Job description

• The Planner/Scheduler is responsible for developing and maintaining the project schedule, ensuring all work activities are properly sequenced and aligned to the project's critical path.
• The schedule serves as the primary tool for project execution, monitoring progress, and measuring performance.

• Conducts or participates in all interactive planning sessions as required to create contractor's schedule deliverables
• Performs what-if analysis, workaround identification, float analysis, critical path identification, and recommends any corrective actions needed to mitigate unfavorable deviations of the schedule
• Reviews the Contractor's baseline schedule and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) considered as the project baseline or benchmark
• Performs analysis and offers corrective actions as it relates to meeting planned progress per discipline
• Validates claimed progress by analyzing Contractor's deliverables and construction activities
• Identifies interface points between the Contractors' schedules to ensure coordination and optimization of the Project plan
• Validates progress and payment milestones claimed in Contractor's monthly invoices
• Monitors Contractor's compliance with best practices of project planning and scheduling and contractual requirements for schedule development and updates: phased, proper sequencing, logic, and relational-based activities
• Estimates schedule impact of various changes and variance
• Supports Project Management Team with preparing weekly and monthly status reports and Project dashboards
• Review Contractor's weekly and monthly reports for accuracy
• Prepares charts, tables, and 3-week lookahead schedules to assist Project Management Team in managing the overall project and ensures the schedule is a tool that is logical, usable, and understandable by the Project team
• Assists in development of schedule identification, storage, retrieval, and report format standardization
• Identifies and assesses period changes in schedule through use of special scheduling software
• Participates in Project risk management workshops, implements mitigation actions, and quantifies schedule contingency
• Develops, maintains, reviews, and updates integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, including detailed Level 3/Level 4 schedules as required
• Performs schedule health checks, critical-path and near-critical-path analysis, identifying emerging risks and potential delays
• Develops and reviews short- and medium-term look-ahead schedules and identifies constraints that may affect planned activities
• Performs schedule variance and trend analysis against the approved baseline and recommends appropriate mitigation and recovery actions
• Supports forecasting of key project milestones, including construction completion, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up
• Supports time-impact analysis and assessment of contractor schedule claims, as required
• Reviews Contractors' progress measurement methodology, productivity, and earned value performance
• Supports preparation of weekly/monthly management dashboards, S-curves, schedule KPIs, and progress reports
• Coordinates schedule interfaces across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, and Start-up activities
• Ensures schedule information is aligned, where applicable, with project cost, risk, change management, and progress-control processes

• Bachelor's degree or above in engineering or related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• SME of Primavera P6, schedule risk analysis and Acumen Fuse
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Office products including Excel and PowerPoint
• Previous Operator capital project experience and/or working with an contractor
• Experience in Petrochemical Unit design, engineering, construction, and commissioning and start-up
• Strong knowledge of Critical Path Method, Earned Value Management, progress measurement, schedule forecasting, and schedule variance analysis
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing, analyzing, and challenging contractor baseline and updated schedules
• Experience in schedule recovery planning, mitigation strategies, and time-impact analysis
• Ability to analyze schedule trends, identify potential delays and constraints, and provide recommendations to Project Management
• Strong team-building skills and ability to work with peers, company employees, and contractors
• Excellent planning and organizational skills and trouble-shooting abilities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter with desire to lead and take responsibility
• Strong commitment to safety
• Knowledge of industry standards and company standards

• Salary:
  • Day Rate in USD Plus Allowance
• Work Schedule:
  • 9 Hours / 6 Days

• Duration:
  • 12 Months with possible extension
• Location:
  • Qatar