Project Planner

Air Employment Services Sweden Filial; Bodens kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Employment Services Sweden Filial is seeking a Project Planner for Boden to lead planning and scheduling across multidisciplinary teams on a major greenfield project. The role requires advanced Primavera P6 skills and a strong background in EPCm environments, with responsibilities spanning baseline setup, schedule analytics, and progression reporting.

You will mentor junior planners, coordinate with engineering, procurement, and construction, and ensure adherence to critical path schedules

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant subject or equivalent combinations of technical training or experience.
• 5-10 years of EPCm experience with Onshore Oil and Gas, Power Generation or Industrial related projects.
• Scheduling experience for large, complex projects preferred.
• Solid commands of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office software.
• Must be able to use advanced features in Excel (curves, histograms, dynamic tables, formulas, etc.).
• Able to produce and maintain logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in EPCm planning, using best practices.
• Able to produce and assess progress curves, histograms, variance reports, and critical paths.
• Able to analyze project status and performance, deviations, performance factors, forecasts, and workarounds.
• Must be able to produce multidisciplinary logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in planning, using best industry practices.
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members and management.

Responsibilities

• Perform schedule analysis using Project Management software including Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk, and Microsoft Project
• Support project baseline creation during the project initiation and setup phase
• Facilitate detailed multi-discipline scope reviews
• Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required
• Develop and maintain logically linked level 3 and level 4 activity schedules, for marine scope installation projects in the Oil and Gas Industry (pipelines, subsea, platforms, HDD), according to precedence flow planning, using best practices
• Produce workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves in connection with the schedules
• Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Hook-Up, and Commissioning, and other operations for control of critical path and overall project durations
• Elevate and expedite operations that are delaying the schedule and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
• Create and Monitor schedule compliance, key performance, factors, and provide analysis of variations to baseline data
• Identify factors, both current and potential, that may delay the schedule. Assess actions for recovery and improvement and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
• Lead and deliver initiatives

Skills

Scheduling

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant subject

Tools

Primavera P6

Deltek Fuse & Risk

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Advanced Excel

Job description

Location: Boden, SE

Contract duration: initial 12 month contract - renewable

Start Date: ASAP

Roster: Rotation (6 weeks on, 2 weeks off - 53 hours per week), or Residential (M-F, 40 hours per week)

Project: Boden - 6 billion EUR green steel project

Job Overview

The Project Planner uses our Planning/Scheduling discipline practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Planning/Scheduling discipline. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Planning/Scheduling discipline. They solve complex problems and use their discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Planner impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Planning/Scheduling team and other related teams and ensures that they are working within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

• Perform schedule analysis using Project Management software including Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk, and Microsoft Project
• Support project baseline creation during the project initiation and setup phase
• Facilitate detailed multi-discipline scope reviews
• Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required
• Develop and maintain logically linked level 3 and level 4 activity schedules, for marine scope installation projects in the Oil and Gas Industry (pipelines, subsea, platforms, HDD), according to precedence flow planning, using best practices
• Produce workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves in connection with the schedules
• Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Hook-Up, and Commissioning, and other operations for control of critical path and overall project durations
• Elevate and expedite operations that are delaying the schedule and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
• Create and Monitor schedule compliance, key performance, factors, and provide analysis of variations to baseline data
• Identify factors, both current and potential, that may delay the schedule. Assess actions for recovery and improvement and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
• Lead and deliver initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant subject or equivalent combinations of technical training or experience required
• 5-10 years of EPCm experience with Onshore Oil and Gas, Power Generation or Industrial related projects
• Planning/Scheduling experience for large, complex projects preferred
• Have solid commands of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office software
• Must be able to use advanced features in Excel (curves, histograms, dynamic tables, formulas, etc.)
• Able to produce and maintain logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in EPCm planning, using best practices
• Able to produce and assess progress curves, histograms, variance reports, and critical paths
• Able to analyze project status and performance, deviations, performance factors, forecasts, and workarounds
• Must be able to produce multidisciplinary logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in planning, using best industry practices
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members and management