Planning Engineer - Senior

Company Description

Six Construct, a subsidiary of the BESIX Group, is the largest Belgian construction company operating in the Middle East. The company combines the efforts of a highly skilled workforce, along with strategic planning and innovative use of technology to overcome the most complex business challenges. Six Construct is a multi-services company that operates in the construction of commercial and residential buildings, sport and leisure facilities, infrastructure and marine-related projects. The company currently employs a workforce of 16,000 in the Middle East, and a total of 19,000 worldwide.

Job Description

• Preparation / updating / Revision of Baseline programs in Primavera P6.
• Maintain Schedule Control Procedure
• Review and monitor the Project Execution Plan
• Review and monitor physical progress at Site and compare that with schedules
• Review and verify the progress measurement claimed by the Contractor with the actual physical progress at Site for invoicing purpose
• Development of tender programs during bidding phases.
• Review of Resident engineer’s weekly reports.
• Generating executive summary reports for higher management
• Assist Supervisors and engineers in delay impact analysis and EOT requests.
• Follow up of issues impacting the project's schedule.
• Maintaining a database of project progress.
• Generating look ahead programs for the Resident engineer’s.
• Monitoring progress & efficiency of each project and reporting to supervisors and managers.
• Critically analyzing projects and raising flags in case of slippage and identification of mitigation measures.
• Preparation of recovery plans.
• Preparation of project progress monitoring charts for graphical visualization of projects.
• Assisting supervisors and managers for board presentations and meetings.
• Assisting team and managers as needed.
• Weekly/ Monthly progress report preparation.

Qualifications

• You are a developed construction specialist, who has experience in different domains (building, civil works, marine works) and aspects (design, tender, site office) of construction;
• You have a flexible personality, who looks critically at your own working area and continuously seeks ways to improve;
• You challenge prevailing assumptions within your working area and propose effective ideas for improvement of existing processes within the Company;
• You are an excellent communicator, capable of explaining and reporting clearly to project and operational management and to the client;
• You are able to work efficiently and autonomously on larger projects where your knowledge is required, ensuring a high return on investment and a value-added service;
• You demonstrate a willingness and ability to learn quickly and to work independently in a stressful work environment.

Profile

• You have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, preferably Heavy Civil and Marine Construction.
• You have a minimum of 10 years of work experience in massive/huge projects and in the field of planning.
• You have very good knowledge/use of Primavera P6.
• You have very good knowledge of the MS Office package.
• You can review and extract information from drawings using AutoCAD (preferable).
• Good knowledge of Tilos (preferable but not necessary).
• You are fluent in English.
• You are ready to travel abroad.

Additional Information

We believe our employees are key to our success; hence, we offer an inspiring working environment where our people feel rewarded & engaged. Career opportunities & training programs are offered to help you develop both personally and professionally, and we offer attractive additional benefits to your monthly remuneration.