We are looking for an Assistant Project Planning Analyst to join our team in Dubai to implement and monitor planning processes to ensure efficient delivery of the projects.

Main responsibilities:

• Support in the preparation and creation of project plans for major projects and engineering planning on Primavera P6/MS Project.
• Analyzing data sets from engineering, installation, and manufacturing with an ability to understand trends and projections. 
• Plan and control project scheduling, structure, and report progress.
• Provide the weekly and monthly progress updates to Planning Manager, forecast completions, together with critical path and trend analyses.
• Support in providing comprehensive cost engineering management reports within the projects for all levels, by cost control and analysis.
• Establishes cost baselines for project activities based on award 
  value/estimates, maintain budgets and analyze actual against set up budgets.
• Support in the preparation of internal and external reporting tools for progress measurement such as follow ups, and dashboards.
• Maintain existing tools and work on their continuous improvement

What you bring (experience & qualifications)

• Minimum 2 years’ experience predominantly in a planning or analytics role.
• 2 years of experience using scheduling software
• Degree in engineering or business management would be preferable.
• Good knowledge of engineering/design scope, job working instruction / procedures, good project control practices in planning and scheduling and overall awareness of projects.
• Knowledge of MS Project and/or Primavera P6
• Foundation knowledge of Excel, specifically with pivot tables
• Power BI knowledge or qualification would be an advantage.