Offshore FEED Planning Lead

KBR, Inc.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Planning Engineer for offshore FEED projects. You will develop, maintain, and monitor IMS across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover, ensuring alignment with ADNOC Offshore requirements.

The role emphasizes detailed scheduling in Primavera P6, baselining, progress tracking, and reporting. Strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and contingency planning are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Primavera P6 Professional Certification preferred.
• PMP Certification is an advantage.
• Membership in a recognized engineering institute is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) covering ENG, procurement, construction, commissioning, and Start-up activities.
• Prepare Level 1–3 and detailed execution schedules in Primavera P6.
• Establish project baselines and monitor schedule performance against targets.
• Develop work breakdown structures (WBS), coding structures, and project calendars.
• Ensure alignment between contractor, subcontractor, vendor, and client schedules.
• Monitor project progress and identify schedule variances.
• Analyze critical path activities and assess schedule impacts.
• Prepare recovery and acceleration plans to mitigate delays.
• Conduct trend analysis and forecast project completion dates.
• Monitor engineering deliverables, procurement status, construction progress, and commissioning readiness.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports and dashboards for management.
• Develop project dashboards, S-curves, manpower histograms, productivity reports, and KPI reports.
• Support management reviews with schedule performance analysis.
• Generate earned value reports and schedule performance indicators.
• Perform delay analysis and schedule risk assessments.
• Evaluate impact of change orders, scope changes, and unforeseen events.
• Support Extension of Time (EOT) claims and documentation.
• Participate in risk workshops and mitigation planning.
• Interface with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project management teams.
• Coordinate with ADNOC Offshore representatives and contractors on planning and progress issues.
• Participate in project review meetings and management presentations.
• Ensure planning data is reflected across all disciplines.
• Develop commissioning and system completion schedules.
• Monitor MC, RFC, RFSU, and handover milestones.
• Support development of system turnover plans and commissioning tracking systems.

Skills

Scheduling

Project controls

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management, or related discipline

PMP Certification

Membership in a recognized engineering institute

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

KBR, Inc. in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Planning Engineer for offshore FEED projects. You will develop, maintain, and monitor IMS across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover, ensuring alignment with ADNOC Offshore requirements.

The role emphasizes detailed scheduling in Primavera P6, baselining, progress tracking, and reporting. Strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and contingency planning are essential.