Planning Engineer

About the Role

HUDSON is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer – Mechanical to join their team in Al Jubail, Eastern Province. This full-time role focuses on supporting project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, and reporting for Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Refinery projects within Saudi Arabia. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in mechanical construction, maintenance, shutdown, and turnaround projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules for mechanical construction, maintenance, shutdown, and turnaround activities.
• Prepare baseline schedules, look-ahead schedules, recovery schedules, and progress updates.
• Monitor actual project progress against planned schedules, identifying delays, critical activities, and potential risks.
• Coordinate with Site Execution, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, QA/QC, and HSE teams to ensure timely project execution.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports and planning dashboards.
• Track manpower, equipment, materials, productivity, and resource requirements.
• Analyze project performance and provide recommendations for schedule recovery and corrective actions.
• Monitor critical path activities and ensure timely completion of project milestones.
• Prepare progress measurement and quantity tracking for mechanical activities.
• Support the preparation of S-curves, progress curves, histograms, and productivity reports.
• Coordinate with subcontractors and monitor their progress against approved schedules.
• Assist in identifying schedule risks, delays, and potential extension-of-time impacts.
• Participate in project progress meetings and provide accurate planning updates to management and clients.
• Ensure planning and reporting activities comply with project requirements and client standards.

Required Experience and Skills

• Proven experience in mechanical construction, maintenance, shutdown, and turnaround projects.
• Ability to develop and monitor project schedules effectively.
• Strong coordination skills to work with site, engineering, procurement, and subcontractor teams.

Qualifications

Candidates should have 8 years of relevant experience in planning engineering roles, specifically within Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Refinery projects.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Al Jubail, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, supporting critical projects in the region. Salary details for this role will be disclosed during the interview process.