Senior Planning Engineer - Infrastructure

Parsons International

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP094-1909

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The Senior Planning Engineer is responsible for the overall evaluation and control of the assigned project schedules and performs schedule development, maintenance and monitoring of the planning/scheduling activities with minimal or no supervisory oversight. She/he will manage various schedules to ensure that work is completed as scheduled and to identify schedule-associated cost trends for management attention and action. She/he will support development of the monthly reports and to perform schedule assessments as requested.

Job Responsibilities:

- Takes a lead in preparing schedule data for proposals or contract negotiations as requested and checks and confirms that the correct scope of work is reflected on assigned schedules.

- Integrates inter-discipline schedule requirements and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned disciplines or specialties.

- Reviews and assesses the work sequences with the total project plan.

- Establishes and implements methods for determining activity durations within assigned disciplines or specialties.

- Develops quantity release and/or installation curves for assigned disciplines/areas or specialties.

- Reviews and approves invoice verification for payment based on cost-loaded schedules, as required.

- Reviews schedule data, identifies and acquires information needed to complete work logics to interface between assigned disciplines, specialties and/or projects.

- Develops specific project codes of accounts and work breakdown structures, and recommends appropriate modifications and revisions for new work items assigned.

- Determines critical-path activities for assigned discipline or specialties and identifies significant activities supporting inter- discipline requirements and identifies critical path for discipline or specialty work activities.

- Identifies, analyzes and monitors schedule deviations for assigned disciplines or specialties including subcontractor submittals and recommends corrective action/work-around solutions for project considerations.

- Develops and writes the schedule commentary that appears in the monthly progress and similar reports. Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule and prepares and presents the Critical Items Action Report.

- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate under the direction of the RE.

Requirements

- Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering, Construction or related field and 12 years of related work experience.

- Dubai-UAE experience is preferred.

Skills/Competencies:

- Must be knowledgeable of current Primavera Enterprise Systems (P6) scheduling technology and how it can be effectively utilized on the project.

- Proven ability to perform in a technical role.

- Excellent written and oral communications skills.

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.

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