Senior Planner
Location: Doha, QatarContract Type: Contract
Work Schedule: Standard office hours, 5 days a week
Key Responsibilities
- Provide detailed planning, scheduling, and reporting for major projects in the Engineering & Construction department.
- Develop and produce project plans using Primavera P6.
- Create deliverables such as S-curves, one-page dashboards by project, histograms, and tabular man-hour reports.
- Act as the primary interface between contractor planning departments and the company project team for EPC Projects.
- Monitor and review contractor schedules and planning documents, including procedures and reports.
- Verify project milestones and elaborate on defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Develop high-level management plans and conduct project delay and variance analyses, including critical path analysis.
- Support Project Engineers and Discipline Engineers to ensure successful and timely delivery of assigned projects.
- Assist activity owners in developing fit-for-purpose plans for assigned activities.
- Produce integrated Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, and Construction plans at various levels for assigned projects.
- Challenge the readiness and achievability of project plans.
- Ensure all planning expectations and reporting requirements are met, including performance measures and KPIs.
- Carry out any other duties or tasks as assigned by superiors.
Requirements
- Engineering background with a minimum of 10 years' experience in planning and scheduling for oil & gas installations and project management, including well hookup projects.
- Strong knowledge of offshore brownfield projects.
- Thorough experience and understanding of planning and scheduling principles, with proficiency in Primavera P6.
- Demonstrable proficiency with integrated planning environments and processes.
- Initiative to seek out required information and communicate issues proactively.
- Strong communication and people development skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access.
- Fluent in English.