Planning Engineer_Jubail IWTP📣 Job Ad

About the Role

WSP in the Middle East is seeking a Planning Engineer to join its team in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position involves contributing to significant infrastructure projects, including Independent Water Transmission Pipelines (IWTPs), pumping stations, substations, tanks, and associated facilities. The role is focused on developing and maintaining project schedules, coordinating engineering and construction sequences, and ensuring the timely delivery of project milestones from Financial Close through to Provisional Commercial Operation Date (PCOD) and the Warranty period. The Planning Engineer will collaborate with EPC contractors, design and site teams, and Project Company representatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and update the integrated project schedule, covering engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning phases.
• Review and validate the EPC Contractor's detailed execution schedule, including key milestones and performing time-impact analysis.
• Conduct monthly schedule reviews, lead schedule gap analysis, and propose mitigation measures for delays.
• Analyze baseline progress against actual progress, identify critical and near-critical paths, and maintain accurate progress reporting.
• Ensure governmental approval and permitting timelines are integrated into the project schedule.
• Support the review of the EPC Contractor's project implementation schedule for feasibility across all project stages.
• Incorporate design review workflows, including basic and detailed engineering review cycles, and specialized workshops (*, HAZOP, constructability, BIM-based reviews).
• Integrate design, approval, and coordination activities in accordance with Owner's Engineer obligations.
• Monitor day-to-day and weekly construction progress, verifying alignment with the project schedule.
• Maintain updated tracking of site activities, including labor and resource deployment, material delivery schedules, and FAT/delivery sequencing.
• Track the impact of Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), punch lists, and QA/QC documentation on the project schedule.
• Coordinate planning interfaces between the EPC contractor, O&M contractor, and external agencies.
• Prepare monthly schedule reports, recovery plans, look-ahead schedules, and executive updates.
• Support monthly progress meetings with the EPC Contractor, lenders, Project Company, and internal stakeholders.
• Issue meeting minutes related to planning activities and ensure closure of action items.
• Develop and maintain commissioning schedules, ensuring logical sequence and clear dependencies.
• Track test readiness, execution, and certification timelines, including Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), and performance tests.
• Coordinate schedule alignment for EPC and O&M handover processes.
• Track warranty-related punch lists and their closure timelines.
• Integrate plant rectification, NDC tests, O&M feedback loops, and EPC contractor commitments into the project schedule during the warranty period.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or Construction Management, or a related field.
• 7 to 12 years of experience in project planning.
• Preference for experience in large-scale infrastructure, IWTP, water transmission, or pipeline projects.
• Experience working with Owner's Engineer teams or EPC planning teams is a strong advantage.
• PMP or PMI-SP certification is preferred.
• Experience with BIM-integrated planning is an added benefit.

Required Skills

• Project Schedule Development & Control
• Schedule Gap Analysis
• Progress Reporting
• Understanding of Governmental Approval & Permitting Timelines
• Proficiency in Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning phases
• Construction Planning & Site Progress Monitoring
• Experience with BIM-based reviews
• Reporting & Coordination
• Testing, Commissioning & PCOD Planning
• Planning Support During the Warranty Period

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time position with WSP in the Middle East, based in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working on significant infrastructure projects within the Saudi Arabian job market.