Leading Planning Engineer at Adexen Recruitment Agency - Oil & Gas

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Our client
Adexen Recruitment Agency is mandated by a large Oil & Gas Group to recruit a Leading Planning Engineer for its operations in Nigeria.

Job Title: Leading Planning Engineer
Job Reference No: NGA1034
Sector: Oil&Gas, Energy, Mining & Utilities - Nigeria - Western Africa

Job Description

• Develop and ensure structured, consistent and accurate project planning, scheduling and reporting for significant fabrication facilities projects.
• Maximise the use and integration of planning, scheduling and reporting systems.
• Responsibility for the planning engineers, planners and project controls staff.
• Report to :Senior Project Controls Manager 

Responsibilities

• Develops & maintains Project planning tools for tracking and analysis of project progress against agreed baseline schedules. (These tools will include standard S-curves, manpower histograms and detailed progress measurement per activity per discipline. Actual data (man-hours, percentage complete) is compared to baseline data and analysis in order to provide guidance to the project team as to how the project is doing from a schedule point of view.)
• A proactive approach is required when seeking solutions to the day to day problems that may occur during the course of the project. This includes: 1. Project Control System for Engineering and procurement progress tracking:  2. Project Control System for Construction Contractor Progress Tracking: Contractor detailed schedules, Construction
• Progress Measure and Reporting System. Provide Project / Construction Engineers support during proposals/bid period for engineering / construction work.
• Be a part of Project Controls Department project team for evaluation engineering / construction proposals. Develop & maintain historical data of engineering / construction norms (man-hours/cost) for use in bid proposals and future bench marking initiatives.
• Coordinate the day to day business of planning, scheduling and reporting within the Company.
• Assist in the supervision and mentoring of the planning team in their development and training.
• Coordinate and supervise the job duties carried out by the Planning team
• Coordinate development, update and maintenance of detailed plans for the Company work-scope to include all required phases of work.
• Assist and facilitate risk management workshops as required
• Any duties as deemed reasonable within the associated envelope of the individual’s technical capability.
• Develop and ensure structured, consistent and accurate project planning, scheduling and reporting for significant fabrication facilities projects.
• Champion methodologies with creation of supporting procedures.
• Maximise the use and integration of planning, scheduling and reporting systems.
• Responsibility for the planning engineers, planners and project controls staff

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 12 years of facilities engineering experience in a planning role within the Oil & Gas industry – 5 years of which in a senior role.
• Extensive experience in Primavera and schedule management systems Have demonstrable experience in building integrated systems - i.e. implementing electronic interfaces between client and contractor systems.
• Significant experience of recovery planning with inclusion of change management workscopes.
• MS Project, Power Point, and MS Office. - must be able to provide direction, organize and prioritize the team work, train the work team members. -develop strong collaboration, and have mentoring and leadership skills and practices.
• Communication skills.
• Mature people skills used in an authoritative manner whilst gaining the respect of the project team.
• Able to multi task often in a less than perfect working environment

Remuneration
Attractive expatriate package

Application Closing Date
7th March, 2013

Method of Application
Interested candidates who experience, personal characteristics and qualifications meet the position specifications and your personal objectives are to seek such a challenge, then we would like to hear from you with details of your current earnings, up to date CV and explanation as to why your achievements to date fit you for consideration.
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