Senior Planning & Cost Control Engineer

Aswaq

We are looking for a talented and detail-oriented senior planning & control engineer to join our growing team.

Job Description:

• Perform quantity surveying for variation items, ensuring accurate data for cost estimation, quantities, and scheduling.
• Develop and maintain realistic project schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Coordinate with project teams and conduct regular site visits to collect progress data and identify potential delays.
• Prepare periodic progress reports covering time, cost, and resource updates, including charts, layouts, and histograms.
• Track actual progress and quantities throughout the project lifecycle to ensure alignment with baseline plans.
• Generate and analyze schedule and cost variance reports using Earned Value Management (EVM) to support corrective actions and project decision-making.
• Determine standard costs and investigate variances with actual costs
• Prepare detailed reports, both periodically and ad hoc.
• Help management make important decisions based on costs and benefits (e.g. investments, market growth, pricing changes)
• Create and manage budgets, and monitor spending
• Conduct audits on financial processes and transactions
• Monitor changes in processes or methods to calculate effects on overall costs
• Estimate product costs for existing and new products
• Forecast and analyze costs of processes, labor and inventory
• Suggest cost-reducing or profitable solutions
• Conduct market research to support future business planning