Planning / Scheduling Engineer

• Develop and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6 scheduling software
• Collaborate with project teams to develop detailed work plans and schedules for engineering, procurement, subcontracts, construction, and commissioning activities
• Monitor progress against project schedules timelines and milestones and identify schedule variances and risks
• Analyze schedule impacts of changes to project scope, resources, or priorities and develop mitigation strategies
• Prepare schedule reports and presentations to communicate schedule status and performance to project stakeholders
• Provide recommendations to optimize project schedules, including resource leveling, critical path analysis, and schedule compression
• Coordinate with project teams to resolve schedule-related issues and conflicts
• Participate in project meetings and reviews to provide schedule updates and recommendations
• Develop and report critical path plans and related schedules for the project(s)
• Apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria in carrying out planning and scheduling engineering tasks supporting the management of the project
• Facilitate the preparation of the project plan and schedule and provide accurate and timely status of the project plan
• Follow company's established standard processes, procedures and formats required for corporate reporting and deliverables
• Be an active member of the PC Team collaborating and supporting project specific strategies and deliverables
• Participate in establishing initial plans by implementing company templates and facilitating interactive planning sessions with key project team members
• Assist in the development of schedule breakdown structures
• Prepare drafts of network logic diagrams for segments or the entire project as applicable
• Perform forward and backward pass assessments during the preparation of the project schedule and provide critical path analysis highlighting pertinent start and finish dates of milestones and activities
• Compile, organize planning information, and prepare the related project schedules versions with different levels of detail and criteria including the preliminary, 90 day lookahead and master schedule
• Utilize Primavera P6 as scheduling and reporting tool
• Review short-cycle schedule impacts and prepare CPM project schedule analysis
• Be responsible for resource loading the project schedule
• Collect, validate, and integrate schedule and earned value progress information from vendors and contractors
• Perform detailed analysis on vendor and contractor schedules
• Prepare different tabular and graphical schedule timeline and resources reports as required
• May collect historical engineering, procurement and construction data for reporting, metrics, and performance analysis
• May perform schedule health checks and risk analysis
• Assist in the integration of project changes in the schedule forecast
• Assist in developing alternatives to accommodate changes and priorities
• Attend project meetings and participate by providing the applicable reports
• Facilitate meetings with key project team members, vendors, and contractors to address and update the project schedule status and forecast
• Provide proactive and accurate schedule management assessments to assist the project management team
• Collect vendors and subcontractor schedules and provide effective analysis and reporting of status, and impact to the critical path and overall integrated schedule

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Vast experience working as a planning/scheduling engineer or project controls specialist in EPC mega projects in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, and industrial gases industries
• 15+ years of experience may be accepted in leu of bachelor’s degree
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 scheduling software
• Proven experience in the application of project management principles and techniques, including schedule development, resource management, earned value management, and risk management/analysis
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Experience using Deltek Acumen is preferred