Job Description
Position Summary
The Planning and Scheduling Engineer defines project objectives in terms of duration and resources, develops and maintains an execution-aligned schedule, and monitors project status to support reliable forecasting. The role provides planning, monitoring, control, schedule analysis, and reporting support for projects and proposals, with a primary focus on home-office EPC activities and small engineering-services scopes.
The position works closely with the Head of Planning & Scheduling Department or the Project Planning and Scheduling lead, project and proposal teams, clients, partners, vendors, and subcontractors. The role may also supervise or train less-experienced colleagues, primarily on small and medium-size projects.
Key Responsibilities
Planning and Schedule Development
• Develop and maintain schedules that are compliant with the selected project execution strategy.
• Define and optimize the resources required across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation activities, as applicable.
• Develop the project summary timeline and support definition of the Project Breakdown Structure.
• Establish and maintain planning and scheduling methods, procedures, time schedules, physical-progress rules, dashboards, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with project stakeholders to integrate relevant planning inputs and maintain schedule consistency.
Monitoring, Control, and Forecasting
• Update schedules, monitor project status, and control progress against the approved baseline and contractual milestones.
• Assess schedule performance, identify deviations from standards or plans, and propose corrective actions.
• Prepare reliable forecasts for completion dates, durations, and resource requirements.
• Increase project-team awareness of key milestones, main durations, interfaces, and critical paths.
• Support client review and approval of the schedule baseline, reported progress, and milestone achievement.
Risk, Change, and Reporting
• Plan activities to mitigate schedule risks and support cost-efficient execution.
• Perform schedule risk analysis, where required, and communicate schedule exposure and mitigation actions.
• Estimate schedule impacts linked to changes and claims and contribute to Extension of Time analyses in the event of client-caused delay.
• Prepare clear, consistent schedule data, KPI reporting, dashboards, and management information.
• Provide project feedback and lessons learned to improve planning and scheduling methods and contribute to departmental statistics.
Team Support
• Provide planning and scheduling guidance to project and proposal teams.
• May supervise, coach, or train less-experienced colleagues on small and medium-size projects.
Role Dimensions and Key Interactions
Role Dimensions
• Works primarily on home-office activities for full EPC onshore or offshore contract scopes.
• Performs planning, monitoring, and control activities and may lead planning and scheduling for small engineering-services contracts, including conceptual and basic engineering scopes.
• Supports multiple stakeholders in a multidisciplinary, project-oriented environment.
Key Interactions
• Internal: Planning team and Project or Proposal team members.
• External: Clients, partners, vendors, and subcontractors.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Technical degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Moderate experience in project execution, planning, scheduling, or project controls (3 to 5 years)
• Good working knowledge of scheduling software, including Primavera P6 or an equivalent tool.
• Good knowledge of project controls requirements, procedures, and methods.
• Good knowledge of progress-measurement systems and Earned Value Analysis.
• Good knowledge of KPIs and project reporting systems.
• Fluency in English.
Role-Specific Knowledge and Skills
• Good knowledge of EPCI work processes and sequences.
• Ability to develop and communicate project summary timelines.
• Basic knowledge of schedule risk analysis and Extension of Time analysis.
• Basic knowledge of the Global Business Process Management System (GBPMS).
• Ability to identify deviations, analyze schedule information, and recommend practical actions.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Accuracy and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to present data and facts clearly and consistently.
• Effective communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
Working Conditions
• Home-office role supporting project and proposal activities.
• Frequent interaction with multidisciplinary teams and external project stakeholders.
• Work priorities may vary in response to project execution requirements and reporting cycles.
• Travel may be required depending on project needs.
Additional Information
• No sponsorship or relocation assistance available.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
