<p>We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Planning Engineer to join our dynamic team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, integrating, and monitoring comprehensive project schedules while providing strategic insights to ensure successful project delivery. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, contractors, and stakeholders to identify schedule risks, track progress, and implement corrective measures that keep projects on track and within scope. This position offers an excellent opportunity to leverage your expertise in project planning and scheduling while contributing to significant infrastructure initiatives in a fast-paced, goal-oriented environment.</p><ul><li>Develop, maintain, and integrate master schedules covering all project phases including engineering, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover</li><li>Review and validate contractor work breakdown structures and multi-level schedules (Level 1 through Level 4) for accuracy and completeness</li><li>Establish and implement progress measurement methodologies aligned with project requirements, contractual milestones, and schedule of values</li><li>Monitor critical and near-critical activities, identify emerging schedule risks, and provide early warning of potential deviations and resource constraints</li><li>Prepare and analyze planned versus actual S-curves, resource histograms, look-ahead schedules, and milestone trackers for management review</li><li>Review weekly, monthly, and three-month look-ahead schedules submitted by contractors and verify alignment with the integrated master schedule</li><li>Verify reported physical progress through site records, documentation review, and coordination with field teams to ensure accuracy</li><li>Analyze schedule slippage, delays, and performance trends; recommend corrective, recovery, and acceleration measures</li><li>Support evaluation of extension-of-time claims through comprehensive delay-event chronology and schedule-impact analysis</li><li>Track long-lead equipment procurement, manufacturing, dispatch, site receipt, and installation to ensure timely project delivery</li><li>Integrate multiple project section schedules with interface requirements including technical, operational, and energization dependencies</li><li>Maintain and update schedule-related assumptions, constraints, risk registers, and delay logs throughout the project lifecycle</li><li>Prepare management dashboards, executive summaries, and detailed schedule narratives for periodic progress reports and stakeholder communications</li><li>Support invoice certification and payment processing by verifying achievement of schedule-linked milestones and contractual requirements</li><li>Collaborate with project teams to resolve scheduling conflicts and optimize resource allocation across project activities</li></ul>

<p>AECOM is the world&rsquo;s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle &ndash; from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.</p>

Planning Engineer

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