Planning Engineer | Oil and Gas

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Planning Engineer - Mechanical to support project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, and reporting for Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Refinery projects in Saudi Arabia.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in mechanical construction, maintenance, shutdown and turnaround projects
, with the ability to develop and monitor project schedules and coordinate effectively with site, engineering, procurement, and subcontractor teams.

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules for mechanical construction, maintenance, shutdown, and turnaround activities.

• Prepare baseline schedules, look-ahead schedules, recovery schedules, and progress updates
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• Monitor actual project progress against planned schedules and identify delays, critical activities, and potential risks.

• Coordinate with Site Execution, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, QA/QC, and HSE teams to ensure timely project execution.

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports and planning dashboards
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• Track manpower, equipment, materials, productivity, and resource requirements.

• Analyze project performance and provide recommendations for schedule recovery and corrective actions
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• Monitor critical path activities and ensure timely completion of project milestones.

• Prepare progress measurement and quantity tracking for mechanical activities.

• Support preparation of S-curves, progress curves, histograms, and productivity reports
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• Coordinate with subcontractors and monitor their progress against approved schedules.

• Assist in identifying schedule risks, delays, and potential extension-of-time impacts
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• Participate in project progress meetings and provide accurate planning updates to management and clients.

• Ensure planning and reporting activities comply with project requirements and client standards.

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience as a Planning Engineer in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refinery, or related EPC projects
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• Strong experience in Mechanical Construction / Maintenance projects
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• Shutdown & Turnaround planning experience is highly preferred.

• Relevant Mechanical Engineering qualification
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• Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, and reporting.

• Experience with planning software such as Primavera P6 is required/preferred.

• Candidates with Saudi Arabia / GCC experience will be preferred.

• Good understanding of project execution methodologies and mechanical activities.

• Strong analytical, coordination, and problem-solving skills.

• Good English communication and reporting skills
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• Candidates must have relevant experience matching the position applied for
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Candidates with experience in Saudi Arabia/GCC Oil & Gas projects
, particularly those who have handled mechanical shutdown, turnaround, maintenance, and refinery/petrochemical projects
, will be highly preferred.