Planning Engineer

Key Objectives & Responsibilities of the role

• Prepare and update the Project Schedule, in all levels, during all Project phases, using Primavera P6 Software.
• Fix, as per contract requirements, main Project milestones. Review the Project activities to verify that they are consistent with contract milestones achievement.
• Review and evaluate the duration of all activities, for all disciplines, and to include them in the Schedule, verifying consistency with Project milestones. Monthly update the actual dates.
• Reschedule the dates when original planned dates were not achieved.
• Establish relationships among activities. Verify the relationships during Schedule update.
• Prepare scheduled progress curves, as per Project Schedule. Perform weekly the actual progress calculation, with maximum detail level, as per project WBS.
• Load and level resources in the Schedule. Generate Manpower histograms and follow up Manpower, including actual data and forecast.
• Provide required Information for procurement process, including required delivery dates for equipment and materials, in order to evaluate bids.
• Develop representative quantities curves for Engineering issue.
• Prepare Project weekly and monthly progress reports in the due dates, to be submitted to Client. Prepare internal reports on Project status, as per company corporate requirements.
• Obtain from all disciplines the necessary Information to prepare reports, update the Schedule and calculate progresses. Inform all disciplines about the Schedule and ensure their understanding
• Update databases for Engineering and procurement, including all planning Information and obtaining the necessary data.
• High level of English (both spoken and written).

Technical Skills (including years of experience if need be)

• Relevant technical degree (e.g. Civil/Mechanical Engineering)
• 5 - 10 years of experience in refining, petrochemical or power projects.
• Wide experience in Primavera P6 and MS Office.
• Strong interpersonal/communicative skills.

Foreign site experience would be a plus