Principal Planning Engineer at Onstream Group

Location: Bonny, Rivers

Job Description
The mains responsibilities are:

• Project Planning and Schedule Control
• Provision of project management support in the development of Projects Portfolio activities, resources planning leading to the creation of the Overall Project Portfolio baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance to achieve schedule performance.
• Maintain the overall Project Portfolio Schedule at levels 1 to 5 required to develop and execute each approved project in their hierarchy relationship to meet projects’ requirements.
• Develop and update the planning and progress measurement and monitoring procedures to ensure sustainable and Carry out schedule control activities to monitor physical progress against key deliverables and track trends on schedule over-run and under-run to identify timely corrective actions for the achievement of schedule performance targets.
• Provide monthly progress updates; forecast completions, together with the critical path and trend analysis as input to management reporting to reflect how Company’s project objectives are being achieved.
• Evaluate bid schedules and review contractor execution plan and develop the key milestone dates for critical projects for alignment with the overall integrated Project Portfolio Schedule. Verify that the contractors reported progress is correct and accurately reflected in the overall Project Portfolio integrated schedule for accurate management reporting.
• Review scope change requests for the impact on schedules and the critical path of the project and prepare reconciliations between earlier schedules and the current schedule and provide schedule impact assessments to change control process for accurate progress monitoring.
• Evaluate scope change requests for the impact on schedules and the critical path of the project.
• Prepare reconciliations between earlier schedules and the current schedule and provide schedule impact assessments to change control process.
• Assist to evaluate bid schedules and review contractor execution plan and develop the key milestone dates for critical projects for alignment with the overall integrated Project portfolio plan. Verify that the contractors reported progress is correct and accurately reflected in the overall Project portfolio integrated plan.

Job Requirements

•  A University Degree in Engineering or Sciences or any other certification required for the job
• 12 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, of which at least 10 years in a planning role in oil and gas industry.
• An understanding of contracting strategy, project optimization processes, construction constraints are prerequisite for the job.
• Extensive skills in the use of Primavera planning tool is mandatory
• Ability to work across international/cultural boundaries.