PLANNING AND REPORTING ENGINEER at Deep Blue Energy Services Limited

ACTIVITIES The holder of the position shall: • Assist the Construction Superintendent and the UFR Planning Lead in the provision of full range of schedule development (including progress monitoring)  for  all Project  fabrication and installation activities and progress reporting expertise throughout the entire Project lifespan. • Supervise project schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine criticality of schedule activities and recommending alternatives for schedule improvement to project team for discussions and/or decisions. • Assist in the development and issuance of all necessary planning, scheduling and progress measurement and control procedures. • Interface with the main Construction Site Management team at SCNL and other sites (PCNL, EWT, IMS and AVEON) for specific planning and scheduling tasks. This also includes the OLT scope in AVEON. • Assist in the development and management of the Construction resource forecast management plan. • Assist in the weekly review of progress for contractors and alert Construction Management of any obvious trends. • Contribute to lessons learnt in relation to schedule preparation and deployment throughout the Construction life cycle. • Supervise Construction schedule, manpower and quantity reporting and to ensure the preparation and presentation of the Critical Items Action Report. • Work with all Construction disciplines to supervise and ensure understanding of  total  project  schedule needs and integration of schedule activities. • Ensure continuous vigilance so that all changes to Construction Time (Schedule) Objectives are met. • Provide early advice to the Construction leadership team in respect of schedule slippage (gap analysis). • Prepare and plan construction activities; monitor implementation and update plans with actual performance; review processes and procedures on completion to improve. • Deliver and maintain consistent and realistic plans and control structures for the project. • Understand the list of plans required to execute the assigned construction sub-elements and their interface to other sub- elements. • Develop the activities, logic, resources and progress for the assigned project sub-elements, leading to the creation of the baseline schedule and its subsequent maintenance. • Develop, implement and comply with the planning and progress monitoring procedures. • Conduct the schedule monthly progress update, forecast, critical path and trend analyses for assigned elements, including any impact from interface areas. • Implement and maintain the status reports. • Provide regular and comprehensive schedule status reports to Project sub-element managers. • Assess and incorporate the impact of approved changes and any deviations from the key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and identification of alternate approaches to optimize the plan(s). • Liaise with and challenge Construction personnel to ensure proper understanding of the key schedule sensitivities and drivers. • Review and verify contractors and sub-contractors’ reported progresses and ensure that this is reflected in the Construction schedule. • Contribute to the translation of the project’s risk profile into the probabilistic risk model and understand the output, including the key risk drivers for the possible range of schedule completion dates. Track the criticality of the main paths to completion and float consumption. • Implement and utilize the client standard tools and processes. • Contribute to close-out data to enable knowledge retention (lessons learned, project data compilation) at completion of work. • Prepare documentation requirement for Audit purposes. • Prepare reports as required by Management.   • Carry out all other duties as assigned by the Construction Superintendent. HSE • Contribute to meet HSE objectives while ensuring HSE requirements are taken into consideration during the construction phase to minimize risk to people and Company/contractor assets, at any time during the project phase. • Demonstrate leadership for implementation of Company HSEQ requirements and ensure on construction site the set up of the correct organization, that Contractor implement properly the HSE plan on the Construction Yards, the proper monitoring and recording of HSE performance of the sites. • Ensure that safe working practices are carried out within the construction team and the contractors in order to enforce Company HSEQ policy. • Provide construction input to the Construction Superintendent for risks register update along with all mitigation measures, in close coordination with CTR and CPY construction teams. • Participate in various reviews (COMOPS, SIMOPS, HAZIDs, HAZOPs, Project Technical Reviews, Risk Assessments…) and ensures implementation of recommendations as necessary. • Participate in safety tours and Management visits as defined by UFR.

Duties
ACCOUNTABILITIES • Work location is based in Port Harcourt. • Maintain standards of safety and comply with Company’s Health, Safety and Environment Management System requirements • Follow and maintain Company standards of Quality in accordance with Company Quality System requirements. • Provide early advice to the Construction leadership team in respect of schedule slippage (gap analysis). • Deliver and maintain consistent and realistic plans and control structures for the project.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
•  Engineering Degree and/or Certification as a Planning Engineer or equivalent experience. •  8+ years industry experience in planning/scheduling with MS Project and/or Primavera P6. •  Proficiency with MS Office applications, primarily Word and Excel is required. •  Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. •  The ability to organize disparate information into a usable form is required. •  Credible working relationships within multi-cultural teams. •  Passionate about maintaining high standards. •  Excellent work ethic and must be able to withstand fast-paced high pressure working environments.