Planning Engineer - Community Infrastructure
Posted date [2026-05-24]
(ID: 45617)
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Job Description and Requirements
Planning Engineer - Community InfrastructureJob Snapshot
Role: Planning Engineer - Community Infrastructure
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Experience: 10+ years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Planning Engineer - Community Infrastructure in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity focused on planning, scheduling, programme control, delay analysis, and project reporting for major infrastructure and community development works. This role is ideal for an experienced planning professional with strong knowledge of utilities, roads, landscape, structures, project interfaces, contractor programmes, and Primavera P6.
The position supports successful project delivery by reviewing baseline schedules, monitoring progress, identifying delay risks, assessing claims, preparing reports, and advising project leadership on corrective actions. It requires strong analytical judgment, sound understanding of construction sequencing, and the ability to communicate programme risks clearly to clients, contractors, consultants, and management teams.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Salary: 18000-30000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Planning Engineer will perform planning, scheduling, and project control functions for a major community development infrastructure project. The role includes reviewing contractor schedules, integrating multiple project packages, validating progress data, monitoring critical activities, assessing time impacts, and supporting contractual responses to delay-related matters.
This position is important for maintaining project visibility, protecting programme integrity, and helping the project team take early action against slippage. The engineer will work closely with contractors, employers, consultants, and project leadership to ensure that schedules, reports, claims, trackers, and progress measurement systems remain accurate and aligned with project requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Review contractor baseline schedules and convey the Engineer’s consent in accordance with contract conditions and Parsons recommended practices.
* Validate project resources, programme logic, activity sequencing, and completion timelines to support timely project delivery.
* Develop and maintain a master schedule that integrates multiple infrastructure packages and reflects interdependencies between workstreams.
* Assess how one package, schedule, or project activity may affect other project elements and highlight related programme risks.
* Evaluate updated schedules, progress schedules, and contractor planning submissions to verify accuracy and completeness.
* Identify potential delays, slippage areas, critical events, and programme risks, then recommend mitigation measures and corrective actions.
* Conduct what-if analysis to assess time impacts of changes, variations, potential events, and proposed instructions before implementation.
* Prepare regular progress reports, monthly programme analysis, management presentations, milestone updates, and recommendations for timely completion.
* Assess Extension of Time claims, disruption claims, and delay submissions using recognized methodologies including Time Impact Analysis and Window Analysis.
* Analyze concurrent delays and prepare reasoned responses supported by programming data, construction logic, and contractual provisions.
* Discuss and resolve planning and scheduling issues with contractors, employers, consultants, and project stakeholders.
* Coordinate with the client to finalize contractor programmes, progress reports, claim responses, and schedule-related submissions.
* Attend kick-off meetings, technical meetings, service coordination meetings, progress reviews, and other project coordination sessions.
* Prepare concise and accurate minutes of meetings with clear actions, decisions, and planning-related follow-up points.
* Create trackers and logs to monitor critical issues during design and construction stages.
* Agree progress measurement systems and key performance indicators with consultants and contractors for monitoring purposes.
* Maintain proper contemporary project records, planning data, correspondence, notices, schedule evidence, and supporting documentation.
* Issue delay notices, slow performance letters, and schedule-related correspondence for contractor culpable delays or underperformance.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Construction Management from a recognized institution.
* Minimum 10+ years of experience in planning and scheduling for relevant infrastructure projects.
* Strong experience across community development infrastructure, utilities, roads, landscape, structures, or similar civil works.
* Gulf region experience is preferred, especially on large infrastructure or mixed-package development projects.
* Excellent understanding of construction sequencing, interface coordination, contractor programme review, and project control requirements.
* Proficiency in Primavera P6 is required.
* Ability to develop master schedules, assess progress updates, analyze delays, and prepare clear programme reports.
* Experience with Extension of Time assessments, disruption analysis, Time Impact Analysis, Window Analysis, and concurrent delay demonstration.
* Strong knowledge of construction industry best practices, regulations, contract conditions, and project control procedures.
* Good written and oral communication skills with the ability to present planning matters clearly to management and stakeholders.
* Ability to work with contractors, employers, consultants, and multidisciplinary professionals in a complex project environment.
* Strong record keeping, reporting, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Skills Set
* Primavera P6
* Infrastructure planning
* Community development projects
* Project scheduling
* Programme management
* Baseline schedule review
* Master schedule development
* Progress monitoring
* Critical path analysis
* What-if analysis
* Time Impact Analysis
* Window Analysis
* Extension of Time assessment
* Disruption claim review
* Concurrent delay analysis
* Delay notice preparation
* Slow performance letters
* Progress measurement systems
* Project control reporting
* Monthly progress reports
* Milestone tracking
* Schedule integration
* Interface coordination
* Contractor programme review
* Claims support
* Construction sequencing
* Trackers and logs
* Contemporary record keeping
* Stakeholder communication
* Meeting minutes preparation
Why Join Us
This opportunity offers strong exposure to major community development infrastructure in Dubai, where planning accuracy, schedule control, and delay analysis directly influence project performance. The role provides involvement in roads, utilities, landscape, structures, and multi-package coordination, giving experienced planning engineers the chance to support high-value delivery within a structured Civil Engineering environment.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and construction management company supporting major roads, utilities, community development, transportation, and urban infrastructure projects. In Dubai, Parsons provides planning, technical supervision, project controls, and delivery management expertise for complex Civil Engineering programs that require strong coordination, reliable reporting, and disciplined schedule control.
