Vacancy Overview

Lead of Planning

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 800 employees and 6,000 contractors operating in over 50 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
Airswift is seeking for a Lead of Planning to work with our client based in Qatar.
Job purpose:
Responsible for the Project Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract(s) schedule and all aspects of the Progress Measurement System. This includes development, maintenance, monitoring, controlling and integration of the EPC schedule(s) including verification and reporting in addition to ensuring that all activities comply with standardized processes and are delivered to the highest possible standards.

Qualifications / Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in related subject or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in project scheduling and controls for EPC oil and gas facilities capital projects / operating companies
• Thorough and extensive knowledge of project controls principles, theories, and concepts.
• At least five (5) years site/field scheduling experience.
• Experience developing work methods in accordance to established Company policies, directives from Management, schedules and professional engineering standards.
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to read, write, and speak fluent English.
• Strong planning, organizational and prioritizing skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good computer literacy skills (Primavera P6, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Hands on working experience in Primavera P6 Version 18 and above.
• Good knowledge of using Primavera Schedule Risk Analysis software for conducting Schedule Risk Analysis.

Key accountabilities:

• Reviews project changes to evaluate detail schedule impact; responsible for quantifying and incorporating the effect and impact of approved changes in the overall schedule for stewardship purposes.
• Advises project management of any potential schedule issues and when necessary, provides guidance on corrective action and measures to mitigate any adverse trends. Assists Business Manager/Head in developing and reviewing schedule corrective actions and recovery plans, and verifies needed actions/plans are implemented
• Monitors and appraises the performance of the Contractor compared to agreed control plans in the areas of progress and schedule control.
• Reviews and checks Contractor progress reports for accuracy of progress measurement. Verifies reviews and endorses claimed progress reported by the Contractor.
• Reviews, monitors and control the EPC Contractor's schedules for all project activities for logic, level of detail, interfaces, etc (e.g., Level 3, Level 4, short-term look-ahead schedules).
• Reviews Contractor main subcontractor schedules and ensures that they have been correctly integrated into the overall EPC schedules.
• Reviews Contractor's vendors and suppliers for both critical equipment and bulks and ensures that they have been correctly integrated into the overall EPC schedules.
• Reviews and endorses schedule and progress baselines and forecast prepared by the Contractor.
• Reviews schedule basis of Contractor change proposals - reviews and endorses changes with regards to schedule and progress impact.
• Supports Project Management with ongoing project schedule and progress analysis, reporting and forecasting activities.
• Develops and maintains project schedules and ensuring that these products reflect the approved project design/execution scope.
• Analyzes schedule trends, develop and review schedule forecasts.
• Conducts periodic meetings with the Contractor to review progress/activities and report on the status of the project to management.
• Provides overall project schedule, progress measurement, and change management expertise to the PMT.
• Reviews Contractor project control procedures (home office and field control procedures) to ensure that requirements are met.
• Reviews Contractor project control procedures (home office and field control procedures) to ensure that requirements are met.
• Ensures that the schedule control and progress procedures are executed by the Contractor to monitor its schedule control activities and progress reporting.
• Reviews Contractors schedules. Continually verifies contractors schedules for logical links, durations and overall achievability
• Reviews and checks Contractor progress reports for accuracy of progress measurement. Verifies reviews and endorses claimed progress reported by Contractor.
• Analyzes the planned quantity metrics projections for all disciplines (e.g. Piping, Civil, Electrical, etc.). Monitors actual metrics quantities completed against planned.
• Prepares and compiles Weekly and Monthly Reports (schedule & progress) input to QG Major Projects Reports.
• Responds to ad hoc requests from Business Head and Management related to scheduling and reporting, including development of progress metrics, and/or key performance indicators.
• Participates in gathering and recording Lessons Learned for the project that relate to progress and schedule areas.
• Works effectively within established policies and procedures and participates in the further development of these to meet changing needs.