Senior Planning Engineer - Power & Desalination Project

Spinwell Global is working with an International Engineering Business and has been commissioned to recruit a Senior Planning Engineer for a New Power & Desalination Project located 125km away from Jeddah.

The scope of work and responsibilities will include the following:

* Review the implementation time schedules which are periodically issued by the Contractor for each sub-project regarding match with the actual progress and achievement of the planned progress.

* Develop and maintain the Scheduler's own implementation time schedules for the purpose of establishing a systematic and consistent estimate of the percentages of completion for each sub-project. Each sub-project shall be broken down into the disciplines Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Erection and Commissioning.

* Present the progress as planned and achieved by the Contractor in form of tables and S-curves for each sub-project and also for the total project (weighted average).

* Monitor and verify Contractor's work progress in all areas for the purpose of progress payments and assist the Project/Site Manager in issuing the payment certificates with all necessary backup and evidence. The primary progress assessment in the field is however done by the discipline engineers.

* Maintain records for all payments made by the Employer to the Contractor. This comprises separate payments for the commercial value of goods/services and for the related VAT.

* Maintain records for all contract variations whether implicitly or explicitly agreed between Contractor and Employer.

* Transfer of knowledge to the Employer's counterpart engineers

* Receive and implement instructions as given by the Project Manager.

* Cooperate in all activities with the PE Site team in accordance with the instructions of the Project Manager/Site Manager.

As Senior Planning Engineer, you will hold a minimum bachelors degree and have a minimum 15 years experience in Planning, Scheduling, Budget and Cost Control of large projects with a minimum 10 years in Thermal Power Projects. You shall be proficient in Primavera Planning and Scheduling software.

In return, you will receive a Tax Free Base Salary plus package.

Keywords: Planning, Scheduling, Budget, Cost, Primavera, Engineer, Power, Thermal, Desalination, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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