Qualification:

The Lead Planning Engineer will be Qualified Degree in Engineering and hold 3+ years’ experience within the industry and in similar roles.

Responsibility:

• Acts as Planning focal point for specific project scopes
• Review and maintain planning control structures are developed and maintained in alignment with approved project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Review and maintain baseline project plans and schedules using appropriate scheduling software
• Monitor and control planning activities through all phases of project lifecycle
• Liaise with engineering, procurement and construction functions, and others as required, including third parties, to maintain awareness of project activities, their status, and their impact on the project schedule and manpower requirements
• Analyze and issue copies of project plans and schedules in accordance with project reporting requirements
• Analyze and issue copies of project progress and performance status reports in accordance with project reporting requirements.
• Review and analyses updates to project plans and schedules
• Review and analyses updates to project manpower requirements
• Assess and communicate schedule impact of change notifications
• Monitor overall project progress status, achievement of major milestones, and evaluate project performance in relation to planned performance
• Attend internal project progress and performance status meetings as required
• Liaise with cost discipline to ensure accurate and timely control and forecasting of man-hour budgets and ensure that the impact of all change requests are properly assessed, managed and included in the schedules
• Participate in schedule risk analysis as required
• Timely preparation and issue of the following documentation
  • Overall Project Schedule Level 1
  • Project Schedule Level 2
  • Project Network Level 3
  • Progress 'S' Curves and tabulations
  • Manhour/Manpower histograms
  • Monthly progress report including narrative