# Senior Planning Engineer — AECOM

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Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 8,000 to 12,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-10-13
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## Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Planning Engineer to support our infrastructure and marine works projects in Abu Dhabi. Responsibilities: Develop, review, and monitor baseline, detailed, recovery, and updated project programmes for infrastructure and marine works. Review Contractor programmes and ensure activities, logic, durations, resources, and project interfaces are properly reflected. Monitor planned versus actual progress and identify delays, critical activities, and programme risks. Prepare and review weekly, monthly, and look-ahead programmes and progress reports. Analyse the critical path and provide recommendations for mitigation and recovery measures. Review Contractor progress updates and verify reported progress against actual site activities. Coordinate with engineering, construction, commercial, and site teams to ensure accurate progress reporting. Monitor infrastructure activities including roads, utilities, earthworks, structures, and associated works. Monitor marine activities including reclamation, dredging, rock placement, marine edge protection, revetments, and marine structures. Monitor key milestones, design submissions, approvals, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover activities. Review delay events, Extension of Time (EOT) submissions, delay analysis, and Time Impact Analysis where required. Attend progress and coordination meetings and provide planning updates. Support the Project Manager in identifying programme risks and developing mitigation and recovery measures. Review Contractor resource requirements and productivity against the approved programme. Maintain accurate planning records and ensure programme updates are supported by reliable site information.

## Requirements

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline. Relevant experience in planning and project controls for major infrastructure and marine works. Strong experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel. Good knowledge of construction planning, scheduling, progress measurement, critical path analysis, and delay analysis. Experience in reviewing EOT submissions, delay analysis, and Time Impact Analysis. Good understanding of infrastructure and marine construction activities, sequencing, and project interfaces. UAE experience on major infrastructure and marine projects is preferred. Strong analytical, communication, coordination, and reporting skills.  

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