Senior Planning Engineer (Rail) | Middle East

Job Title: Senior Planning Engineer (Rail)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Middle East)
Function/Job Family: Bid & Project Management / Project Controls
Seniority: Senior (Individual Contributor / Lead Planner)
Industry: Rail / Metro

Job Summary

The Senior Planning Engineer is responsible for planning and scheduling activities for assigned bids/projects/programs against an approved baseline (PMB). The role ensures effective monitoring and control of deliverables, schedule risks, workload and costs, and supports management decision-making through robust reporting and analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules (baseline and updates) using contract documents, WBS, cost and resource loading.

• Lead progress measurement, critical path management, schedule updates, and performance reporting (weekly/monthly KPIs).

• Conduct schedule risk analysis (SRA) and probabilistic scheduling; apply PERT/critical path methods and acceleration concepts.

• Support Earned Value set-up, tracking, variance analysis (schedule/cost) and reconciliation of estimate vs forecast vs actuals.

• Prepare delay analysis and support claims/EOT with Commercial; draft planning narratives and substantiation.

• Lead stakeholder coordination (Client/Consultant/PM) to mitigate schedule risks and avoid delays.

• Own the quality of project controls deliverables: schedules, cost reports, dashboards, and planning procedures.

• Contribute to risk management (risk register updates, contingency discussions) and portfolio/resource capacity planning.