Lead Planning Engineer – Offshore Oil & Gas

About the role

Saipem is seeking a Lead Planning Engineer to manage and optimise project schedules for offshore oil and gas process platform projects in Qatar. Reporting to the Project Control Manager, you will lead a team of planners, ensure alignment across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning, and support contract change and delay analysis activities.

Key responsibilities

• Create, update and maintain detailed project schedules for offshore O&G process platforms.
• Monitor progress, identify deviations from baseline, 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.
• Support contract change management, claims preparation and delay analysis.
• Participate in project close‑out, lessons learned and feedback loops.
• Supervise and mentor Senior Planning Engineers and Planning Engineers.

Required profile

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

Required skills

• Delay analysis
• Schedule risk analysis
• Contract change management

What we offer

• Permanent, project‑based contract.
• Comprehensive corporate benefits.
• 45‑hour work week (9 h × 5 days).
• Opportunity to work on complex offshore projects in Qatar.