SR. PLANNING ENGINEER

Senior Planning Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Project Master Plans and Schedules for all project phases and stage gates throughout the project lifecycle, from initiation to close-out.
• Provide planning input to deliverables such as Project Execution Plan, Risk Management Plan & Risk Register, and Change Management Plan.
• Plan and monitor project close-out activities and contribute to the finalization of project close-out reports.
• Perform project planning activities including scheduling, monitoring, forecasting, and progress reporting on weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual bases through various management reports.
• Maintain project data in SAP to facilitate group reporting and analysis.
• Provide early warnings and highlight intervention opportunities through reports and engagement with project teams to influence project outcomes.
• Maintain and update the Integrated Resource Planning system to plan resource requirements for assigned projects as per the master plans in Primavera.
• Develop and incorporate planning and scheduling requirements, progress measurement, and reporting instructions for compliance by bidders in tender documents.
• Provide specific inputs to appendices capturing scope of work, payment terms, LD milestones, and document review periods.
• Evaluate technical proposals of bidders as a key member of the technical evaluation team, ensuring compliance with tender requirements, schedule analysis, resource allocations, progress measurement methodology, and planning/reporting procedures.
• Review, validate, and endorse contractor-submitted planning packages, including execution programmes, recovery plans, resource plans, and reporting systems to ensure effective project control and contractual compliance.
• Monitor contractor performance, conduct time and progress variance analysis, and review contractor progress reports to identify deviations and recommend corrective actions or mitigation measures.
• Conduct "what if" and schedule risk analysis as required to anticipate unforeseen changes and quantify potential impacts and mitigation plans.
• Estimate progress achieved for all assigned contracts to calculate value of work done at month-end for service entry sheets, and verify reported progress in coordination with stakeholders.
• Provide schedule input and estimated progress phasing for annual budget preparation, revisions, and supplementary budgets. Analyze reasons for progress and schedule variance for budget variance reports.
• Determine time impact related to scope changes and review contractor extension of time claims using international norms and time impact analysis processes.
• Participate in the development and implementation of various project planning procedures and work instructions.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or equivalent in an Engineering discipline. PMP or equivalent certifications/memberships preferred.
• Minimum 15 years' experience in planning of projects in the Oil & Gas sector.
• Preferably at least 5 years' experience with national or international oil companies.
• Experience in project planning, scheduling and phasing, project control and monitoring, forecasting, trending, risk assessment, variations/claims analysis, and progress verification.
• High level of computer literacy with MS Office and relevant project control software including Primavera. Skills in Primavera Risk Analysis and Power BI are preferable.
• Work experience in the GCC is desirable.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.