Lead Planning Engineer – Offshore O&G Projects

About the role

Saipem is seeking a Lead Planning Engineer to join its Project Control team in Qatar, overseeing detailed scheduling for offshore oil and gas process platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Create, update and maintain detailed project schedules for offshore O&G projects.
• Monitor progress, identify deviations from baseline schedules and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning teams to align with milestones.
• Perform schedule risk analysis and maintain risk registers.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports and support contract change management, claims and delay analysis.
• Supervise and guide a team of Senior Planning Engineers and Planning Engineers.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in offshore oil & gas projects, specifically process platforms.
• Proven experience supervising and leading planning teams.
• Fluent English; additional languages are a plus.

Required skills

• Project scheduling and planning.
• Schedule risk analysis.

What we offer

• Permanent, project‑based contract.
• Comprehensive corporate benefits package.
• 45‑hour work week (9 hours × 5 days).
• Location: Qatar office.