What are you going to do 

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Planning Engineer to join their dedicated team in Abu Dhabi. This contract-based opportunity offers an exciting chance to contribute to globally significant projects while working alongside top-tier industry professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, monitor, and control project schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning phases.
  • Ensure timelines, milestones, and deliverables meet contractual requirements.
  • Develop detailed Level 3 / Level 4 schedules using Primavera P6 covering all EPC phases.
  • Establish and maintain Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Project Breakdown Structure (PBS), and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
  • Prepare and update project baseline schedules and ensure proper change management.
  • Monitor project progress and performance against baseline using KPIs and earned value analysis (EVA).
  • Identify schedule risks, critical paths, and potential delays; recommend mitigation and recovery plans.
  • Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams for schedule alignment.
  • Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports for internal and client review.
  • Conduct delay analysis (EOT claims, time impact analysis, window analysis, etc.).
  • Support contract management team in claims preparation and dispute resolution.
  • Interface with clients (ADNOC or similar) for schedule reviews, approvals, and updates.
  • Ensure compliance with ADNOC planning standards and reporting requirements.
  • Participate in project meetings, progress reviews, and management reporting sessions.
  • Track procurement deliverables and ensure alignment with project schedule milestones.
  • Monitor subcontractor schedules and integrate into the master project plan.

Essential skills and knowledge

  • Minimum 12-15+ years relevant experience.
  • Bachelor's degree (minimum).
  • Mandatory GCC experience.
  • Familiarity with ADNOC project planning standards.
  • Strong knowledge of CPM, WBS, PBS, CBS, and S-curve development.
  • Advanced user of Primavera P6.

Closing: 13 June 2026

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Process of your application

Application process & contact

We will now begin examining your application: We will take a close look at your application documents and ask you for additional information if necessary. If your qualifications match our requirements, we will invite you to meet us for the first time.

Project discussion with our customer

If the introductory meeting goes well for you and us, we will arrange a meeting with the customer who has the perfect project for you. This gives you the opportunity to find out more about the customer and the project.

The decision

If you enjoyed the project discussion and the customer is also convinced of your expertise, we will ask you the final and decisive question: Do you want to get started at Brunel?

Introductory conversation with Brunel

In an introductory meeting, we would like to find out more about your interests, ambitions and professional developments. At the same time, we report on working at Brunel and provide information about all career opportunities and prospects.

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