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Building the Future - One Project at a Time!

At El Seif, we embrace and embody our core values of excellence, integrity, and innovation in every aspect of our work from meticulous planning to expert construction, we consistently uphold the highest standards of excellence, ensuring that our projects are delivered with precision and attention to detail. With half a century of diverse experiences across a wide range of industries, ranging from public infrastructure to military and defense applications, we have honed our expertise and gained indispensable insights that enable us to tackle complex challenges and maintain our standard of delivering exceptional results. Our forward-thinking approach sets us apart as a trusted partner in the construction industry. By continuously pushing the boundaries of innovation, we strive to pioneer the future of construction, creating sustainable and impactful solutions that leave a lasting legacy.

Excellence, Integrity and, Innovation - every step of the way.

Responsibilities

The Senior Engineer, Planning provides expert-level planning and scheduling services critical to the company's success. Based either at HQ or on a project, this role leads the development of competitive, resource-loaded tender schedules (HQ role) or manages the project baseline schedule to ensure successful execution (Project role). The position is accountable for monitoring progress, analyzing deviations, providing robust delay analysis for Extension of Time (EOT).

• Lead the preparation of comprehensive, resource-loaded, and cost-loaded schedules, focusing on Tender Schedules (HQ role) or Project Baseline Schedules (Project role), ensuring full alignment with project scope and strategy.
• Develop and integrate logical work sequences and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) for all project disciplines.
• Proactively monitor progress against the baseline, identify, analyse, and report schedule deviations, and recommend corrective actions or work-around solutions.
• Prepare and maintain Look-Ahead Schedules and Action Plans, leading weekly meetings to highlight delay risks and ensure accountability for mitigation actions.
• In a Project role, implement standard delay analysis methodologies (e.g., Time Impact Analysis) to support the preparation of Extension of Time (EOT) claims.
• Rigorously review project documentation to identify and substantiate delay events (Project role) or to identify risks and assumptions for a bid (HQ role).
• Ensure all project controls data (WBS, CBS, budgets, schedules) is accurately set up and maintained in EPM/EPPM for either tender proposals or active projects.
• Act as a key point of contact for schedule-related matters, liaising with tendering teams (HQ role) or project teams, clients, and consultants (Project role).
• In an HQ role, act as a subject matter expert (SME) by deploying on short-term assignments to project(s) providing targeted support during critical project phases or to help implement new procedures
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to planning engineers and site teams (Project role) or to junior members of the tendering/planning team (HQ role) on scheduling best practices, project controls, and delay analysis.
• Act as a primary point of contact for schedule-related communications, ensuring alignment and clear understanding of project progress with clients and consultants (Project role) or tender schedule strategy with internal departments (HQ role).
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of planning processes, methodologies, and tools within the Project Planning Department, bringing lessons learned from either project execution or the tendering process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering, Civil, or relevant degree related to project management and/or construction is required
• 12-15 Years of Experience
• Comply with corporate information security policies and procedures relevant to the role.
• Preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Board and corporate information.
• Ensure access to sensitive information is restricted to authorized individuals.
• Protect organizational information assets from compromise.
• Comply with Data Protection and Intellectual Property Rights legislation applicable in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Additional Info:

This is a Full-time job offering standard benefits such as paid annual leave, public holidays, living allowances, healthcare coverage, and end of service benefits. We also offer discretionary benefits such as a performance bonus and merit increase along with training and development opportunities if eligible.