SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300 employees, SYSTRA's mission is to design safe and sustainable transport solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the mobility of tomorrow.

We are seeking an experienced Planning/Scheduling Engineer to join a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) team overseeing a major metro project. The role is responsible for developing, integrating, and controlling the project schedule across design, procurement, construction, testing/commissioning, and handover phases, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements, stakeholder interfaces, and project objectives. The ideal candidate has advanced Oracle Primavera P6 expertise, strong understanding of rail/metro delivery frameworks, and demonstrable experience in the Middle East.

• Develop and maintain the master integrated baseline schedule in Oracle Primavera P6, including WBS/OBS, calendars, milestones, and activity coding.
• Build detailed schedules for design, procurement, construction, testing/commissioning with robust logic ties and standardized coding.
• Optimize sequencing and phasing to align with project objectives, interfaces, and access constraints.
• Track progress against baselines; identify variances and implement corrective actions.
• Prepare weekly/monthly reports, dashboards, S-curves, and schedule KPIs.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and scenario analyses to anticipate and mitigate delays.
• Consolidate scheduling inputs across EPC contractors, consultants, systems integrators, and third parties (utilities/authorities).
• Lead coordination meetings; validate contractor updates and logic integrity.
• Maintain consistent coding structures for integrated reporting across packages.
• Perform prospective and forensic delay analyses (TIA, windows analysis, as-planned vs. as-built).
• Support evaluation of claims/variations, entitlement assessments, and time impact analyses.
• Prepare clear narrative justifications aligned with contractual requirements (e.g., FIDIC).
• Align schedule with cost control, risk management, and earned value management (EVM).
• Contribute to the Project Controls Plan, progress measurement methodology, and risk registers.
• Ensure schedule readiness for stage gates, regulatory approvals, and audits

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all applicants.