Summary
ISG Middle East is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer in Dubai to provide delivery planning services and work with project teams, clients and consultants. The role includes developing and managing programmes from appointment through commissioning and close-out, analysing critical paths, validating progress, and reporting to project management teams. The engineer will lead programme meetings, manage project risks and time-cost interfaces, and mentor junior planners while overseeing a small team on a large project.
The posting
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Key accountabilities
· Integration into project teams
· Provide delivery planning services to project
· Liaise with clients and consultants
· Lead programme meetings whether internally or presenting to Clients
· Set up end to end programmes from appointment to commissioning and close out.
· Set up and manage auditable trails of programmes
· Collate & validate project progress and report to the Project Management Team
· Contribute to the efficient way the department is run by feeding lessons learnt and innovation back into the department.
· Understand what makes each project tick and establish programmes around key milestones
· Critical Path analysis
· Identify and manage project risk
· Ability to contribute to problem solving
· React to client change with “big picture” thinking
· Ability to produce detailed programmes and options quickly as required by clients
· Ability to advise clients on “last possible moment” decision milestones
· Develop relationships with internal teams, consultants, clients and suppliers.
· Provide mentoring and support to more junior members of staff in planning principles, techniques and software.
· Manage the interface between cost / time utilising the programme as a commercial tool in the making of payment applications.
· Manage a small team of planners on a large project