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About the Role

Matar Holding Company is seeking a highly experienced Senior Planning Engineer to join their team in Dammam, Eastern Province. This full-time position requires a candidate with 5-10 years of experience, specifically within the pressure vessel and heat exchanger fabrication industry. The role is critical for ensuring the successful planning, execution, and delivery of complex fabrication projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project master schedules using Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Prepare baseline schedules at project kickoff, covering engineering, procurement, fabrication, inspection, and delivery milestones.
• Identify critical path activities and highlight schedule risks to management.
• Issue weekly and monthly schedule updates against baseline.
• Coordinate with Production, Engineering, QA/QC, Procurement, and NDE teams to ensure proper sequencing of fabrication activities.
• Track key fabrication stages including material receipt, cutting, rolling, fit-up, welding, PWHT, NDE, hydrotest, painting, and final inspection.
• Ensure ASME U-Stamp / U2-Stamp inspection hold points are integrated into schedules.
• Optimize shop loading plans with the Production Supervisor.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, including S-curves, manpower histograms, percentage completion summaries, and look-ahead schedules.
• Maintain a live project dashboard for all active jobs.
• Prepare client-facing reports, schedule submissions, and recovery plans.
• Attend client progress meetings and address schedule-related queries.
• Coordinate all schedule-related correspondence with the Project Manager.
• Ensure contractual deliverables are submitted on time.
• Identify schedule deviations and propose recovery plans.
• Maintain a schedule risk register and track mitigation efforts.
• Support Extension of Time (EOT) claims with planning documentation.
• Ensure all planning documents are maintained as per QMS and ASME requirements.
• Coordinate with Document Controller for timely submission of project documentation.
• Support internal and third-party audits, including Saudi Aramco vendor audits.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Mandatory experience in the pressure vessel / heat exchanger manufacturing industry.
• 8–10 years of experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Strong understanding of fabrication processes, including cutting, rolling, welding, PWHT, NDE, and hydrotest.
• Working knowledge of ASME Section VIII Div. 1 / Div. 2.
• Strong reporting skills, including S-curves, EVM, and manpower histograms.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Strong client handling experience with major industrial clients such as Saudi Aramco, SABIC, SIPCHEM.
• Fluent in English; Arabic is an advantage.
• Experience in ERP-linked planning systems is considered an advantage.

Important Note on Experience

Candidates without direct experience in the pressure vessel / heat exchanger fabrication industry will not be considered for this role, irrespective of their overall years of experience.