Planning Engineer

Job description / Role

Planning Engineer - Qatar

Duties:
- Report to the Project Controls Manager
- Prepare project wide Master Programme (MP) reflecting the project phasing and packaging strategy and including design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover activities.
- Review Contractors’ Programmes (Baseline and regular updates), including cost and resource loading.
- Challenge programme Dependencies, Constraints and Total Float / Critical Path.
- Monitor construction progress and analyses Earned Value and associated Key Performance Indicators.
- Track Contractor’s submittals (Actual vs. Planned).
- Raise Early Warnings when actual performance of the Works falls short of the target
- Identify project risks, propose mitigation measures and develop project wide risk register.
- Prepare Egis progress reports in collaboration with the project team.
- Review Contractors’ reports.
- Review and assess delay events and provide Impact Assessments.
- Review and assess time aspects of Contractors’ Extension of Time claims.
- Attend planning meetings and take minutes of meeting

PLEASE NOTE THIS JOB IS PLANNED FOR A JANUARY 2017 START

Requirements

- BSc in Civil Engineering.
- Min. 7 years of experience in the field of project planning & controls.
- Based in Qatar.
- Have NOC.
- Good Command of spoken and written English is a must.
- Consulting experience or Client representative.
- Salary Package: 16 k

About the Company

Our name derives from our proficiency in bringing engineering solutions to our clients across the globe. We have provided quality personnel to major consulting engineers and contractors in the Americas, the Antipodes, Africa, Asia and Europe. Our global knowledge and our vast networking system sets us apart when our clients require a particular staffing solution, wherever they may be.

We take great pride in our ability to understand our clients needs and to research thoroughly the projects requirements before submitting candidates to our client. We fully understand the criticality in providing the right person first time to give our clients the peace of mind which comes from using OB International Recruitment.

As a provider of multi-disciplinary staff we take great care in recognising the fit between the client and the candidate. Our experience in this recognition makes us one of the leading providers in a market that requires a no nonsense approach and an ability to make things work. Testimony to this is the repeat business that we get from some of the worlds top blue chip consultants and contractors.