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Role Overview
Planning Engineer at KBR, Abu Dhabi. Full-time contract role supporting a Power and Water Transmission Scheme project.
Company Overview
KBR delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives while achieving sustainability goals. KBR provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle, including world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.
Role Purpose
The Planning Engineer will oversee project planning, scheduling, and progress reporting processes. This is a PMC role with multiple Supervision Consultants and EPCs appointed directly by the Client. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing planning and scheduling requirements on large-scale power and water transmission projects in Abu Dhabi, involving strategic planning, resource management, and collaboration with various stakeholders to meet project objectives, timelines, and budget constraints.
Key Responsibilities
Schedule Development & Maintenance
- Build and maintain Primavera P6 schedules including baselines, updates, recovery and acceleration plans, and what-if scenarios.
- Develop activity coding structures aligned to WBS/OBS, calendars, and resource and cost loading principles.
- Perform logic checks, critical path analysis, and near-critical path monitoring.
Progress Measurement & Reporting
- Implement progress measurement systems including earned value, physical progress curves, and progress S-curves.
- Prepare weekly and monthly planning reports: lookahead schedules, progress narratives, variance analyses, and milestone tracking.
- Generate dashboards and visuals using Power BI including SPI/CPI trends, milestone heatmaps, and risked dates.
Cost & Cash Flow Support
- Coordinate with cost engineers to cost-load schedules, align to CBS, and produce time-phased cash flows.
- Compare planned vs. actual costs at summary level to highlight variances affecting schedule.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in related field.
- 5+ years of experience.
- Proven experience in a similar role.
Skills & Competencies
Technical Skills
- Primavera P6 EPPM/Professional: calendars, resources, activity coding, baselining, TIA basics, and layouts.
- Power BI: data import and transform, measures (DAX), and visuals (KPIs, S-curves).
- Excel: pivots, charts, lookups, and what-if analysis.
- SharePoint for data collaboration.
- Understanding of EPC workflows and construction sequencing.
- Familiarity with EOT principles and schedule impact documentation.
Soft Skills
- Analytical with strong attention to detail and data quality.
- Clear and concise communicator able to produce executive-ready visuals and narratives.
- Proactive, organized, and able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines.
- Collaborative mindset with consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
Additional Information
- Employment type: Full-time, Contract.
- Location: Abu Dhabi.