Projects - Execution Planning Advisor III at ABNL Limited

ABNL Limited was incorporated in 1992 as an Oil and Gas servicing company with a vision to provide professional engineering and technical services to the Oil and Gas exploration and production companies in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. Since its incorporation, the company has grown in leaps and bounds, expanding its business horizon, but still within the Oil and Gas sector.

ABNL is a 100% owned indigenous firm, with a shareholding in excess of 100 million Naira. Its' directors are individuals of proven integrity, who over the years have acquired the requisite experience in the Oil and Gas business, as well as in the banking and finance sector. The integrity of the directors and the staff of the company have been a priceless contributive factor in the growth and wellbeing of the company.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Projects - Execution Planning Advisor III

Location: QIT, Akwa Ibom 
Employment Type: Contract
Physical Work Location: QIT
Work Schedule: Standard - 5 days on / 2 days off - 5 days on / 2 days off

Description

• The Maintenance Planning Advisor shall provide expert guidance and strategic direction to elevate maintenance planning across our oil and gas operations.
• The role is expected to shape a proactive planning framework that aligns with business objectives, driving reliability, minimizing downtime, and ensuring compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy and Vision: Advise on the development and maintenance of the organization's maintenance planning vision, strategies, principles, and techniques, integrating reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), and predictive analytics tailored to oil and gas assets.
• Performance Monitoring & Advice: Advise on planning performance through KPIs (e.g., schedule compliance, backlog levels, MTBF/MTTR), identifying trends and recommending data-driven improvements to boost operational efficiency.
• Training and Coaching: Train, coach, and mentor maintenance planners, field supervisors, and technicians.

Main Functions

• Leads development of execution planning effort including coordination of Front End Execution Planning activities by:
• Ensure audits of Contractors, Suppliers and Project Team (PT) are scheduled and conducted; lead PT audits and participate in Contractor audits as appropriate
• Leveraging cross-functional input via Front End Execution Planning (FEEP) workshops to identify execution issues at key Select and Define Stage milestones
• Defining and implementing specific work programs focused on developing mitigation plans and delineating execution basic elements to confirm feasibility
• Monitors project status/issues and supports project team as required during Execute Stage
• Considered as execution and execution planning Subject Matter Expert.

Tasks and Responsibilties
Coordinate development of execution planning deliverables including:

• Defining and developing key execution planning deliverables and timing that support the relevant business case during Planning for Development leading to Gate 1
• Concept Select/Gate 2
• Checkpoint 1 and Gate 3 in accordance with agreed milestones
• When assigned the FEEP Coordinator role, design and lead FEEP Phase 1 (pre-Concept Selection Approval) and Phase 2 (post Concept Selection through Checkpoint I) work effort including:
• Set up and facilitate FEEP workshops, including attendance of appropriate personnel
• Coordinate development of, and stewards, work programs in FEEP Charters and integration of execution bases to support Concept Selection, Gate, and Checkpoint deliverables
• Works with functions to identify and resolve issues
• Responsible for quality of work products produced as part of the FEEP process
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting status and progress of the FEEP work effort to stakeholders
• Responsible for obtaining functional and project management agreement on specified project deliverables
• Monitors project status/issues during the Execute stage and supports the project team with execution related activities as required (schedule recovery planning, incentive plans, Cold Eye Reviews, etc.)
• As Subject Matter Expert (SME), advises others in execution and execution planning of projects at various Gate stages including:
• Participation in project reviews and assessments (e.g. PEBRAs (Project Economic and Risk Assessment), IPRs, Concept Selection)
• Overall responsibilities on key work processes (e.g. CCAP (Company Capital Project Management) work process as assigned)
• Mentors new engineers (e.g. transferees, new hires, etc.) assigned to Execution Planning and other experienced hires assigned projects they lead
• Participates in development of work tasks and assignments required for campus hires to meet ECM's.

Skills and Qualifications

• MS in Engineering preferred
• Experience in oil and gas industry
• Experience in a variety of project management and execution positions
• Prior experience includes leadership roles in managing capital projects, experience in all phases of project execution, and international assignments.
• Flexibility for international business travel as required.

Application Closing Date
2nd February, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in MS word format to: jobs@abnl.net using the Job Title as the subject of the email.