Mission:
To execute and or manage & supervise the activities pertaining to the planning / reporting within a Project of any size and complexity, under the supervision of the Project Control Manager, in full compliance with the Contract, the Company’s quality requirements and Project Execution Plan, WBS and Schedules. To be accountable for the control, guidance, supervision and monitoring of the day-to-day activities of the Planning team.
Main Activities & Responsibilities:
The Planning Engineer is responsible to deliver, during the proposal and execution phase of the project:
HOME OFFICE
• full support and guidance to the planning engineers in initializing the project control tools as per the Company’s procedures.
• leadership in the preparation of the whole set of planning procedures (WBS, schedules, progress measurement
system, etc.) by structuring necessary logic/data in full compliance of the Contract Scope of Work and Company
standards.
• review/issue of all planning reports, outputs and presentations assuring the consistency amongst them.
• performance of the periodical schedule control by means of time now technique, assess physical progress of the project, forecast the predicted completion evidencing any deviations towards the approved baselines and proposing the corrective actions/work-around solution for project considerations.
• monitoring and control manhour expenditure and productivity trends.
• Organization and execution of periodical meetings for across the table review Feasibility curves, Ordering, Equipment/ material deliveries etc. and to facilitate decision making.
• Guidance of the subcontract team to finalize the Contractual schedules/ Milestones with the subcontractors.
• Support to the Project Team in performing the Schedule Risk Analysis by running the appropriate company software to determine the schedule reliability.
• full interaction with the Client’s Planning representative.
• Assistance and support to the Contract Management team for any delay and schedule impact analysis.
• full and autonomous knowledge of all the necessary Company Tools such as Primavera P6, Milemate! Schedule Risk Analysis, Acumen Fuse, TPMS, etc.
SITE OFFICE:
• preparation of all field project planning activities in accordance with the Company’s procedures and PCM’s instructions.
• To closely work with Construction Sub-contractor during the development of their Contract Level 3 &4 Schedules and manpower histograms to ensure compliance with all Project Milestones, critical interfaces and adherence to the Project Control Procedures.
• check of the feasibility of construction schedules with the scheduled deliveries of documentation, materials and updated information received from Home Office.
• constantly monitoring of the performance of Subcontractors in terms of efficiency, progress and resources.
• collection, at project completion, all data and information necessary for future development of the Company’s database and proper filling of the Project Close-out report.
• managing of the planning activities even without direct supervision in case of small size EPC project. As a member of the Planning department the duties of the Planning Engineer are to:
- provide feedback to the Responsible of planning services about problems/deviations arising from application of standard methods, work instructions and tools, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the department
- keep himself/herself up to date about the technical specific improvement of the discipline.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, or related field
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in the EPC industry.
- Previous Work Experience in Petrochemicals, Energy or Oil & Gas Projects.
- Analytical Skills and Planning abilities
- Experience in Production Planning and Supply Chain Management
- Strong Communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with a team