Senior Planning Engineer

Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC is a proud member of the Ghobash Group. For almost 20 years, we have made vital contributions to the Oil & Gas sector of the UAE, executing both onshore and offshore projects. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is one of our main clients along with Tier 1 and Tier 2 EPC contractors in this sector. We have the expertise to carry out full EPC&M services for electrical and instrumentation works and bring our intrinsic knowledge to measure and automate exploration, production, separation, refining processes, and distribution through our localized services.

Overall responsibilities:

• This role will be working closely with Planning & Control Manager and Project Managers and take responsibility of resource planning, levelling and progress monitoring for projects.
• Assist and take major responsibilities on proposals planning during tendering stage.
• Functionally reporting to the General Manager and on budget required for a team, budget at completion, calculating and estimate cash flow and cost / budget variance analysis.
• Manage project work approvals in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial execution budget set-up and approvals. Monitor and control the cost and develop invoicing procedures to customers / clients.  

Day to day responsibilities:

• To prepare the Master and Construction schedule.
• Generation of Monthly (MPR) , Weekly (WPR) and Daily (DPR) reports on operational activities
• Develop an internal schedule to identify & track the major milestones to achieve the project completion date.
• Generation of analysis reports, S-curve, narrative reports for client & management review.
• Monitoring and updating project schedule on weekly and monthly basis.
• Establish Progress Measurement System (PMS) & prepare Deliverable Status Registers.
• Work coordination between Inter discipline and subcontractors.
• Risk identification & risk response planning.
• Material & resource / manpower planning and coordination. Critical path analysis.
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) preparation.
• Develop and update resource histogram weekly or monthly as required.
• Preparation of project Cash flow & actual comparison.
• Preparation of look ahead schedule.
• Study and analyse planned progress Vs actual progress.
• Preparation of recovery schedule to catch up the completion date.
• Preparation of Progress Payment Certificate (PPC) and Request for Invoice (RFI)
• Analyze actual costs vs control budget during all phases of the Project, maintain budget at completion forecasts; and
• Work closely with Head of Projects, Projects Managers and Sr. Project Engineers and manage the project work approval process in terms of accurate cost code allocation and initial budget set-up and approvals; and
• Analyze actual costs vs control budget during all phases of the Project, maintain budget at completion forecasts; and
• Determine the forecast final costs based on available information in terms of quantities and unit rates, and produce and issue updates on project cost forecasts and report to Project Management and General Manager; and
• Determine the forecast final costs based on available information in terms of quantities and unit rates, and produce and issue updates on project cost forecasts and report to Project Management and General Manager; and
• Produce Project Planning closeout report and Productivity calculation Preparation of project claims, extension of time (EOT).

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Instrumentation or Mechanical) with (07 Years minimum) in the Oil & Gas industry. Affinity and familiar with Engineering, Procurement and Contracting aspects in the business, both onshore and offshore.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience level: 07 years minimum
• 03-04 years or more experience UAE or Middle East EPC Projects
• Minimum 03 years as Planning Engineer on medium to large scale projects in similar business or industry
• Experience with cost estimating software and tools.
• Excellent knowledge of Primavera.

   Skills & Professional Requirements:

• Experience of developing project planning package.
• Advance knowledge and expertise in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Applications.
• Advance knowledge and understanding of WBS, CBS structure and project reporting capabilities.
• Strong understanding of Project Planning, Scheduling, Cost Management, Change Control, & Risk Analysis & Management
• Excellent understanding of earned value application, cost and schedule variance analyses/trending and what-if scenarios.
• PMP – Project Management Professional is preferred.

Attributes & Behaviours 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with project managers, stakeholders, and other team members.
• Coaches, mentors, and empowers others to make decisions within established parameters.
• Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies.
• Excellent personality with strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.