Lead Planner

**Responsibilities**:

- To lead a project scheduling and planning process and supervise a group of planners (where required) in preparing and incorporating project execution plan into the overall project schedule using Primavera P6 Software for a designated project involving schedule updating and analysis, progress monitoring, and preparation of various reports to ensure timely completion of the project.
- Under the supervision of Project Controls Manager or a direct report of this position, coordinate all efforts to collate and compile the necessary information to support timely schedule development and reporting
- Provides reports, “look aheads”, critical path reporting, “what-if” scenarios, and other relevant tools that will assist in planning and schedule analysis.
- Develop, maintain and update S-Curves and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for various disciplines in MS Excel format for progress monitoring and reporting purposes.
- Write up narrative description for relevant reports, including weekly & monthly report to client and consolidates inputs from various disciplines for project management team’s review.
- Review and evaluate submitted Level 4 schedule of all contractors including their progress measurement system.
- Tracks and monitors the progress of the project including engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and installation. Implements and monitors the schedules of each project stage and the entire project until completion and close-out.
- Identifies and leverages on opportunities to optimize resource utilization to most efficiently execute/organize the project activities.
- Ensures timings of deliverables of contractor are adequately and clearly defined and diligently tracked to prevent or minimize delay.

**Requirements**:

- 10 years of planning experience in oil and gas industry (or)
- 12 years of planning experience in other industries with sound knowledge of Oil & Gas process and FPSO projects
- Have worked with International Oil Companies like Exxon, Shell etc.
- Knowledge of project management, risk management and change management processes
- Previous working experience in a senior role is preferred

**Job Type**: Contract
Contract length: 12 months

Work Location: In person