Senior Planner Airswift Project Management 06:21

AimGulf; Doha; On-site; QAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A Senior Planner position based in Qatar offers a long-term contract supporting the national operator on offshore brownfield projects. The role focuses on providing planning support, developing schedules, KPI analyses and integrated plans across engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction teams.

Ideal candidates have strong Primavera P6 skills, planning experience in O&G, and proactive communication to meet client expectations. One-page dashboards and S-curves are typical deliverables.

Qualifications

• Engineering background required.

Responsibilities

• Provision of day-to-day planning support to Project/Discipline Engineers.

Job description

Airswift are a Global Manpower Provider specialising in the Energy, Infrastructure & IT sectors. Present in more than 70 countries around the world, our reach, and capabilities in the markets we service is unparalleled in the industry. We are working with a national operator to source a Senior Planner. This is a long-term contract role working on a residential basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision of day-to-day planning support the Project Engineers/ Discipline Engineers to help ensure the successful and timely delivery of all work within assigned projects.
• Review and report on projects schedule.
• Responsible for development of 5WLAH & 4MLAH in liaison with IOP.
• Review and analyze contractors' projects scheduling and planning documents (procedures, reports, etc.).
• Verify milestones in line with projects.
• Elaborate and follow up defined KPI.
• Elaborate a management-type high level plan.
• Develop projects delay analysis.
• Carry out any other duties or tasks that may be assigned by his hierarchical superior's.
• Critical path analysis of the support network schedule.
• Variance analysis of critical paths.
• Working closely with the project team assisting and guiding on any project planning issues.
• Produce Planning deliverables such as S-curves, one page dashboard by project, Histograms and tabular man-hour reports.
• Assist Activity Owners in developing fit for purpose plans for assigned activities.
• Produce Integrated Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication and Construction Plans at various levels for assigned Project(s).
• Challenge the readiness and achievability of the plans.
• Ensuring all client planning expectations are met.
• Understanding of project team and client reporting requirements and expectations including performance measures and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Experience Required

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in Planning / Scheduling of O&G installations and project management, well hookup projects.
• Strong Knowledge for offshore brownfield projects.
• Thorough experience and understanding of planning and scheduling principles.
• Demonstrable proficiency with integrated planning environments and processes.
• Initiative to seek out required information and communicate issues proactively.
• Strong communication and people development experience.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Education Qualifications: Engineering background

Skills Required

• Primavera P6 software
• Microsoft Word
• Excel
• Access

Employment / Job Type: Contract

Nationality: Any Nationality

About the Company

A global workforce solutions provider for the energy, process and infrastructure industries. It delivers contract staffing, permanent recruitment, mobility, payroll and managed services to operators, contractors and engineering companies worldwide.

Company Industry: Energy, Infrastructure & IT

Department / Functional Area: Project Planning

Closing Date: 4 January 2027