Engineer Planning alfanar Building Systems

About the Role

Alfanar is seeking an Engineer Planning for its Building Systems division in Riyadh. This full-time role supports large-scale real estate development projects by managing day-to-day scheduling, progress monitoring, and reporting cycles across multiple concurrent projects. The Planning Engineer will collaborate closely with site teams, project managers, and client-side planners to ensure schedules are accurate, credible, and actionable.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, structure, and maintain detailed project schedules in Primavera P6, covering civil, MEP, finishing, mobilization, and handover activities.
• Build and validate the Work Breakdown Structure, activity logic, durations, dependencies, and baseline revisions.
• Manage change control for baseline revisions and ensure approved schedules align with project execution strategy.
• Collect, verify, and update site progress data on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.
• Prepare S-curves, look-ahead schedules, manpower/resource histograms, progress reports, and management dashboards.
• Perform schedule variance analysis, identify critical path shifts and delay causes, and recommend recovery actions.
• Track performance using Earned Value Management, including SPI, CPI, and forecast-at-completion trends.
• Coordinate with cost control to support cost/schedule integration and maintain a single source of truth for project status.
• Participate in progress meetings, follow up on actions, and align reporting formats with client and consultant requirements.

General Accountabilities

• Continuously develop soft and technical skills relevant to the role.
• Perform planned activities to meet operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviations and execution of planned tasks.
• Solve related problems and escalate complex operational issues as needed.
• Ensure quality requirements are met to develop effective quality control and processes, including specifications for products or activities.
• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures, seeking automation opportunities where possible.
• Comply with relevant policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within the defined area of work.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess 2-5 years of relevant experience in planning and scheduling for real estate development or construction projects.