Senior Planner/Scheduler - Petrochemical Projects (P6)

Anotech; Qatar; On-site; QAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Anotech, a subsidiary of ALTEN, is seeking an experienced Planner/Scheduler for a major petrochemical project in Qatar. The role focuses on developing and maintaining integrated schedules using Primavera P6, performing schedule risk analyses, and coordinating with EPC contractors to ensure on-time delivery across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up phases.

Qualified candidates have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 10+ years of scheduling experience, and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant project planning/scheduling experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Strong experience with schedule risk analysis and Acumen Fuse.
• CPM, EVM, progress measurement, forecasting, and schedule variance analysis.
• Proven experience reviewing EPC contractor schedules.
• Experience in schedule recovery planning and time-impact analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, review, and update integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, including Level 3/4 schedules.
• Participate in planning sessions and develop EPC contractor schedule deliverables.
• Review and challenge contractor baseline and updates, including EVMS.
• Perform critical path, near-critical path, float, trend, and schedule variance analysis.
• Conduct what-if analysis and develop mitigation, recovery, and workaround strategies.
• Validate contractor progress, productivity, earned value, and claimed milestones.
• Review contractor weekly/monthly reports for accuracy and consistency.
• Develop 3-week lookahead schedules, dashboards, S-curves, KPIs, and management reports.
• Identify schedule interfaces across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Start-up.
• Support schedule risk management, including contingency and mitigation actions.
• Perform time-impact analysis and support assessment of schedule claims.
• Forecast milestones: construction completion, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up.

Skills

Primavera P6

EVMS

Acumen Fuse

CPM

Schedule Risk Analysis

Forecasting

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Acumen Fuse

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Anotech, a subsidiary of ALTEN, is seeking an experienced Planner/Scheduler for a major petrochemical project in Qatar. The role focuses on developing and maintaining integrated schedules using Primavera P6, performing schedule risk analyses, and coordinating with EPC contractors to ensure on-time delivery across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up phases.

Qualified candidates have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 10+ years of scheduling experience, and strong