Senior Planning Engineer

Job description / Role

The Senior Planning Engineer is part of the shared services team and will be providing all necessary assistance to the construction supervision team with respect to all planning and scheduling issues and progress of the works. He will be responsible for the review and approval of the submitted work program by the contractor and he will monitor the work progress during the construction and reports to the SRE. He will participate and coordinate with the contractor to produce recovery work programs in case of delays and he will participate in assessment and analysis of time related claims.

Job Responsibilities:
- Review, check and evaluate the Contractor’s time schedule of works.
- Following the review, recommend, acceptance / rejection of the Contractor’s time schedule to SRE for forwarding the recommendation to the Engineer (PMC) and PWA for program acceptance.
- Monitor the work progress, compare to the accepted program of work and report to the SRE.
- Coordinate with the Planning Engineers of PWA/PMC and the Contractor on all scheduling issues and progress.
- Prepare weekly, monthly (or any period agreed with the Engineer (PMC) / PWA) reports about the status of construction progress.
- Evaluate, and forecast project progress and performance against the established accepted / amended schedule with critical milestones.
- Assess the impact(s) of design/construction changes and schedule slippages.
- Inform the SRE (for the purpose of informing PMC / PWA) of any potential delays in the project completion or the milestones.
- Analyze, assess and participate in discussions about any suggested recovery program by the Contractor to mitigate any delays.
- Participate in the assessment and analysis of time related claims by the contractor.

Requirements

- BSc Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent. Degree shall be obtained from North America, W. Europe, Australia or equivalent University.
- Chartered Status/Professional License is preferred. Chartered, Licensed or Professional certification shall be obtained from North America, W. Europe, Australia or equivalent.
- Min of 14 postgraduate years of experience and a min. of 5 years of similar work experience on large infrastructure projects.
- Min of 5 years of experience working in North America, W. Europe, Australia or equivalent.
- Regional experience is preferred.
- Qualified professional who can manage and coordinate specialized activity, discipline or team of moderate size and complexity.
- Leads in the formulation of advanced technical concepts.
- Provides specialist services in support of project requirements.
- Independently performs highly complex professional assignments demanding contributions calling for the application of specialized principles.

About the Company

Parsons is a leader in many diverse markets such as infrastructure, transportation, water, telecommunications, aviation, commercial, environmental, planning, industrial manufacturing, education, healthcare, life sciences and homeland security.

Parsons provides technical and management solutions to federal, regional and local government agencies as well as private industries worldwide.