Vacancy Overview
Planning Lead
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 800 employees and 6,000 contractors operating in over 50 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
Airswift is seeking for Planning Lead to work with our client based in Qatar.
Job Purpose
The Lead Planner provides planning / scheduling expertise to the project team (based on assigned project areas) ensuring overall project schedule quality and integrity to support project execution.
The Lead Planner will perform various EPC schedule analysis to determine potential area of concern and coordinate inputs for mitigation plan.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or business administration.
8 years’ experience in a major project environment within the oil and gas industry, with exposure in project controls specifically planning / scheduling management with 3 years supervisory experience.
Experience with EPC Contractors, Sub-contractors and Vendors involved in the oil and gas industry.
Responsibilities
Implement management and technical direction for all facets of the Planning / Scheduling function (schedule development, schedule risk, schedule analysis, schedule reporting, resources, productivity, schedule impact assessment, schedule management) by establishing a set of project control planning / schedule procedures, guidelines, and flow charts to suit project requirements and needs to support management decision making process.
Coordinate input from PMT functions such as engineering, procurement, construction, completion/commissioning, interface etc to support EPC schedule validation. Perform all planning, and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, analysis, and schedule recommendations for improvement.
Ensure effective project planning / scheduling and Advanced Work packing processes are executed by the contractors and subcontractors’ organizations.
Support the preparation of project controls Gates deliverables specially planning / scheduling deliverables in line with Company Project Management System.
Review and ensure effective implementation and updating the EPC Project Planning / Scheduling procedure.
Collect, consolidate, analyze, and report schedule trend and progress (productivity) to ensure overall project status is assessed and potential problem areas identified. Conduct schedule delay / impact analysis, review of schedule recovery plans, including evaluation of additional resources required to affect such plans.
Implement project changes, ensure schedule impacts are assessed and reflected & considered; ensure incorporation of approved changes impact into overall schedule stewardship and reporting.