Planning Engineer

Job Summary

Role purpose

Analyze and maintain reliable EPC schedules, progress measurement and schedule reporting to support headquarters assurance.

Job Responsibilities 1

SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY

• Develop, review and update Primavera P6 schedules at appropriate detail levels; maintain WBS, activity coding and baseline records.
• Validate logic, durations, milestones, constraints, calendars, critical paths and interfaces in contractor/project submissions.
• Integrate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover milestones.

PROGRESS AND REPORTING

• Validate planned versus actual progress, S-curves, milestone trends, critical activities and completion forecasts.
• Prepare weekly/monthly planning reports, lookahead views, executive dashboards and exception registers.
• Monitor long-lead procurement and delivery milestones, interface dependencies and schedule slippage.

RISK AND COORDINATION

• Assist with recovery schedule reviews, change impacts and time-impact analysis inputs.
• Maintain schedule update histories, planning assumptions and quality-controlled records.
• Coordinate with project planning teams and Cost Control for integrated performance reporting.

Job Responsibilities 2

Additional Responsibilities 3

Job Knowledge & Skills

Success measures / KPIs

• Timeliness and quality of schedule updates
• Accuracy of progress and milestone reporting
• P6 logic and baseline record quality
• Timely identification and escalation of slippage

Key interfaces

Project Controls Director; project managers/directors; Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Commercial/Contracts and Finance teams; contractors and package suppliers as applicable.

Job Experience

• 6–8 years of EPC scheduling and progress reporting experience.
• Advanced Primavera P6, CPM, Excel, S-curves, WBS and working knowledge of Power BI.
• P6 or planning certification advantageous.

Competencies

Education