Project Planner

This role requires strong planning skills, resource allocation, and cost loading and commitment to teamwork. You will also be responsible for supporting project managers in large-scale projects and helping to maintain project schedules, quality deliverables, and client satisfaction. This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the timely and successful completion of complex maritime projects.
Your new role, what's involved?

1. Gather data for schedule baseline development and maintenance.
2. Coordinate with Project Managers and delivery teams to create a WBS and baseline schedules in accordance with projects goal for maritime designs during bid or delivery stages.
3. Conduct schedule analysis of project schedule interdependencies, variances, floats, constraints, risks, critical and longest paths.
4. Prepare schedule narratives and record basis of schedule and schedule risks.
5. Perform delay analysis.
6. Process approved schedule variations, Extension of Time and scope changes.
7. Cost loading and resource loading of schedules in line with program/projects’ needs and client requirements.
8. Setup progress measurement system, produce S-Curves, and histograms.
9. Prepare monthly and weekly progress reports.
10. Produce look ahead schedules.
11. Support project leaders in providing monthly forecasts of resources and budgets such as Estimate to Completion (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC).
12. Track and flag budget changes and variance at completion.
13. Track and follow up on invoicing and payments.
14. Participate in progress meetings as needed.

1. Bachelor’s degree or higher in civil engineering, structural engineering, coastal engineering or a related field.
2. Chartered or working toward chartership with the ICE or similar governing body advantageous.
3. 5 years’ experience in maritime engineering and project management. UAE and KSA experience advantageous.
4. Good confident communication, with good writing and presentation skills and strong client facing skills with the ability to manage project stakeholders.
5. Ability to work collaboratively in a multicultural environment.