Planning Engineer

Mekdam Technical Services

Doha, Qatar

 

 

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

Engineering graduate with a minimum of 10 years planning experience in onshore fertilizer or petrochemical facilities and 3–5 years on major projects.

1. Project Planning & Scheduling

• Ensure the EPCC Contractor develops and maintains comprehensive project schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover phases, fully compliant with contract requirements.
• Lead the development and approval of baseline schedules, including resource loading and logic networks.
• Oversee the Contractors critical path analysis, float management, and schedule optimization to ensure timely achievement of project milestones.
• Coordinate with discipline leads and contractors to align detailed schedules with the overall project master schedule.
• Monitor actual progress against baseline and forecast schedules, promptly identifying variances, delays, and recommending effective recovery or acceleration plans.
• Implement and manage planning tools (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project), ensuring consistent application and reporting standards across all stakeholders.

2. Progress Monitoring & Reporting

• Track and report physical progress, earned value, and schedule performance metrics.
• Validate and review monthly progress reports and updates submitted by contractors.
• Prepare and present weekly/monthly progress reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for senior management and stakeholders.
• Support the preparation of Steering Committee presentations, highlighting key risks, achievements, and deviations from plan.
• Maintain accurate, centralized, and auditable records of planning data, progress curves, and performance trends.

3. Resource Planning

• Ensure the EPCC Contractor develops resource histograms, manpower plans, and productivity tracking systems.
• Review and validate resource allocations and productivity assumptions in the schedule.
• Assist in forecasting impacts of schedule changes, delays, and acceleration measures.
• Ensure all planning deliverables comply with EPCC contract requirements and project procedures.
• Interface with Document Control to ensure timely availability and traceability of planning-related documents.

4. Change & Risk Management (Planning Focused)

• Conduct schedule risk assessments and participate in quantitative risk analysis (e.g., Monte Carlo simulations).
• Identify schedule-related risks and opportunities, recommending mitigation or acceleration strategies.
• Evaluate schedule impacts of scope changes, variation orders, and non-conformance reports (NCRs).
• Support the assessment and substantiation of claims and extension of time (EOT) requests from a scheduling perspective.
• Support the development and maintenance of the Project Schedule Risk Register.
• Support scenario planning and quantitative risk analysis to evaluate potential financial and schedule exposures.

5. Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare schedule input for Project Monthly Reports, Steering Committee presentations, and internal reviews.
• Maintain centralized and auditable records of schedule data, forecasts, and historical trends.
• Document and submit lessons learned related to planning and scheduling for continuous improvement.

6. Coordination & Strategic Support

• Interface with Planning, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction teams to ensure alignment of schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Support the Senior Planning Engineer in planning coordination meetings and strategic schedule decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, tools, and reporting standards.