Senior Planning Engineer

Transpo Group Middle East · Abu Dhabi

Posted Sep 13, 2026Source: indeed
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**Senior Planning Engineer** **Project:** Industrial Buildings **Location:** Al Ruwais (initially Musaffah) **Employment Type:** Full\-time We are seeking an experienced **Senior Planning Engineer** with a minimum of **12 years of experience** in planning and project controls for large\-scale **industrial, commercial, residential, or mixed\-use construction projects**. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules, providing progress analysis, identifying potential delays, and supporting project teams in delivering projects safely, efficiently, and within approved timelines. The role requires strong expertise in construction planning, scheduling, progress measurement, critical path analysis, and schedule reporting, with the ability to work closely with project management, engineering, construction, commercial, and client teams. **Requirements** * Bachelor's degree in **Civil Engineering** (key requirement) * Minimum **12 years of relevant experience** in planning, scheduling, or project controls within the construction industry. * Proven experience on **large\-scale industrial, commercial, residential, mixed\-use, or major infrastructure/building projects**. * Strong experience working for **main contractors** * Demonstrated experience managing complex project schedules from **design/engineering through construction and handover**. * Strong understanding of construction methodologies, sequencing, project controls, and schedule management. * Experience in **critical path analysis, delay analysis, progress measurement, earned value, forecasting, and recovery planning**. **Key Competencies** * Project Planning \& Scheduling * **Primavera P6** * Critical Path Analysis * Progress Measurement \& Reporting * Schedule Risk \& Delay Analysis * Recovery \& Mitigation Planning * Construction Sequencing * Baseline \& Schedule Management * Resource \& Productivity Monitoring * EOT / Claims Support * Contractor \& Subcontractor Schedule Management * Project Controls * Stakeholder Management * Analytical \& Problem\-Solving Skills **Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their updated CV and relevant project experience.** **For Civil Engineering degree holders only.** Job Type: Full\-time Application Question(s): * Do you have a Civil Engineering degree? * Are you willing to work in Musaffah initially prior to moving to AlRuwais? Experience: * Primavera P6: 5 years (Required) * industria project: 10 years (Required) * commercial projects: 10 years (Required) * residential project: 10 years (Required) Work Location: In person

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