KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.
We invite you to join us. Why?
When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.
Our newest opportunity is for a talented Planning Engineer to join our award-winning team based in Amman, Jordan.
This critical role will work as part of the Infrastructure team, responsible for cost analysis/control and planning/scheduling activities supporting Project Manager for a variety of projects, or for discipline/project/proposal estimating or staff planning activities that require a high degree of technical skill and experience.
We envisage success in this role to include:
- Undertaking regular project analysis, and control activities and schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery plan development activities.
- Supporting project organizational and administrative activities. Provides generally non-routine cost planning and scheduling guidance.
- Identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to cost engineering and planning/scheduling problems.
- Executing Project Controls programs on an assigned project in accordance with KEO Project Controls procedures.
- Reviewing and approving Earned Revenue Determination Data, Proposal Financial Summaries, Project Financial Status Reports, and Charge For Project Working Capital calculations for assigned projects.
- Planning the staffing needs for assigned projects.
- Reviewing the contract drafts to ensure they include adequate cost and scope definition and meet Project Controls requirements. Coordinates development of all data in support of negotiations.
- Preparing, coordinating, and directing Project Controls presentations to KEO and client management, as required.
- Preparing the Project Controls plan for assigned projects.
To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field preferred. Additional educational qualifications will be viewed favourably. We welcome all levels of experience, up to 5 years' professional experience. Project Management Professional certification or Chartered Engineer certification from an internationally recognized engineering professional body is preferred.
Furthermore, you should demonstrate:
- Proven experience as a Planning Engineer in Infrastructure projects.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills in English.
KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.