Planning Specialist

Tanqeeb; Doha; On-site; QAR 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb in Doha, Qatar, seeks an experienced Senior Planner with strong Primavera P6 skills to lead schedule and cost delivery across Major Projects.

You will plan, monitor and report on governance milestones, develop baselines, and coordinate with LNG project teams to mitigate delays.

The role requires 8+ years in project execution, 6+ in Major Projects within oil and gas, with NOC/IOC exposure advantageous and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years project executing experience, 6 years in Major Projects in oil & gas or similar.
• Experience with National Oil Companies or International Oil Companies is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain effective communication with LNG project teams to plan and execute activities.
• Plan and deliver schedules using Primavera P6; collect schedule and cost data.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis in Primavera P6 and integrate multiple schedules.
• Deliver governance reporting on progress, deficits and mitigations.
• Quantify effects of business changes on overall project schedules.
• Inform leadership of schedule issues and provide corrective actions.
• Review contractor progress reports and endorse baselines and forecasts.
• Support PMT with schedule/cost analysis and forecasting.

Skills

Communication

People skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Maintains effective communication with LNG project teams and departments to resolve issues requiring initiative, flexibility and an ability to influence in order to effectively plan and execute project activities

Faultless schedule planning and delivery utilizing multi-range schedule and planning software suites; accountable for collecting schedule and cost data from projects within the Major Projects portfolio, development, maintaining and monitoring delivery of Major Projects Integrated schedule/s and planning tools

Good knowledge and hands on experience conducting schedule risk analysis in Primavera Schedule risk analysis and integrating multiple Project Level 4 and 3 schedules and producing management level 1 and 0 schedules in Primavera P6; accuracy, efficiency, and speed are vital

Delivery of clearly communicated presentations articulating schedule and cost delivery, forecasts, progress, deficits, and proposed mitigations; develop timely and concise reporting on governance activities and compliance to ensure effective management of activities through the governance processes and timely escalation of any potential concerns

Responsible for quantifying effects and impacts associated with business changes in the overall schedule for stewardship purposes

Inform Integration Project Management Team: Division Leads, Heads, Managers and Senior Project Manager of any potential schedule issues and impacts; provide guidance, corrective action, and measures to mitigate adverse trends

Review and check Major Project's portfolio Contractor's progress reports for progress measurement accuracy; review and endorse schedule and progress baseline and forecast proposed by project/s; analyses schedule and progress trends reported by projects

Support Integration PMT with project/s schedule and cost progress analysis, reporting and forecasting activities; periodically update different levelled schedules to incorporate

Excellent communication and people skills

Exceptional computer literacy skills (Primavera P6(Version 22 and above), Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Outlook, and Power BI (desirable)

Undertakes complex tasks and acts as a source of guidance for staff and internal customers. Is expected to handle all but the most complex problems and difficulties that might arise.

Takes initiatives, based on experience gained, to deliver timely and cost-effective service.

Sets situations/issues in the context of the entire team and has an appreciation of the wider relationships with other people and organizations.

Works independently within established procedures, plans, and budgets and contributes to the development of these.

Has autonomy over scheduling and planning of own work; organizes efforts of work group to achieve overall efficiency.

Desired Candidate Profile

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering

Minimum 8 years project executing related experience, 6 years' experience in a Major Projects environment within the oil and gas industry or similar industry experience in a business support / reporting capacity with significant knowledge of large projects, proven demonstrated ability to proactively resolve issues by developing effective solutions independently

Experience of working with National Oil Companies or International Oil Companies will be an advantage