Lead planner

Lead Planner

The Lead Planner provides planning / scheduling expertise to the project team (based on assigned project areas) ensuring overall project schedule quality and integrity to support project execution. The Lead Planner will perform various EPC schedule analysis to determine potential areas of concern and coordinate inputs for mitigation plan.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or business administration.
• 8 years’ experience in a major project environment within the oil and gas industry, with exposure in project controls specifically planning/scheduling management with 3 years supervisory experience.
• Experience with EPC Contractors, Sub‑contractors and vendors involved in the oil and gas industry.

• Undertakes complex tasks and acts as a source of guidance for staff and internal customers.
• Handles all but the most complex problems and difficulties that might arise.
• Takes initiatives, based on experience gained, to deliver timely and cost effective service.
• Sets situations/issues in the context of the entire team and has an appreciation of the wider relationships with other people and organizations.
• Works independently within established procedures, plans and budgets and contributes to the development of these.
• Has autonomy over scheduling and planning of own work; organizes efforts of work group to achieve overall efficiency.
• Excellent written and oral English skills.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good computer literacy skills:
  Word, Excel, Power Point, Database/Power BI and scheduling software, e.g. Primavera (mandatory – advanced level) and other scheduling software.
• Good teamwork and collaboration skills.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed.

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