Planning and Monitoring Engineer - Abu Dhabi

Job description / Role

Water, Power & Utilities

Job purpose

The person performing this role has to possess thorough knowledge and experience in the entire life cycle of projects from initiation till close-out.

Dimensions

Internal interfaces: Senior Planning & Monitoring Engineer, engineering team, project management team.

• Participate in creating project baseline schedules, project costs, and resource allocation as per TAQA requirements with Senior Planning Engineer.
• Establish project work breakdown structure (WBS) and project control strategy.
• Establish a tender and master projects time schedule.
• Participate in establishing a cost breakdown structure and earned value calculations as per TAQA scheduling requirements.
• Coordinate with Senior Planning Engineer for preparation of project measurement procedures as per TAQA requirements including manpower and machinery histogram, S curves for progress and billing.
• Assist in enhancing the internal reporting system by coordinating with the Senior Planning Engineer.
• Assist in issuing the external report by coordination with Senior Planning Engineer as per TAQA requirements.
• Assist in establishment of a recovery or revised schedule as per project status.
• Assist in maintaining resources histogram by coordination with project management team.
• Maintain and update the project schedule.
• Follow up the project progress and highlight the reasons for delay derived from variance analysis.
• Prepare and review the daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports for internal and external reporting.
• Utilize project planning and monitoring tools effectively to ensure compliance with project timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Track progress measurements and support the finance team for invoice preparation and submission.
• Prepare and maintain material control list.
• Assist in preparing extension of time (EOT) claims by extracting the delay events and review the subcontractor's EOT.
• Record costs in EBS in coordination with the commercial team.
• Perform any other related tasks assigned as per the directives of the Senior Planning Engineer and the Head of Department (Engineering).

• Project risk assessment management, contract management, interface coordination, and conflict resolution.
• Leadership, team building, communication, critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills are mandatory.
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to present complex, technical information to a wide audience.
• High competence in technical writing, systems development, and utilization.

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