Specialist Planning Engineer

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Job purpose

A specialist project control, planning, and cost engineer performs the project control function including project planning and cost control for the project as per the project execution plan, working closely with the project control manager. Analyse and perform project planning, scheduling and monitoring for the project to ensure completion to the required safety, quality, schedule, and cost.

Key accountabilities

Job specific accountabilities

Project control

• Ensure baseline schedule follow-up and monitoring, performance reporting, baseline change control assessment, risk management, earned value management guidance and tools.
• Advise and consult on the application of effective planning techniques and controls (earned value, cost and schedule variance, estimates at completion, critical path analysis).
• Support program integration, governance, formats, plan optimization, and project controls best practices.
• Support and advise on the definition of project controls and earned value management policies, procedures and the standards required to deliver projects.
• Be actively involved in the development of integrated project schedules that reflect all interface milestones, availability and need dates of feedstock, offsite and utilities, and activity durations from multiple contractors’ schedules and assess changes to the integrated schedule.
• Monitor and control program compliance with respect to project contractual obligations.
• Ensure contract, procurement, planning and scheduling activities within the project are performed as per company requirements.
• Support the project control manager on all contractual and commercial issues to maintain the company’s interests.
• Coordinate and attend internal and external project reviews and other meetings as necessary.
• Keep up to date with and adhere to company and project-related procedures.
• Ensure deliverables are delivered and flagged to the project control manager.
• Generate weekly and monthly reports in line with the project and company reporting calendar, providing details on progress, actuals, forecasts, and explanations of variances.
• Ensure that project controls processes are consistently applied across the project.
• Manage governance to ensure robust cost and schedule performance for the agreed scope of work across integrated programs managed across multiple parties.
• Support and advise on the definition of project controls and management policies, procedures and the standards required to deliver projects.
• Work closely with the senior project manager and other discipline managers to maximize the potential of the project.
• Manage and guide the review of project baseline schedule to ensure compliance with contract schedule requirements and the overall project schedule.
• Instruct various reviews and analyses of the project schedule and generate special reports highlighting areas of slippage, concerns, and forecasts.
• Manage and guide the process of progress certification and invoice payment under the contract.
• Ensure appropriate certificates are generated and maintained for the project denoting approval of various milestones and completion activities.

Internal control

• Develop and improve project control procedures, systems and tools. Continuously work with project management teams to seek improvement opportunities and incorporate them in the standard ways of project controls.
• Be an active advocate of project controls principles for better management of project operations.
• Contribute to enriching the desired culture through internal and external communications.

Qualifications, experience, knowledge & skills

Minimum qualification and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent from an accredited university; or a minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in the oil and gas or petrochemical industry.
• Must have at least five (5) years of experience in a similar position on mega oil and gas or petrochemical projects.
• ADNOC and offshore project experience is required.
• PMC experience is required.
• Experience in FEED and EPC phases is required.

Professional certifications

• Preferred but not mandatory to have PMP, CCP.

Technical competencies

• Project control (planning, scheduling, monitoring and control) skills.
• Full understanding of schedule, cost and risk analysis tools and techniques.
• Technical understanding and proficient knowledge related to oil and gas business.
• Planning and implementation skills.
• Detailed knowledge of principles, policies, procedures, and internal processes pertaining to project control transactions.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.