Planning Engineer / Senior Planning Engineer
Group AMANA
Project Control, Claims Management, and Design-Build Engineering
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Posted on January 9, 2026
Job Description / Role
🔹 Key Responsibilities:
- Baseline Development: Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using CPM, ensuring alignment with contract milestones and resource availability.
- Claims & EOT: Lead the identification of project delays, performing forensic schedule analysis to prepare comprehensive Extension of Time (EOT) claims and supporting documentation.
- Regulatory Coordination: Navigate UAE authority regulations and approval processes, ensuring all planning activities comply with local municipality and utility requirements.
- Stakeholder Leadership: Conduct and lead project coordination meetings, communicating schedule variances and recovery plans to clients, consultants, and internal teams.
- Reporting & Data: Utilize Power BI (advantageous) and other project control tools to generate high-level progress dashboards and performance metrics.
- Project Control: Monitor daily progress against the baseline, identifying critical path risks and recommending proactive mitigation strategies.
🔹 Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, or related) is mandatory.
- Location: Candidates must be currently based in the UAE with strong exposure to local construction projects.
- Technical Expertise: Proven background in project planning, with specific involvement in EOT preparation and claims management.
- Authority Knowledge: Strong hands-on experience dealing with UAE authority regulations, approvals, and NOC processes.
- Software Skills: Mastery of Primavera P6 and MS Project. Experience with Power BI for data visualization is a significant advantage.
- Personality: Confident and proactive with excellent communication skills; capable of engaging effectively with multiple stakeholders.
What We Offer:
- Elite Engineering: Work with a reputable and innovative design-build engineering group on high-value projects.
- Strategic Impact: Play a key role in the project control and financial integrity of major construction developments.
- Career Growth: Opportunities to advance into Senior Planning or Project Management roles within Group AMANA.
- Compensation: Competitive monthly salary of AED 5,000 to 6,000, tailored to your professional engineering and planning level.