Planning Engineer - Infrastructure Projects
Posted date [2026-09-25]
(ID: 52536)
Job Description and Requirements
Planning Engineer - Infrastructure ProjectsJob Snapshot
Role: Planning Engineer
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Experience: Minimum 7+ years
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Parsons Corporation is seeking a Planning Engineer in Dubai, UAE to perform planning, scheduling, and project control functions for a major infrastructure community development project. The position requires hands-on experience with construction schedules, Primavera P6, progress analysis, delay assessment, Extension of Time claims, resource validation, and coordination across utilities, roads, landscape, structures, and other interdependent infrastructure packages.
Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Project-Program Management
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
What You\'ll Be Doing
- Review contractors\' baseline schedules against contract conditions and Parsons recommended practices and provide the Engineer\'s assessment for consent.
- Validate the compatibility and adequacy of project resources in relation to planned completion
requirements.
- Develop and maintain a master schedule integrating multiple project packages and their interdependencies.
- Review updated and progress schedules to verify planning and scheduling information and identify potential delays or slippage.
- Highlight critical events and recommend appropriate mitigation measures and corrective actions.
- Perform what-if analysis to assess the time implications of changes, variations, and potential events at an early stage.
- Evaluate alternative courses of action and provide planning advice before instructions are issued to contractors.
- Prepare regular and monthly progress reports incorporating programme analysis, recommendations, milestone status, and issues affecting timely completion.
- Prepare presentations covering progress against interim and major project milestones.
- Carry out detailed assessments of Extension of Time, disruption, and other schedule-related claims.
- Apply delay analysis methodologies including time impact analysis and window analysis, with consideration of concurrent contractor delays.
- Coordinate with contractors and the Employer to address and resolve planning and scheduling matters.
- Work with the Client to finalize contractor programmes, reports, and claims.
- Participate in kick-off, technical, service coordination, progress review, and other project meetings, providing planning input and preparing concise minutes.
- Develop trackers and logs for monitoring critical issues during the design and construction stages.
- Agree progress measurement systems and key indicators with consultants and contractors for project monitoring.
- Prepare reasoned and analytical responses to contractor notices and detailed particulars using programme data, construction practices, and applicable contractual provisions.
- Maintain appropriate contemporary project records.
- Issue delay notices and slow-performance correspondence where contractor progress falls behind the approved schedule.
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor\'s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Construction Management from a recognized institution.
- Minimum 7+ years of planning and scheduling experience on relevant infrastructure projects.
- Experience should include infrastructure disciplines such as utilities, roads, landscape, and structures within community development projects.
- Gulf-region project experience is preferred.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure, utilities, construction interfaces, and multidisciplinary coordination requirements.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 scheduling software.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Thorough knowledge of relevant industry best practices and regulations.
- Ability to communicate planning information clearly and deliver presentations to management and multidisciplinary professional teams.
Planning and Project Controls Scope
The Planning Engineer will provide schedule-focused oversight across design and construction, connecting contractor programmes, progress measurement, milestone monitoring, delay analysis, claims assessment, and management reporting. The position requires the ability to interpret programme data in the context of actual construction activities and contractual requirements while identifying schedule risks early enough for corrective action.
About Parsons Corporation
Parsons Corporation provides engineering and project delivery expertise across major infrastructure and development programmes. This Dubai-based role supports the planning and project controls requirements of a significant community development project involving multiple infrastructure packages and construction interfaces.
- Develop and maintain a master schedule integrating multiple project packages and their interdependencies.
- Review updated and progress schedules to verify planning and scheduling information and identify potential delays or slippage.
- Highlight critical events and recommend appropriate mitigation measures and corrective actions.
- Perform what-if analysis to assess the time implications of changes, variations, and potential events at an early stage.
- Evaluate alternative courses of action and provide planning advice before instructions are issued to contractors.
- Prepare regular and monthly progress reports incorporating programme analysis, recommendations, milestone status, and issues affecting timely completion.
- Prepare presentations covering progress against interim and major project milestones.
- Carry out detailed assessments of Extension of Time, disruption, and other schedule-related claims.
- Apply delay analysis methodologies including time impact analysis and window analysis, with consideration of concurrent contractor delays.
- Coordinate with contractors and the Employer to address and resolve planning and scheduling matters.
- Work with the Client to finalize contractor programmes, reports, and claims.
- Participate in kick-off, technical, service coordination, progress review, and other project meetings, providing planning input and preparing concise minutes.
- Develop trackers and logs for monitoring critical issues during the design and construction stages.
- Agree progress measurement systems and key indicators with consultants and contractors for project monitoring.
- Prepare reasoned and analytical responses to contractor notices and detailed particulars using programme data, construction practices, and applicable contractual provisions.
- Maintain appropriate contemporary project records.
- Issue delay notices and slow-performance correspondence where contractor progress falls behind the approved schedule.
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor\'s degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Construction Management from a recognized institution.
- Minimum 7+ years of planning and scheduling experience on relevant infrastructure projects.
- Experience should include infrastructure disciplines such as utilities, roads, landscape, and structures within community development projects.
- Gulf-region project experience is preferred.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure, utilities, construction interfaces, and multidisciplinary coordination requirements.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 scheduling software.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Thorough knowledge of relevant industry best practices and regulations.
- Ability to communicate planning information clearly and deliver presentations to management and multidisciplinary professional teams.
Planning and Project Controls Scope
The Planning Engineer will provide schedule-focused oversight across design and construction, connecting contractor programmes, progress measurement, milestone monitoring, delay analysis, claims assessment, and management reporting. The position requires the ability to interpret programme data in the context of actual construction activities and contractual requirements while identifying schedule risks early enough for corrective action.
About Parsons Corporation
Parsons Corporation provides engineering and project delivery expertise across major infrastructure and development programmes. This Dubai-based role supports the planning and project controls requirements of a significant community development project involving multiple infrastructure packages and construction interfaces.
