Senior Planning Engineer - PPP

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Manage all planning aspects for the Project and Develop/Maintain and review the Master Schedule.
• Review and comment on the Contract documents for each package of PPP phases and advise the Projects Controls Manager of any deficiency.
• Review Contractors proposed site organization; Planners CVs and report to the Project Controls Manager.
• Review and comment on the Design schedules as submitted by the Consultant(s) and ensure the Design Schedule is in compliance with the overall project schedule.
• Review and comment on the Construction schedules as submitted by the Contractor(s) and ensure the Construction Schedule is in compliance with the overall project schedule.
• Review and comment on the Commissioning and Handover schedules as submitted by the Contractor(s) and ensure the Schedule is in compliance with the overall project schedule.
• Review and comment on the operation and maintenance schedules as submitted by the Contractor(s) and ensure the Schedule is in compliance with the overall project schedule.
• Review and comment on the procurement schedules as submitted by the Contractor and ensure the procurement schedules are in compliance and coordinated with current construction schedules.
• Review and continuously monitor, against approved Master Schedules, the Contractors major construction progress and ensure equipment and manpower are adequate or in case of any shortage report to Projects Controls Manager.
• Review in detail the recovery schedules as submitted by the Contractors and ensure manpower and site supervision staffs are increased properly.
• Regular visits to project sites to validate whether the progress of work on site is incompliance with approved schedules, major milestones have been met and report deficiencies to Projects Controls Manager.
• Review all daily, weekly and monthly reports as submitted by Contractor and report Project Controls Manager any deficiency or non-compliance.
• Review any claim involving time impact as submitted by Contractor and report his assessment to Projects Controls Manager.
• Review field design changes and Trend Notices and assess time impact, if any.
• Advise the Projects Controls Manager of any foreseen slippage of progress and corrective actions to be taken. Attend weekly progress meeting and monthly Executive meetings and participate in preparing the agenda.
• Assist Projects Controls Manager during preparation of Monthly Progress reports and Monthly Executive Presentations.
• Reviews the commissioning plans as submitted by Contractor and ensure its compliance with the approved construction schedule.
• Participate with PM staff in reviewing the Close-Out Reports as submitted by Contractors.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• Must have a engineering degree from a recognised university.
• Must possess (minimum) 10 years of total experience and 5 years KSA experience.
• 5 years experience with planning and scheduling of construction/maintenance activities in educational sector or other regulated industry with adequate trade knowledge to set priorities, estimate labor hours and material.
• Must experience of operating within a PPP environment and be familiar with PPP style contracts for the life cycle of the project.
• Client-side experience managing PMC's, LDC's Cost Consultants and other stakeholders. Contractor experience is mandatory as well.
• Experience in development and maintaining baseline programmes starting with very little briefs and input.
• Must have experience in Primavera P6 scheduling program to prepare engineering and procurement schedules.
• Collaboratively conduct reviews with all internal and external stakeholders, to ensure plans are realistic and achievable.

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