Senior Scheduler Planning Engineer

Penspen Ltd; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Penspen is seeking a Planning Oversight Specialist for Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia, to provide planning oversight and schedule assurance for all phases of the EPC contractor's work. You will review and validate integrated project schedules, resource histograms, critical path analysis, and progress measurement systems, ensuring alignment with milestones and contractual obligations.

The role requires monitoring schedule performance, developing recovery plans, reporting variances with mitigation

Qualifications

• Experience in planning oversight and schedule assurance.
• Ability to review and validate integrated project schedules and critical path analysis.
• Familiarity with progress measurement systems and productivity metrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning oversight and schedule assurance for EPC contractor work.
• Review and validate integrated project schedules, resource histograms, critical path and progress measures.
• Monitor schedule performance, assess recovery plans and report variances with mitigations.
• Participate in progress review meetings, interface coordination and constructability planning.

Skills

Schedule planning

Critical path

Progress reporting

Risk assessment

Interface coordination

Constructability planning

Job description

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. (https://www.penspen.com)

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.

The job location will be based on Al-khafji - the preferred candidates must be located in KSA.