Senior Planning Engineer

Job description / Role

Wood has been awarded a major project with ADNOC and, we are looking to hire a Senior Planning Engineer to be based at our Abu Dhabi Engineering Center. Below are more details about the role.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities:
- Prepare Planning Package - Baseline Project Schedule, Engineering Documents Deliverables Register (EDDR), Progress Measurement System, S-Curve, Manpower Histogram, Project Calendar
- Prepare Weekly Progress Report, Monthly Progress Reports, MIS reports
- Prepare Planning documents for Proposals - Bid Schedule, Manpower Deployment Plan, Manpower Histogram, S Curve
- Prepare Weekly Cost Reports based on Earned Value Management
- Prepare EPC Implementation Schedule with Standard Productivity norms and logics
- Prepare Organization Staffing Plans and Resource Planning
- Analyzes project risks and develop mitigation plans
- Develop EPC implementation schedules in Primavera.
- Update and Maintain accurate updated schedule, progress statistics, S curves and prepare forecasts of trends
- Act as a focal point for engineering discipline leads regarding scheduling and progress issues.
- Be particularly diligent in recognizing and reporting to Project Management potential problems in all phases of the project
- Contribute to the change management process, analyzing and reporting schedule impacts to the project
- Understand all relevant documentation pertaining to the project including scope of services, conditions of contract, project execution plan, etc
- Assist management in Decision Making and Perform any other support functions as directed by the Management

Qualifications:
- Bachelor's in Engineering or equivalent

Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Minimum 10+ years Engineering Planning / Cost Estimation / Quantity Surveyor experience (Feasibility / Concept, Pre FEED, FEED, Detail Engineering Projects)
- Competent / proficient user of Primavera, MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Access, and MS Word, and MS Project
- Candidate must have EPC experience

Desirable:
- Advanced user of MS Excel, MS Access, Python
- Exposure in preparation and negotiation of extension of time claims
- Cost Estimation skills
- Schedule Risk Analysis Using Primavera Risk Analysis
- Construction / Fabrication Knowledge

Personal attributes:
- Capable of working independently and making decisions.
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent Negotiation skills
- Excellent communication skills.
- Work well within a multicultural team environment.

About the Company

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.