Planning Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The role involves project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, resource planning, and reporting while coordinating closely with project managers, construction teams, engineers, and clients to achieve project objectives.
• The Planning Engineer (Civil) will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and controlling project schedules to ensure civil construction activities are executed safely, efficiently, and within approved timelines and budgets.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify schedule deviations and recommend corrective and recovery actions.
• Monitor project progress and compare actual performance against approved schedules.
• Maintain project planning documentation and historical records.
• Assist in resource planning, manpower forecasting, and equipment utilization.
• Prepare Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), project baselines, and project execution plans.
• Support project close-out activities and preparation of final project reports.
• Develop detailed project execution schedules using Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
• Participate in project review meetings and provide planning updates.
• Monitor project milestones and critical paths to minimize delays.
• Develop short-term and long-term construction schedules for civil works.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, QA/QC, and HSE teams to ensure schedule integration.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis and recommend mitigation measures.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports for management and clients.
• Evaluate the impact of change orders and variations on project schedules.

Educational Qualifications

• Membership of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is desirable.
• Bachelor's Degree (B.Eng.) in Civil Engineering.
• Professional certification in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or Project Management Professional (PMP).
• COREN registration is an added advantage.

Required Skills:
Technical Skills:

• Primavera P6 (mandatory)
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Engineering drawing interpretation
• Progress measurement and reporting
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development
• Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling
• Data analysis and reporting
• Project planning and scheduling
• Project controls
• Microsoft Project
• Cost and schedule integration
• Civil construction planning
• Resource planning and leveling
• Schedule risk analysis

Soft Skills:

• Time management
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• High level of integrity and accountability.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Leadership potential
• Decision-making ability
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Team collaboration