Airswift are a Global Manpower Provider specialising in the Energy, Infrastructure & IT sectors. Present in more than 70 countries around the world, our reach and capabilities in the markets we service is unparalleled in the industry.
We are working with a Major Oil & Gas operator to source for Planning Lead specialising in offshore compression. This is a long-term contract role working on a residential basis 6-days per week / 10 hours per day. Please see details below:
Title: Planning Lead
Start Date: Negotiable (typically within 1 month notice)
Duration: 36 months (potential for extension)
Location: Onshore (site based), Qatar
Job Purpose:
The Planning Lead purpose and responsibility is to provide schedule development, maintenance, monitor and control of confidential and sensitive schedule and cost related data, schedule and planning evaluation / examination, schedule and cost developmental consolidation, cost reporting
and analyzing, monitoring and formulating cost improvement recommendations.
Job Context & Major Challenge(s):
- Understanding of the key project drivers to ensure delivery of the project within the agreed timeframe.
- Short deadlines and high pressure to deliver completed staff works.
- Ensures highest level of Project Management Team satisfaction by providing, within corporate standards, quality services and amenities.
- Major challenges are time management to carry out various activities and/or assessments related to schedule, progress measurement and change management.
Key Job Accountabilities:
- Reports to Head of Planning.
- Develops and maintains project schedules ensuring they reflect the approved project design/execution scope.
- Reviews Contractor project control procedures to ensure requirements are met.
- Reviews and checks Contractor progress reports for accuracy of progress measurement.
- Reviews and monitors the EPC Contractor’s schedules for logic, detail, and interfaces.
- Ensures subcontractor schedules are integrated into overall EPC schedules.
- Ensures vendor and supplier schedules for critical equipment and bulks are integrated into overall EPC schedules.
- Monitors and appraises Contractor performance against control plans for progress and schedule control.
- Evaluates project changes for schedule impact and incorporates approved changes into the overall schedule.
- Advises on potential schedule issues, provides corrective actions, and verifies their implementation.
- Conducts periodic meetings with the Contractor to review progress and reports project status to management.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Accounting, Business Management / administration or Commercial disciplines.
Knowledge and/or Experience
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in project scheduling and controls for EPC oil and gas facilities capital projects / operating companies
- Thorough and extensive knowledge of project controls principles, theories, and concepts.
- At least five (7) years site/field scheduling experience.
- Experience developing work methods in accordance to established
- Company policies, directives from Management, schedules and professional engineering standards.
- Good troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to read, write, and speak fluent English.
- Able to work within a defined role with limited supervision.
Technical and Business Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal English skills.
- Strong planning, organisational and prioritising skills.
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Advanced computer literacy skills (Primavera P6, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Hands on working experience in Primavera P6 Version 18 and above.
- Advanced knowledge of using Primavera Schedule Risk Analysis or similar software for conducting Schedule Risk Analysis.