Job description

Hiring: Planner/Scheduler
Location: Qatar (Doha & Ras Laffan)
Contract Type: Yearly Renewable Contract
We are seeking an experienced Planner/Scheduler to join a major industrial project in Qatar. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, analyzing, and optimizing integrated project schedules throughout the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up phases.
Key Responsibilities
✅ Develop, maintain, review, and update integrated project schedules using Primavera P6
✅ Conduct schedule analysis including:

• Critical Path Analysis
• Float Analysis
• What-if Scenarios
• Schedule Variance Analysis
• Trend Analysis

✅ Review and challenge contractor baseline and update schedules
✅ Perform schedule health checks and identify potential risks, delays, and constraints
✅ Coordinate scheduling interfaces across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, and Start-up activities
✅ Support schedule recovery planning and mitigation strategies
✅ Validate contractor progress measurement, earned value performance, and milestone achievement
✅ Assist with weekly/monthly progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, KPIs, and look-ahead schedules
✅ Participate in risk management workshops and schedule contingency assessments
✅ Support time impact analysis and contractor schedule claim evaluations
✅ Collaborate with Project Management Teams and contractors to ensure project objectives are achieved safely, on time, and within budget
Requirements
✔ Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related field
✔ 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience in major capital projects
✔ Expert-level proficiency in:

• Primavera P6
• Schedule Risk Analysis
• Acumen Fuse

✔ Strong knowledge of:

• Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Progress Measurement
• Schedule Forecasting
• Schedule Recovery Planning
• Time Impact Analysis

✔ Experience reviewing EPC contractor schedules and project controls deliverables
✔ Experience supporting engineering, construction, commissioning, and start-up phases
✔ Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
✔ Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
✔ Previous operator or EPC contractor project experience preferred
Preferred Experience
⭐ Petrochemical, LNG, Oil & Gas, or large-scale industrial projects
⭐ Mega project execution experience
⭐ Middle East project experience
⭐ Construction, commissioning, and start-up support experience
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.