Planning Engineer

About the Role

Dar Al Riyadh Consultants is seeking a Planning Engineer to manage planning and scheduling activities for the renovation of a high-rise, five-star hotel in Medina. This full-time role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience in construction planning and project controls, focusing on complex renovation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Review the contractor’s detailed baseline programme and provide recommendations for approval or revisions.
• Verify schedule logic, activity sequencing, durations, calendars, constraints, resource loading, and cost loading.
• Ensure the baseline programme encompasses design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, phased handovers, and project closeout.
• Monitor critical and near-critical paths, identifying potential schedule delays.
• Track daily, weekly, and monthly progress against the approved baseline programme.
• Verify that reported progress percentages accurately reflect actual work completed and inspected on site.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, S-curves, manpower histograms, milestone trackers, and executive dashboards.
• Develop two-week, four-week, and three-month look-ahead schedules.
• Perform Earned Value Analysis and report schedule and cost performance indicators.
• Analyze progress variances and recommend mitigation, acceleration, or recovery measures.
• Review and monitor the contractor’s recovery and revised programmes.
• Assess the schedule impact of design changes, late approvals, procurement delays, access restrictions, and phased handovers.
• Review Extension of Time claims using appropriate forensic delay-analysis methods, including Time Impact Analysis.
• Maintain records of schedule updates, delays, instructions, progress evidence, and mitigation actions.
• Coordinate planning information with the Project Manager, Quantity Surveyor, discipline engineers, client, and contractor.
• Monitor procurement schedules for long-lead materials, equipment, specialist systems, and imported hotel finishes.
• Consider Madinah Central Area delivery restrictions, site access, working-hour limitations, and logistical constraints in project planning.
• Forecast completion dates and promptly report schedule risks and required management decisions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Valid Saudi Council of Engineers registration is mandatory.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in construction planning, scheduling, and project controls.
• Proven experience managing programmes for high-rise buildings, five-star hotels, luxury hospitality developments, or major renovation projects.
• Strong experience in phased brownfield renovation, testing and commissioning, and sectional handovers.
• Previous experience working with an engineering consultancy or construction supervision consultant.
• Experience in Madinah Central Area or similarly congested and access-restricted locations is preferred.
• PMI-SP, AACE Planning and Scheduling Professional, or an equivalent certification is preferred.

Required Skills

• Expert proficiency in Primavera P6 and advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project and project reporting or dashboard tools.
• Strong knowledge of baseline development, critical-path analysis, resource loading, progress measurement, and schedule forecasting.
• Experience preparing S-curves, manpower histograms, progress dashboards, and look-ahead programmes.
• Practical knowledge of Earned Value Analysis and project performance measurement.
• Experience evaluating Extension of Time claims and conducting Time Impact Analysis or other recognised delay-analysis methods.
• Strong analytical, reporting, coordination, and presentation skills.
• Understanding of procurement, construction sequencing, site logistics, and phased hotel handovers.

Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Medina.

Application Information

Salary details for this position will be discussed during the interview process.