Senior Planning Engineer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Full time

On-site

Job description

Key accountabilities

· Integration into project teams

· Provide delivery planning services to project

· Liaise with clients and consultants

· Lead programme meetings whether internally or presenting to Clients

· Set up end to end programmes from appointment to commissioning and close out.

· Set up and manage auditable trails of programmes

· Collate & validate project progress and report to the Project Management Team

· Contribute to the efficient way the department is run by feeding lessons learnt and innovation back into the department.

· Understand what makes each project tick and establish programmes around key milestones

· Critical Path analysis

· Identify and manage project risk

· Ability to contribute to problem solving

· React to client change with “big picture” thinking

· Ability to produce detailed programmes and options quickly as required by clients

· Ability to advise clients on “last possible moment” decision milestones

· Develop relationships with internal teams, consultants, clients and suppliers.

· Provide mentoring and support to more junior members of staff in planning principles, techniques and software.

· Manage the interface between cost / time utilising the programme as a commercial tool in the making of payment applications.

· Manage a small team of planners on a large project