Project Planner

SLB; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy services company is seeking a Project Planner in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The ideal candidate will have 8 to 9 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, alongside a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. Responsibilities include creating project plans, monitoring schedules, and optimizing resources. Proficiency in Primavera and MS Projects is essential. This role requires strong analytical skills to support complex engineering projects while adhering to tight deadlines and budget constraints.

Qualifications

• 8 to 9 years of experience in the Oil and Gas Industry (EPC).
• Proficient in creating and managing project schedules.
• Expertise in project progress reporting techniques.

Responsibilities

• Create project plans, schedules, and milestones.
• Review and monitor vendors' program schedules.
• Develop integrated schedules adhering to best practices.
• Liaise with clients and project teams for updates.
• Prepare weekly and monthly project reports.

Skills

Schedule analysis

Analytical skills

Project management methods

Team efficiency optimization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Primavera version 25

MS Projects

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

Project Planner with 8 to 9 years of experience optimizing timelines and resources, Expert in enhancing team efficiency. Project Planner position to utilize strong analytical and scheduling skills to support complex engineering projects, ensuring compliance with strict deadlines and budgetary constraints.

He shall be able to perform schedule analysis, on time delivery analysis and be proactive in developing mitigation strategies to achieve and timely compliance of project objectives.

The position consists of working with project team to build the proposal and execution schedules and use experience to optimize schedule to meet contract dates, run periodic look-ahead reports and update the schedule with feedback from project team.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Creating project plans, schedules, and milestones.
• Review and monitor the Sub-contracts / Vendors program schedule, coordination & progress follow up, appraisal of their work performance.
• Demonstrates a thorough working knowledge of primavera version 25, including experience of MS office products and report presentations to the Management.
• Develop a well-built Integrated schedule adhering to the best practices in compliance with internal quality checks and ability to find and address schedule log errors.
• Support for all the aspects of project planning, programming and progress monitoring including information flow, packages delivery and site work by applying formal project management methods and practical applications.
• Review and understand the project scopes, develop the schedules to determine optimum program in accordance with project requirements, update the schedules as required by regional teams. Also work closely with core and project teams and provide support for Resource and cost loading, highlighting the progress critical issues to them.
• Expert understanding and familiarity with methods and techniques for project progress reporting (S-Curves, Earned value, Critical Path, Look-ahead) with proven numeric and literary skills.
• Report preparation on weekly, Bi-weekly and monthly report on their respective projects.
• Liaise with Clients (internal & external), Engineering team, Sub-contractors, Suppliers/vendors for undertaking on all matters relating to schedule, reports and to oversee the validation process in primavera for project packages.
• Has a good understanding of project management, PMO and industry best practices, and work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 8 to 9 years of experience in the Oil and Gas Industry (EPC).
• MS Projects
• Microsoft Office

SLB is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.