Senior Planner

Airswift; Boden; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Senior Planner for a major Boden, Germany project. The role focuses on planning and scheduling to optimize scope delivery across engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning. You will mentor junior planners and ensure adherence to project guidelines.

The position entails a rotation or residential work arrangement with a 12-month renewable contract and ASAP start, supporting a multi‑billion EUR green steel project in Boden.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in PM, Engineering, Construction or related field.
• 7–10 years planning/scheduling on major EPC/EPCm projects in Oil & Gas, Energy, Steel, Mining, Industrial, or Heavy Construction.
• Solid command of Primavera P6, MS Project and MS Office.
• Ability to use advanced Excel features (curves, histograms, dynamic tables, formulas).
• Ability to create and maintain logically linked activity schedules in EPCm planning.

Responsibilities

• Perform schedule analysis using Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk and MS Project.
• Support baseline creation during project initiation and setup.
• Facilitate multi-discipline scope reviews.
• Provide schedule support and mentor junior planners.
• Develop and maintain level 3/4 activity schedules for construction projects.
• Produce workforce histograms and progress/quantity curves.

Skills

Schedule analysis

Project coordination

Team mentoring

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in PM/Engineering/Construction/Business

Tools

Primavera P6

Deltek Fuse & Risk

Microsoft Project

Excel (advanced)

Job description

SENIOR PLANNER

Location: Boden, SE

Contract duration: initial 12 month contract - renewable

Start Date: ASAP

Roster: Rotation (6 weeks on, 2 weeks off - 53 hours per week), or Residential (M-F, 40 hours per week)

Project: Boden - 6 billion EUR green steel project

Job Overview

The Senior Planner uses Planning/Scheduling discipline practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Planning/Scheduling discipline. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Planning/Scheduling discipline. They solve complex problems and use their discipline‑specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Planner impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Planning/Scheduling team and other related teams and ensures that they are working within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Perform schedule analysis using Project Management software including Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk, and Microsoft Project


• Support project baseline creation during the project initiation and setup phase


• Facilitate detailed multi‑discipline scope reviews


• Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required


• Develop and maintain logically linked level 3 and level 4 activity schedules, for construction projects in the Oil and Gas (or similar) industry, using best practices


• Produce workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves in connection with the schedules


• Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Hook‑Up, and Commissioning, and other operations for control of critical path and overall project durations


• Elevate and expedite operations that are delaying the schedule and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions


• Create and Monitor schedule compliance, key performance, factors, and provide analysis of variations to baseline data


• Identify factors, both current and potential, that may delay the schedule. Assess actions for recovery and improvement and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions


• Lead and deliver initiatives

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management / Engineering / Construction / Business Management or equivalent combinations of technical training or experience required


• Minimum 7-10 years of Planning and Scheduling experience on major EPC / EPCm projects, working within the Oil & Gas, Energy, Steel, Mining, Industrial, or Heavy Construction sectors.


• Have solid commands of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office software


• Must be able to use advanced features in Excel (curves, histograms, dynamic tables, formulas, etc.)


• Able to produce and maintain logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in EPCm planning, using best practices


• Able to produce and assess progress curves, histograms, variance reports, and critical paths


• Able to analyze project status and performance, deviations, performance factors, forecasts, and workarounds


• Must be able to produce multidisciplinary logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in planning, using best industry practices


• Ability to effectively communicate with team members and management