosoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.

We offer an excellent package which includes:
- A competitive salary
- Accommodation allowance
- Transportation allowance
- 26 calendar days annual leave (based on 6 day working week)
- Medical and life insurance cover
- Company gratuity scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Employee Well-Being Programme - 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

• focus on quality
• seek world class design and excellence
• strive to add value
• be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).