Senior Planning Engineer

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Planning Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to use be a Senior Planning Engineer on the biggest entertainment project currently being developed. Reports directly to the Sector Director and Projects Control Director.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of one of the most transformative projects in Saudi Arabia's history. A visionary giga-project that aims to create a world-class entertainment, sports, and cultural destination, offering unparalleled experiences to visitors from around the globe. Our project aims to deliver a world-class entertainment and tourism destination, showcasing thrilling attractions, diverse entertainment offerings, and captivating cultural experiences.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Takes a lead in preparing schedule data for proposals or contract negotiations as requested and checks and confirms that the correct scope of work is reflected on assigned schedules.
• Integrates inter-discipline schedule requirements and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Reviews and assesses the work sequences with the total project plan.
• Establishes and implements methods for determining activity durations within assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Develops quantity release and/or installation curves for assigned disciplines/areas or specialties.
• Reviews Contractor’s/Consultant’s Baseline schedules and weekly updates.
• Reviews and approves invoice verification for payment based on cost-loaded schedules, as required.
• Reviews schedule data and identifies and acquires information needed to complete work logics to interface between assigned disciplines, specialties and/or projects.
• Develops specific project codes of accounts and work breakdown structures and recommends appropriate modifications and revisions for new work items assigned.
• Determines critical-path activities for assigned discipline or specialties and identifies significant activities supporting inter- discipline requirements and identifies critical path for discipline or specialty work activities.
• Identifies, analyzes and monitors schedule deviations for assigned disciplines or specialties including subcontractor submittals and recommends corrective action/work-around solutions for project considerations.
• Develops and writes the schedule commentary that appears in the monthly progress and similar reports. Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule and prepares and presents the Critical Items Action Report.
• Prepare the needed reports.
• Ensures adherence to all corporate, contractual, ethics and safety standards, policies, and procedures.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Degree in Engineering or related discipline with minimum 10 years’ experience in construction projects, specifically management experience across multi-disciplinary teams..
• Expertise in Primavera and Microsoft Office.
• Experience in using Prism, Aconex, TurboChart (or other linear scheduling tool) and Power BI.
• Experience in Time Impact Analysis
Ability to present in a concise and accurate manner

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Advantageous to have extensive experience of significant PM/CM contracts.
• Scheduler Certified is a plus.

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