Planning Engineer

About the Role

UCC Holding is seeking a Planning Engineer to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves implementing and monitoring planning processes for engineering design stages, ensuring efficient project delivery, and maintaining construction progress without delays. The Planning Engineer will also monitor procurement processes and coordinate between construction needs and consultants.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project planning and scheduling support, including managing a small team of planners.
• Manage project schedules in accordance with the project work breakdown structure, ensuring schedules are developed and regularly updated to allow effective monitoring, forecasting, and control.
• Produce pre-design, design, tender and award, procurement, construction, and completion scheduling to depict project and contractual requirements.
• Analyze project requirements and prepare resource and cost-loaded planning schedules.
• Produce resource histograms for manpower, material, and submittals.
• Evaluate and analyze progress through updated status reports in various formats based on the contract schedule to provide performance assessment and accurate forecasts.
• Coordinate and liaise with project managers to update the detailed works program.
• Coordinate and liaise with subcontractors and authorities regarding planning and programming matters for various project interfaces.
• Liaise with the Project Director/Manager on different scenarios to be simulated in the schedule and prepare "What if Analysis."
• Review and evaluate subcontractor schedules and reports, recommending necessary actions to align subcontracted items with the contract schedule.
• Prepare the progress monitoring portion of the monthly report, including monthly schedule updates for submittal to the client and management.
• Participate in progress and coordination meetings to discuss project status.
• Support the implementation of HSE initiatives, participate in safety awareness activities, and contribute to incident reporting and resolution in alignment with company and IMS policies.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 2-5 years of experience in a relevant planning engineering role.
• Demonstrated ability to implement and monitor engineering design stages planning processes.
• Experience in reviewing and monitoring consultant design plans and authorities' approvals.
• Proficiency in monitoring procurement processes to ensure material delivery on site.
• Strong coordination skills to manage communication between construction teams and consultants.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a dynamic construction and engineering environment. The role requires close collaboration with project managers, consultants, subcontractors, and authorities.