Planning Engineer

September 3, 2026

Job Description

Scheduling / Planning Engineer including Document Control (Power Generation)

For a power generation IPP project in Dubai, UAE, we are mobilizing an Owner’s Engineer team to support EPC design review, construction supervision, site inspection, testing, commissioning, COD readiness, and warranty-period follow-up.

We are looking for experienced professionals with strong EPC, Owner’s Engineer, consultant-side, power generation, utilities, waste-to-energy, biogas, landfill gas, thermal power, or industrial project experience.

Job Description

We are looking for a Scheduling / Planning Engineer with document control experience to support EPC schedule monitoring, progress reporting, critical path analysis, trend reporting, and document control for a confidential power generation IPP project in Dubai.

Key Responsibilities Include

  • Review and monitor EPC Contractor schedules covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up.
  • Audit EPC Contractor planning procedures and compliance with approved reporting requirements.
  • Review critical path, schedule logic, progress updates, delay risks, recovery plans, and schedule deviations.
  • Prepare planning input for weekly reports, monthly reports, progress dashboards, and trend reports.
  • Coordinate with discipline engineers to verify actual site progress and milestone achievement.
  • Maintain the integrated project schedule and support schedule-related risk identification.
  • Establish, administer, and maintain the project document center / EDMS.
  • Track drawings, submittals, correspondence, review comments, approvals, and document status.
  • Ensure timely distribution, storage, and retrieval of project documents in line with procedures.
  • Support payment milestone review, progress verification, claims analysis, and change order review where required.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
  • Minimum 8–10 years of planning and scheduling experience on EPC / construction projects.
  • Strong experience in power generation, energy, utilities, industrial, or infrastructure projects.
  • Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project.
  • Experience with document control systems / EDMS is required.
  • Strong knowledge of critical path analysis, progress measurement, reporting, and delay monitoring.
  • Excellent coordination and reporting skills.

SEGULA Technologies is a global engineering group, boosting the competitiveness of all major industrial sectors: automotive, aerospace, energy, rail, naval, life sciences, and telecoms. With a presence in more than 30 countries and 140 locations worldwide, the Group prioritizes close relationships with its clients, driven by the expertise of its 15,000 employees. As a leading engineering player putting innovation at the heart of its strategy, SEGULA Technologies manages large-scale projects, ranging from initial studies to industrialization and production. SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to gender balance and diversity, recognizing and recruiting talent of all backgrounds.