Senior Schedular (Planner) - Siemens Energy, Riyadh KSA

About the Role

Location

Saudi Arabia Ar Riyāḑ Riyadh

A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Senior Scheduler / Senior Planning Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and maintaining reliable project schedules for large gas-fired power plant projects. You will collaborate closely with Project Directors, engineering teams, and EPC customers to provide transparent schedule intelligence, enabling timely decision-making and ensuring the protection of contractual milestones.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules from handover through commercial operation and closeout.
• Translate contract requirements and milestones into a logically linked schedule with clear responsibilities.
• Lead periodic schedule updates, verifying actual dates and physical progress with work-package owners.
• Facilitate schedule risk workshops and coordinate recovery planning with workstream owners.
• Act as the focal point for schedule governance, providing clear, fact-based advice to project leadership.
• Administer project schedules primarily in Primavera P6, ensuring data quality and controlled access.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or a comparable technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in project planning and scheduling, particularly in large engineering or EPC projects.
• Demonstrated experience with gas-fired power plants, especially combined-cycle projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, including schedule architecture and critical-path analysis.
• Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to challenge senior stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to project sites and work effectively in a multicultural environment.

Rewards/Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Engaging work environment with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
• Employee discounts and benefits programs.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy:

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits:

• Competitive Salary Package
• Targeted Bonus
• Opportunities to work on a variety of innovative projects

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