Planning Engineer - Production Scheduling
Posted date [2026-09-03]
(ID: 50603)
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Azizi Developments is a leading, award-winning developer based in Dubai, UAE. With over 11,000 residential units sold and thousands of homes delivered to local and international investors, the company emphasizes a construction-driven approach, a portfolio of luxury developments in prime locations, and a commitment to transparency and customer focus.
With a robust track record and significant project pipeline supported by an extensive land bank and strategic partnerships with key master developers, Azizi plans to launch and develop new residential and commercial properties worth several billion US dollars in the coming years. The company actively supports the UAE Vision 2021 and has contributed to iconic projects in Meydan, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Healthcare City, Al Furjan, Studio City, Sports City, and Downtown Jebel Ali. In 2019, marked as its ‘Year of Construction,’ Azizi\'s contractors have cast over 117 slabs, poured more than 165,000 tons of concrete, erected over 45 cranes, and constructed over 1.3 million sq. ft across ongoing projects as of September 2019.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Planning Engineer - Production SchedulingJob Snapshot
Role: Planning Engineer - Production Scheduling
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Manufacturing
Function: Production Engineering/Planning/Scheduling
Experience: 5-8 years of planning or project controls experience, preferably within aluminum, facade, curtain wall, glazing, cladding, or manufacturing operations
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Planning Engineer - Production Scheduling in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Manufacturing opportunity focused on developing, monitoring, and controlling project and factory production schedules for aluminum and facade works. This hiring role requires strong Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project capability, production planning expertise, critical path analysis, progress reporting, and close coordination with Design, Procurement, Production, QA/QC, Logistics, and Site teams to keep fabrication and delivery activities aligned with project milestones.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Manufacturing
Function: Production Engineering/Planning/Scheduling
Salary: 12000-18000
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 provide the scheduling framework that connects engineering approvals, material procurement, factory fabrication, dispatch, and site installation. The position requires converting project commitments into practical activity sequences while continuously measuring actual progress against planned targets.
A key part of the role is identifying constraints before they affect delivery. By analyzing production capacity, long-lead materials, critical activities, manpower requirements, machinery availability, and schedule variances, the Planning Engineer will help management prioritize resources and implement corrective action where project deadlines are at risk.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop detailed project and production schedules covering aluminum and facade work packages.
* Prepare baseline schedules with clearly defined milestones, activity durations, dependencies, and critical paths.
* Break project scope into design, technical approval, procurement, fabrication, delivery, and installation activities.
* Produce short-term and medium-term look-ahead schedules to guide operational priorities.
* Update project programs using verified actual progress and revised project information.
* Prepare recovery schedules when progress falls behind approved milestones.
* Coordinate with Production teams to establish achievable fabrication programs based on current factory capacity.
* Monitor available manpower, machinery, materials, and production resources against scheduled requirements.
* Prepare production forecasts and identify potential resource shortages or capacity bottlenecks.
* Set fabrication priorities according to project installation dates and contractual delivery requirements.
* Track cutting, machining, assembly, glazing, packing, and dispatch activities throughout the production cycle.
* Compare actual factory output against planned quantities and completion dates.
* Monitor progress against approved baseline schedules and highlight emerging delays.
* Analyze schedule variances and identify their impact on critical and near-critical activities.
* Recommend corrective measures, resequencing, additional resources, or recovery actions where necessary.
* Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports for project teams and management.
* Track critical activities and escalate risks that could affect fabrication, delivery, or project completion.
* Obtain accurate progress information from Design, Procurement, Production, Logistics, and Site teams.
* Monitor shop drawing preparation, technical submissions, consultant approvals, and material approvals.
* Follow long-lead procurement items and coordinate required-on-site dates with Procurement and suppliers.
* Align factory production programs with site priorities and installation sequences.
* Coordinate with Logistics and Stores teams for packing, dispatch, and delivery of completed materials.
* Prepare S-curves, manpower histograms, progress curves, dashboards, and schedule performance reports.
* Maintain planned versus actual progress records and produce clear variance analysis.
* Support resource forecasting and production capacity planning for upcoming project requirements.
* Maintain planning trackers, schedule records, supporting progress data, and reporting documentation.
* Participate in project and production meetings and communicate scheduling priorities to relevant stakeholders.
* Review changes in project scope, design, procurement, or delivery requirements and assess schedule impact.
* Provide management with reliable completion forecasts and early warning of potential delays.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
* 5-8 years of experience in planning, scheduling, or project controls.
* Previous exposure to aluminum, facade, curtain wall, glazing, cladding, or manufacturing environments is strongly preferred.
* Experienced in developing baseline schedules, recovery programs, and detailed look-ahead plans.
* Strong understanding of production planning and factory scheduling.
* Proficient in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
* Confident performing critical path analysis and schedule variance assessment.
* Experienced in producing S-curves, histograms, progress reports, forecasts, and planning dashboards.
* Good understanding of aluminum fabrication workflows from engineering release through dispatch.
* Familiar with cutting, machining, assembly, glazing, packing, and logistics processes.
* Able to coordinate design approvals, procurement lead times, production requirements, and site installation priorities.
* Strong Microsoft Excel capability for progress tracking and schedule analysis.
* Comfortable handling data from multiple departments and converting it into reliable planning information.
* Able to identify schedule risks and recommend practical recovery measures.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with close attention to deadlines and dependencies.
* Experienced in coordinating with Engineering, Procurement, Production, QA/QC, Factory, Logistics, and Site teams.
* UAE or GCC project experience is preferred.
Skills Set
* Primavera P6
* Microsoft Project
* Microsoft Excel
* Project scheduling
* Production planning
* Factory scheduling
* Baseline schedules
* Look-ahead schedules
* Recovery planning
* Critical path analysis
* Progress monitoring
* Schedule variance analysis
* S-curves
* Progress curves
* Histograms
* Planning dashboards
* Resource planning
* Capacity planning
* Production forecasting
* Manpower planning
* Machinery utilization
* Aluminum fabrication planning
* Facade production planning
* Curtain wall workflows
* Glazing production
* Cutting operations
* Machining activities
* Assembly planning
* Packing schedules
* Dispatch planning
* Procurement tracking
* Long-lead material tracking
* Shop drawing tracking
* Material approval tracking
* Technical submission tracking
* Logistics coordination
* Site delivery coordination
* Progress reporting
* Project forecasting
* Schedule risk analysis
* Recovery actions
* Planned versus actual analysis
* Project controls
* Production coordination
Why Join Us
This position offers direct involvement in the planning of complex aluminum and facade production within Dubai\'s Manufacturing sector, combining project controls with practical factory operations. The role provides visibility across the full delivery chain, from drawing approvals and procurement through fabrication, logistics, and installation.
For an experienced Planning Engineer, the scope offers valuable exposure to production capacity management, schedule recovery, critical path control, resource forecasting, and multidisciplinary coordination. This combination can support progression toward senior planning, project controls, or broader production management responsibilities within large-scale development programs.
About the Company
Azizi Developments is a Dubai-based real estate developer delivering residential and mixed-use developments across the United Arab Emirates. Its project delivery operations involve coordinated design, fabrication, construction, facade, and fit-out activities where effective planning, disciplined production control, and timely material delivery are essential to meeting project commitments.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Planning Engineer will provide the scheduling framework that connects engineering approvals, material procurement, factory fabrication, dispatch, and site installation. The position requires converting project commitments into practical activity sequences while continuously measuring actual progress against planned targets.
A key part of the role is identifying constraints before they affect delivery. By analyzing production capacity, long-lead materials, critical activities, manpower requirements, machinery availability, and schedule variances, the Planning Engineer will help management prioritize resources and implement corrective action where project deadlines are at risk.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop detailed project and production schedules covering aluminum and facade work packages.
* Prepare baseline schedules with clearly defined milestones, activity durations, dependencies, and critical paths.
* Break project scope into design, technical approval, procurement, fabrication, delivery, and installation activities.
* Produce short-term and medium-term look-ahead schedules to guide operational priorities.
* Update project programs using verified actual progress and revised project information.
* Prepare recovery schedules when progress falls behind approved milestones.
* Coordinate with Production teams to establish achievable fabrication programs based on current factory capacity.
* Monitor available manpower, machinery, materials, and production resources against scheduled requirements.
* Prepare production forecasts and identify potential resource shortages or capacity bottlenecks.
* Set fabrication priorities according to project installation dates and contractual delivery requirements.
* Track cutting, machining, assembly, glazing, packing, and dispatch activities throughout the production cycle.
* Compare actual factory output against planned quantities and completion dates.
* Monitor progress against approved baseline schedules and highlight emerging delays.
* Analyze schedule variances and identify their impact on critical and near-critical activities.
* Recommend corrective measures, resequencing, additional resources, or recovery actions where necessary.
* Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports for project teams and management.
* Track critical activities and escalate risks that could affect fabrication, delivery, or project completion.
* Obtain accurate progress information from Design, Procurement, Production, Logistics, and Site teams.
* Monitor shop drawing preparation, technical submissions, consultant approvals, and material approvals.
* Follow long-lead procurement items and coordinate required-on-site dates with Procurement and suppliers.
* Align factory production programs with site priorities and installation sequences.
* Coordinate with Logistics and Stores teams for packing, dispatch, and delivery of completed materials.
* Prepare S-curves, manpower histograms, progress curves, dashboards, and schedule performance reports.
* Maintain planned versus actual progress records and produce clear variance analysis.
* Support resource forecasting and production capacity planning for upcoming project requirements.
* Maintain planning trackers, schedule records, supporting progress data, and reporting documentation.
* Participate in project and production meetings and communicate scheduling priorities to relevant stakeholders.
* Review changes in project scope, design, procurement, or delivery requirements and assess schedule impact.
* Provide management with reliable completion forecasts and early warning of potential delays.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
* 5-8 years of experience in planning, scheduling, or project controls.
* Previous exposure to aluminum, facade, curtain wall, glazing, cladding, or manufacturing environments is strongly preferred.
* Experienced in developing baseline schedules, recovery programs, and detailed look-ahead plans.
* Strong understanding of production planning and factory scheduling.
* Proficient in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
* Confident performing critical path analysis and schedule variance assessment.
* Experienced in producing S-curves, histograms, progress reports, forecasts, and planning dashboards.
* Good understanding of aluminum fabrication workflows from engineering release through dispatch.
* Familiar with cutting, machining, assembly, glazing, packing, and logistics processes.
* Able to coordinate design approvals, procurement lead times, production requirements, and site installation priorities.
* Strong Microsoft Excel capability for progress tracking and schedule analysis.
* Comfortable handling data from multiple departments and converting it into reliable planning information.
* Able to identify schedule risks and recommend practical recovery measures.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with close attention to deadlines and dependencies.
* Experienced in coordinating with Engineering, Procurement, Production, QA/QC, Factory, Logistics, and Site teams.
* UAE or GCC project experience is preferred.
Skills Set
* Primavera P6
* Microsoft Project
* Microsoft Excel
* Project scheduling
* Production planning
* Factory scheduling
* Baseline schedules
* Look-ahead schedules
* Recovery planning
* Critical path analysis
* Progress monitoring
* Schedule variance analysis
* S-curves
* Progress curves
* Histograms
* Planning dashboards
* Resource planning
* Capacity planning
* Production forecasting
* Manpower planning
* Machinery utilization
* Aluminum fabrication planning
* Facade production planning
* Curtain wall workflows
* Glazing production
* Cutting operations
* Machining activities
* Assembly planning
* Packing schedules
* Dispatch planning
* Procurement tracking
* Long-lead material tracking
* Shop drawing tracking
* Material approval tracking
* Technical submission tracking
* Logistics coordination
* Site delivery coordination
* Progress reporting
* Project forecasting
* Schedule risk analysis
* Recovery actions
* Planned versus actual analysis
* Project controls
* Production coordination
Why Join Us
This position offers direct involvement in the planning of complex aluminum and facade production within Dubai\'s Manufacturing sector, combining project controls with practical factory operations. The role provides visibility across the full delivery chain, from drawing approvals and procurement through fabrication, logistics, and installation.
For an experienced Planning Engineer, the scope offers valuable exposure to production capacity management, schedule recovery, critical path control, resource forecasting, and multidisciplinary coordination. This combination can support progression toward senior planning, project controls, or broader production management responsibilities within large-scale development programs.
About the Company
Azizi Developments is a Dubai-based real estate developer delivering residential and mixed-use developments across the United Arab Emirates. Its project delivery operations involve coordinated design, fabrication, construction, facade, and fit-out activities where effective planning, disciplined production control, and timely material delivery are essential to meeting project commitments.
