Planning Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Be the focal point for the project in the coordination and management of all basic and detail planning and also scheduling of the Project (including the development and production of detailed plans/schedules for FEED Design, Basic Design, Detail Design & Engineering)
• Provide leadership, technical direction and hands-on guidance to other planners.
• Participate and establish the project overall execution strategy planning for management level
• Assure proficiency in all aspects of planning, scheduling, establish control procedures, resource allocation, progress planning, measuring and monitoring.
• Ensure all planning, scheduling and progress measurement actions and activities are carried out in keeping with all the relative and accepted procedures, specifications and instructions.
• Interface with all disciplines, subcontractors and client representatives at a senior level regarding planning coordination and integration.
• Develop a Logic Network Schedule applying Primavera and implement effective planning and progress measurement process, providing management with recommendations, and the tools, to aid decision making and reporting.
• Interface with other project control functions and project control team leaders to maintain and where possible streamline work processes
• Lead in the development of the Project Work Breakdown Structure.
• Take ownership of project planning and scheduling process, systems and reporting obligations
• Perform extensive critical path reviews, assessments and mitigations after progress status updates 
• Manage interface with Cost, Cash flow and Forecasting.
• Identify the schedule risks and re-baseline, if necessary.
• Analyze probabilities and determine schedule impact of changes
• Lead the preparation of weekly and monthly project report for internal stakeholders and client