We are looking for a Planning Lead for one of our clients with the following details:  

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 36 months

Location: Doha Qatar

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Accounting, Business Management/administration or Commercial disciplines.
• 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.

Activities:

• 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 them

implementation.

• Conducts periodic meetings with the Contractor to review progress and reports project status

to management.

If interested, kindly apply!