Thursday, May 3, 2012

Planning Engineer - Oil & Gas

Our client is working closely with a large Oil and Gas Operator. They are now seeking a Planning Engineer to join them in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to work on a range of upstream and downstream oil & gas projects. You will support the delivery and maintenance of consistent and realistic plans and control structures for the project. Understand and monitor the interfaces between assigned project sub-elements and other sub-elements. Develop the activities, logic, resources and progress for the assigned project sub-elements. Comply with the planning and progress monitoring procedures. Conduct the schedule monthly progress update, forecast, critical path and trend analyses for assigned elements, including any impact from interface areas. Provide input to the status reports and ensure that these include the incorporation of approved changes. Liaise with project engineering personnel to assist proper understanding of the key schedule sensitivities and drivers. Assist with identification of alternate approaches to optimise the plans. Know the contract key dates, milestones and plan dates and how they relate to the overall project schedule. Understand the requirements of the contract sections for planning and progress reporting. Review and verify contractors reported progress and incorporate into schedule progress updates. Maintain awareness of critical and sub-critical paths and track float consumption. Utilise the standard tools and processes. Assist in the preparation of input data for benchmarking activities. You must have had a good EPC background and preferably gained some experience with an Operator and you must be fully conversant in the use of Primavera P6 and be able to review and challenge contractor plans and create integrated master plans for major projects. You will need to have an Engineering Degree and / or Certificate as a Planning Engineer or have equivalent experience. You must have at least 6 - 8 years experience of more as a Planning Engineer and have some experience of managing small teams. You will need good communication skills. Rate / salary is very negotiable.

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