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Planning Engineer – Assistant Manager- Abu Dhabi
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22 October 2026 (1 hour ago)
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19 January 2027
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
About the Role
Our client is an established manufacturer of engineered ystems serving district energy oil and gas and industrial projects across the region.The Planning Engineer Assistant Manager owns the planning and scheduling of projects and production so that orders are delivered on time on budget and to specification. The role links sales engineering procurement production and logistics and gives management a clear reliable view of progress risks and capacity.
Key Responsibilities
Planning and scheduling- Build and maintain detailed baseline schedules for projects from contract award through design procurement manufacturing delivery and site support.
- Translate project schedules into production and resource plans aligned with factory capacity and material availability.
- Define work breakdown structures critical paths milestones and interfaces with clients and subcontractors.
- Prepare schedules that meet client and consultant contractual requirements including submission formats.
- Track actual progress against baseline and report variances delays and recovery actions.
- Issue weekly and monthly progress reports S-curves and look-ahead schedules for management and clients.
- Identify schedule risks early and propose mitigation and recovery plans.
- Support delay analysis extension-of-time submissions and variation impact assessments.
- Contribute to cost tracking forecasting and earned-value reporting where required.
- Work with sales and estimation on delivery timelines for tenders and proposals.
- Coordinate with engineering procurement production QA/QC and logistics so plans reflect real constraints.
- Attend project production and client progress meetings and keep action items moving.
- Guide and review the work of junior planners or planning engineers.
- Standardise planning templates procedures and reporting formats.
- Drive improvements in on-time delivery capacity use and planning accuracy.
Requirements
| Area | Essential | Preferred |
| Education | Bachelors degree in Mechanical Civil Industrial or Production Engineering | PMP PMI-SP or equivalent planning certification |
| Experience | 8 years in planning or project controls including 2 years in a senior or lead planner role | Pre-insulated piping district cooling pipelines oil and gas or engineered-product manufacturing |
| Project type | Planning for EPC manufacturing or fabrication projects | Combined project and production (factory) planning |
| Tools | Primavera P6 and MS Project; advanced Excel | SAP or Oracle ERP planning modules; Power BI |
| Region | Experience on projects in the GCC | Familiarity with client and consultant requirements in the UAE and Saudi Arabia |
| Language | Fluent English written and spoken | Arabic |
Core competencies
- Strong analytical skills with a structured approach to critical path and resource analysis.
- Clear communicator able to present progress and risks to senior management and clients.
- Comfortable coordinating across departments and holding teams to agreed dates.
- High attention to detail and ownership of schedule accuracy.
Package
A competitive package will be discussed with shortlisted candidates. It is expected to follow the usual GCC structure: basic salary housing and transport allowances medical insurance annual air ticket visa and end-of-service benefits.
