Planner/Scheduler

Key Responsibilities

Conduct or participate in interactive planning sessions to create EPC contractor's schedule deliverables.

Perform what-if analysis, workaround identification, float analysis, critical path identification, and recommend corrective actions to mitigate unfavorable schedule deviations.

Review contractor's baseline schedule and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) as the project baseline or benchmark.

Analyze and offer corrective actions to meet planned progress per discipline.

Validate claimed progress by analyzing contractor's deliverables and construction activities.

Identify interface points between contractors' schedules to ensure coordination and optimization of the project plan.

Validate progress and payment milestones claimed in contractor's monthly invoices.

Monitor contractor's compliance with best practices of project planning, scheduling, and contractual requirements for EPC schedule development and updates.

Estimate schedule impact of changes and variances.

Support the Project Management Team with preparing weekly and monthly status reports and project dashboards.

Review contractor's weekly and monthly reports for accuracy.

Prepare charts, tables, and 3-week lookahead schedules to assist the Project Management Team in managing the overall project.

Assist in development of schedule identification, storage, retrieval, and report format standardization.

Identify and assess period changes in schedule using scheduling software.

Participate in project risk management workshops, implement mitigation actions, and quantify schedule contingency.

Develop, maintain, review, and update integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, including detailed Level 3/Level 4 schedules as required.

Perform schedule health checks, critical-path and near-critical-path analysis, identifying emerging risks and potential delays.

Develop and review short- and medium-term look-ahead schedules and identify constraints that may affect planned activities.

Perform schedule variance and trend analysis against the approved baseline and recommend appropriate mitigation and recovery actions.

Support forecasting of key project milestones, including construction completion, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up.

Support time-impact analysis and assessment of contractor schedule claims as required.

Review contractors' progress measurement methodology, productivity, and earned value performance.

Support preparation of weekly/monthly management dashboards, S-curves, schedule KPIs, and progress reports.

Coordinate schedule interfaces across engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities.

Ensure schedule information is aligned, where applicable, with project cost, risk, change-management, and progress-control processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or above in engineering or related field.

10+ years of relevant experience.

Expertise in Primavera P6, schedule risk analysis, and Acumen Fuse.

Strong understanding of Microsoft Office products including Excel and PowerPoint.

Previous capital project experience with an operator and/or EPC contractor.

Experience in petrochemical unit design, engineering, construction, commissioning, and start-up.

Strong knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM), Earned Value Management (EVM), progress measurement, schedule forecasting, and schedule variance analysis.

Demonstrated experience in reviewing, analyzing, and challenging EPC contractor baseline and updated schedules.

Experience in schedule recovery planning, mitigation strategies, and time-impact analysis.

Ability to analyze schedule trends, identify potential delays and constraints, and provide recommendations to project management.

Strong team-building skills and ability to work with peers, company employees, and contractors.

Excellent planning, organizational, and troubleshooting skills.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Self-starter with desire to lead and take responsibility.

Strong commitment to safety.

Knowledge of industry standards.

Flexibility to work in both the project office in Doha and site office in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience on grass-roots mega capital petrochemical, LNG, or oil & gas projects.

Experience supporting large-scale projects through construction, commissioning, and start-up phases.

Experience working in the Middle East region.