Senior Planner - Oil & Gas Projects

About the role

A major Oil & Gas operator, recruited through Airswift, is looking for a Senior Planner for a long-term 36-month contract (potential for extension) on a residential basis, 6 days per week, 8-10 hours per day. The role is based in Doha, either at the head office or at the site office in Ras Laffan Industrial City, and reports to the Head of Project Management System within the Major Projects Execution & Planning Team.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and support project planning and scheduling across Concept, FEED and EPC phases, giving planning and project controls guidance to contractors and coordinating project teams.
• Develop, maintain and coordinate integrated project schedules, including master schedules, detailed schedules and look-ahead plans.
• Monitor schedule performance, critical and near-critical paths, milestones, forecasts and constraints, and support timely corrective actions.
• Take part in planning, schedule and performance reviews, risk assessments, constructability reviews and planning workshops.
• Coordinate planning interfaces with engineering, procurement, contracts and other teams, tracking deliverables, vendor requirements and long lead items.
• Advise on cost estimating, change requests, schedule impact assessments, extension-of-time claims and other contract matters.
• Review contractor schedules, progress measurements, forecasts and recovery plans, and support risk management and execution planning.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technology, Mathematics or Statistics.
• 8 years of experience in a business-related function, including 4 years in the Oil & Gas industry.
• Experience in large-scale operations, projects or subsurface organisations, and with Oil & Gas companies, EPC contractors, subcontractors and vendors.

Required skills

• Data and analytics, reporting, planning and scheduling, contracts, procurement, cost control, lessons learned and change management.
• Knowledge of international business standards, best practices and methodologies.
• Good knowledge of relevant software such as dashboards and data analytics tools, and SAP.