Planning Engineer

Massy Wood is recruiting for a Planning Engineer with significant experience in the oil and gas industry.

The Planning Engineer is responsible for ensuring the provision of a high standard of schedule development and management for entire project lifecycle, including building schedules, monitoring progress, producing reports and guiding scopes towards the optimum completion date.

• Understand the corporate and contract specific planning procedures and carry out all work in accordance with these.
• Study and understand all relevant project documents pertaining to the preparation of plans and schedules.
• Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel, pertaining to the preparation of plans and schedules.
• Maintain a good working knowledge of relevant scheduling software Primavera.
• Prepare schedules for entire project lifecycle, including engineering and construction.
• Gather accurate progress and expended man hours information at relevant time intervals.
• Prepare, review and ensure the timely issue of all relevant reports to stakeholders.
• Verbally and in writing advise project and discipline personnel on impacts, contingencies and generally guide the scopes towards the earliest possible finish.
• Provide realistic resource forecast data at a project and corporate level.
• Maintain realistic future work forecast plans for resource management.
• Provide input into the budget forecasting process.
• Support the Lead Planning Engineer 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 and included in the schedules.
• Participate in schedule risk analysis as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or related field, from a recognised university
• PMP or related project management certification will be an asset
• At least three (3) years experience in a Project Controls role.
• Good working knowledge of Project Management Software e.g. Primavera or Mpower, Microsoft Project.
• Good understanding of the basic principles of Project Management.
• Good general understanding of Cost Management, Planning and Change Control.
• Experience in the oil & gas industry.
• High degree of Computer Literacy.