Planning / Scheduling Engineer

About This Role

The Senior Planning/Scheduling Engineer supports EPC mega projects by developing, maintaining, and analyzing project schedules. This role involves collaborating with project teams, monitoring progress, identifying risks, and optimizing schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6 scheduling software
• Collaborate with project teams to develop detailed work plans for engineering, procurement, subcontracts, construction, and commissioning activities
• Monitor progress against schedules, timelines, and milestones, identifying schedule variances and risks
• Analyze schedule impacts of changes to project scope, resources, or priorities and develop mitigation strategies
• Prepare schedule reports and presentations to communicate schedule status and performance to project stakeholders
• Provide recommendations to optimize project schedules, including resource leveling, critical path analysis, and schedule compression
• Coordinate with project teams to resolve schedule-related issues and conflicts
• Participate in project meetings and reviews to provide schedule updates and recommendations
• Develop and report critical path plans and related schedules for projects under the direction of the Lead Planner
• Facilitate the preparation of the project plan and schedule, providing accurate and timely status updates
• Follow company's established standard processes, procedures, and formats for corporate reporting and deliverables
• Assist in the development of schedule breakdown structures and integration of P6 and Ecosys coding structures
• Prepare drafts of network logic diagrams and perform forward/backward pass assessments
• Compile, organize planning information, and prepare project schedule versions with varying levels of detail
• Review short-cycle schedule impacts and prepare CPM project schedule analysis
• Responsible for resource loading the project schedule
• Collect, validate, and integrate schedule and earned value progress information from vendors and contractors
• Perform detailed analysis on vendor and contractor schedules
• Prepare different tabular and graphical schedule timeline and resources reports as required
• Collect historical engineering, procurement and construction data for reporting, metrics, and performance analysis
• Perform schedule health checks and risk analysis
• Assist in the integration of project changes in the schedule forecast and in developing alternatives
• Attend project meetings and provide applicable reports
• Facilitate meetings with key project team members, vendors, and contractors to address and update project schedule status and forecast
• Provide proactive and accurate schedule management assessments to assist the project management team

Requirements

• Vast experience as a planning/scheduling engineer or project controls specialist in EPC mega projects (oil and gas, petrochemicals, industrial gases industries)
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 scheduling software
• Proven experience in the application of project management principles and techniques (schedule development, resource management, earned value management, risk management/analysis)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Vast experience working as a planning/scheduling engineer or project controls specialist in EPC mega projects in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, and industrial gases industries, 15+ years of experience may be accepted in lieu of bachelor’s degree.

Nice to Have

• Experience using Deltek Acumen

Skills

* Required skills