Lead planning and scheduling for EPCIC oil, gas and power projects. Create and maintain level 3/4 schedules, perform schedule analysis and quality checks, update EVMS progress, produce histograms/curves, manage critical path, recommend recovery actions, mentor junior planners, and drive schedule compliance and improvement initiatives.
Job Overview:
The Principal Planner is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex planning/scheduling-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Planner may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of planning/scheduling. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in planning/scheduling as well as broad knowledge of the planning/scheduling discipline within the Project Control function.
ResponsibilitiesKey Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Perform schedule analysis using Project Management software's including Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk, and Microsoft Project
- Support project baseline creation during the project initiation and setup phase
- Facilitate detailed multi-discipline scope reviews
- Perform detailed schedule quality and integrity checks
- Update and validate physical progress reported from EVMS systems
- Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required
- Develop and maintain logically linked level 3 and level 4 activity schedules, for marine scope installation projects in the Oil and Gas Industry (pipelines, subsea, platforms, HDD), according to precedence flow planning, using best practices
- Produce workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves in connection with the schedules
- Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Installation, Hook-Up, and Commissioning, and other operations for control of critical path and overall project durations
- Elevate and expedite operations that are delaying the schedule and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
- Create and Monitor schedule compliance, key performance, factors, and provide analysis of variations to baseline data
- Identify current and potential factors that may delay the schedule. Assess actions for recovery and improvement and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
- Lead and deliver initiatives
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in Project Management/Engineering/Construction/Business Management or equivalent combinations of technical training or experience required
- 10-15 years of EPCIC experience with Onshore or Offshore Oil and Gas or Power Generation related projects
- Planning/Scheduling experience for Large LNG or Topside Fabrication projects preferred
- Have solid commands of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office software
- Must be able to use advanced features in Excel (curves, histograms, dynamic tables, formulas, etc.)
- Able to produce and maintain logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in EPCIC planning, using best practices
- Able to produce and assess progress curves, histograms, variance reports, and critical paths
- Able to analyze project status and performance, deviations, performance factors, forecasts, and workarounds
- Must be able to produce multidisciplinary logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in planning, using best industry practices
- Ability to effectively communicate with team members and management
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