Senior Scheduler Planning Engineer (Offshore)

Penspen; Gujarat; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen in India is seeking a Senior Scheduler - Planning Engineer for an Offshore PMC project. You will provide planning oversight, validate schedules, analyze critical paths, and ensure alignment with milestones and contractual obligations.

Responsibilities include monitoring progress, performing variance analysis, integrating risk into project controls, and reporting to management. Strong Primavera P6 skills and extensive EPC offshore experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent required.
• 15 years EPC project experience preferred.
• Minimum 10 years offshore fabrication project controls and planning experience.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 advanced scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning oversight and schedule assurance for all EPC project phases.
• Validate baseline schedules, resource histograms, critical paths, and progress systems.
• Monitor progress, perform variance analyses, and report with mitigation strategies.
• Oversee development and monitoring of the integrated master schedule for offshore EPC work.
• Evaluate change orders and risks for schedule impact and recovery opportunities.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6 Advanced User

Job description

Location: India

Penspen is a leading energy services company, providing engineering, project management, asset management and integrity services to the energy industry worldwide for over 70+ years. Originally founded in the UK in 1954 as Spencer & Partners, the company has now grown to include almost 1,000 members of staff, with major offices in London, Mexico, Colombia Houston and Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India.

Penspen www.penspen.com are looking for a dynamic Senior Scheduler - Planning Engineer for one of our Offshore PMC projects in India.

About The Job

To provide planning oversight and schedule assurance for all phases of the EPC contractor's work. Review and validate integrated project schedules, resource histograms, critical path analysis, and progress measurement systems.

Ensure alignment of the baseline schedule with project milestones and contractual obligations.

Monitor schedule performance, assess recovery plans, and report variances with mitigation strategies.

Participate in progress review meetings, interface coordination, and constructability planning.

Validate contractor’s monthly progress reports, lookahead schedules, and productivity metrics. Support risk assessment workshops and integrate schedule risks into the project control processes.

Oversees and controls the development, updating, and monitoring of the integrated project master schedule (Level 1 to Level 4) for offshore engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction phases.

Review and validate the EPC contractor’s baseline schedules, resource histograms, and progress S-curves to ensure compliance with contract key milestones and project logic.

Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly progress, identify critical path activities, and perform variance analyses to detect potential schedule overruns.

Participate in project progress review meetings, and risk assessment sessions.

Evaluate the impact of change orders and technical queries (TQs) on the project schedule, providing early warnings and delay mitigation strategies to project management.

Prepare comprehensive progress reports, look-ahead schedules, and productivity metrics for client and management review, ensuring complete alignment with project management procedures

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 15 years of EPC project experience.
• Minimum 10 years of offshore fabrication project controls and planning experience.
• Primavera P6 Advanced User.

Mandatory Experience

• Offshore jacket fabrication projects.
• Engineering, procurement, fabrication, loadout, and installation planning.
• Progress measurement and earned value management.
• Critical path analysis.
• Weekly and monthly progress reporting.
• Resource loading and productivity monitoring.

Preferred Experience

• Previous experience supporting offshore installation campaigns.
• Ability to independently verify physical progress at fabrication yards.

Key Responsibility

• Independently validate L&T progress claims and provide early warning of schedule risks and recovery opportunities.

General Notes

• All personnel shall be fluent in English and capable of preparing professional reports and presentations.
• Preference shall be given to candidates with previous Saudi Aramco offshore experience.
• Preference shall be given to candidates who have worked as PMC or Company Representatives rather than contractor-only roles.
• Candidates shall demonstrate direct involvement in fabrication yards and offshore construction activities.
• Pure engineering design, maintenance, refinery turnaround/shutdown, or civil infrastructure backgrounds are not considered suitable unless supported by significant offshore fabrication yard experience.

The job location will be based in Gujerat, India