Deputy Manager - Planning

Petrofac; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Petrofac in Sharjah, UAE seeks a Deputy Manager – Project Control to lead the project controls function on major oil and gas ventures. You will develop systems for schedule, manpower histograms, risk analysis, and weekly/monthly progress reporting.

The role requires a graduate engineer with 15–20 years in oil and gas, HO & Site planning experience, and the ability to coordinate client reviews and interfacing with engineering and procurement teams.

Qualifications

• Graduate engineer with significant experience in oil and gas projects and execution.
• Experience in HO & Site planning and project controls.
• Ability to lead and guide planning teams and interfaces with client reviews.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems and procedures for project control on project onset and as required by the client.
• Determine staffing requirements based on workload and resources.
• Lead planning team to develop and maintain project control procedures, schedules (level 1-4), and reporting systems.
• Prepare progress measurement systems including manpower histograms and S-curves, reviewed periodically.
• Monitor overall project progress and address bottlenecks to ensure on‑time completion.
• Coordinate internal reviews and obtain client approval for schedules and controls.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Staffing planning

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Excel

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Petrofac is currently looking to recruit a Deputy Manager – Project Control to be based in Sharjah, UAE.

What we do

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for the energy industries. Our comprehensive and tailored service offering covers each stage of the project life cycle and a variety of commercial models, giving our clients the flexibility, they need.

Primary Duties:

• Develop systems and procedures for Project control functions on the onset of the project and as and when there are additional requirements from the client in order to facilitate the process of project monitoring.
• To determine the staffing requirements based on the workload and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the project planning team to develop, implement & maintain the project controls procedure, project schedules (level 1-4), and reporting systems specific to project.
• Prepare the progress measurement system such as manpower histograms, which indicate the number of people required each month, progress S curves which will indicate the progress that the project makes at a given point of time etc., which are reviewed at periodic intervals.
• Monitoring progress of the work for timely execution of the project through weekly/monthly reports with respect to review of the overall project. Progress monitoring on a regular basis and resolve any problems, bottlenecks/scheduling conflicts.
• Co-ordinate internal project team reviews followed by an approval and review by the client of the work schedule, progress measurement and reporting systems.
• Review the status continuously and keep the Project director/ Manager apprised of the progress and the areas needing attention for schedule adherence.
• Ensure that field project controls documents such as construction schedules, resources histogram, reporting systems, commodity data base, material controls systems, etc. are fully developed & implemented by the designated personnel and reviewed by Construction Management and that engineering & procurement activities are properly interfaced.
• Carry out diagnostic studies on ongoing project/ construction, to measure what is achieved vis‑versus the plan by the project control team based on progress reports and feedback to ensure timely completion and formulate an action plan for schedule adherence.
• Carry out schedule risk analysis as and when required and advise action plan to mitigate the delays, if any.
• Participate in department development activities for continual improvement in the project control system & services.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities as and when directed by the HOD.

Minimum Requirements:

Graduate engineer with approximately 15-20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry conversant with projects and execution. Experience in HO & Site planning.