- Role: Greenfield Planning Specialist
- Duration: 36 months (renewable)
- Location: Qatar
- Project: NFPS EPCOL
- Work Scheme: 10 hrs/day - 6 days/week - 26 days/month
Key words: Greenfield, Planning, Scheduling, EPC, Oil and Gas
Job Description:
The Specialist Greenfield Planning/Scheduling is responsible for the NFPS EPCOL schedule and all aspects of the Progress Measurement System. This includes development, maintenance, monitoring, controlling and integration of the EPC schedule(s) including putting in place an overall progress measurement system, including verification and reporting.
Key Accountabilities:
- Provides overall project schedule, progress measurement, and change management expertise to the NFPS EPCOL PMT.
- Reviews Contractor(s) project control procedures (home office and field control procedures) to ensure that NFPS EPCOL requirements are met.
- Ensures that schedule control and progress procedures are executed by the Contractor(s) to monitor its schedule control activities and progress reporting. Ensures that Contract implements the Contract with respect to scheduling, progressing, reporting and change management.
- Advises the EPC Contractor's organization with respect to adequacy of project controls tools, reports and schedules to ensure mutual alignment.
- Reviews and endorses schedule and progress baselines and forecast prepared by Contractor(s).
- Reviews Contractor monthly schedule and verifies logical links, durations and overall achievability. Changes from baseline and from previous month schedule identified and identified for trending, schedule slippage and emerging schedule risks.
- Reviews Contractor(s) main subcontractor schedules and ensures that they have been correctly integrated into the overall EPC schedules.
- Reviews and monitors Contractors Level 4 databases for completeness and accurate representation into the Level 3 Schedule. This includes Contractor(s) vendors and suppliers for both critical equipment and bulks and ensures that they have been correctly integrated into the overall EPC schedules.
- Ensures Contractor accurately captures external interfaces in the Level 3 schedule.
- Advises Project Team of any potential schedule issues and when necessary, provides guidance on, corrective action and measures to mitigate any adverse trends. Assists Project Team in developing and reviewing schedule corrective actions and recovery plans and verifies needed actions/plans are implemented.
- Analyses the planned quantity metrics projections for all home office and site disciplines (e.g. Piping, Civil, Electrical, etc.). Monitors actual metrics quantities completed against planned.
- Reviews, verifies and endorses Contractor(s) monthly progress claims for accuracy of progress measurement used in the monthly progress certification process and works with project accounting personnel within the Business Team as part of the monthly invoice and payment cycle.
- Reviews project changes proposals/requests to evaluate detail schedule impact and detailing in Project Management of Changes requests (PMOC) schedule impact quantification. Ensures approved changes are correctly incorporated by Contractor in the overall schedule for stewardship purposes.
- Develops and maintains PMT internal project schedules as required for work scope outside of the EPC Contract and external interfaces.
- Prepares and compiles Weekly and Monthly Reports (schedule & progress) input to Major Projects Reports.
- Responds and supports to ad hoc requests from PMT related to scheduling and reporting, including development of progress metrics, and/or key performance indicators.
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management (or equivalent), or relevant experience.
- Experience working on major offshore development projects is essential (>$1BN).
- At least Fifteen (15) years’ experience in project scheduling and controls for EPC oil and gas facilities capital projects / operating companies.
- At least Ten (10) years field scheduling experience on Major projects (>$1BN).
Technical and Business Skills:
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams. Establishes credibility with peers and supervisors and makes good use of their time.
- Good written and oral communication skills and presentation skills. Ability to write clear and concise reports.
- Proficient in the use of PRIMAVERA (P6) / MS PROJECT planning software, Excel and Power Point.
- Good Computer skills.
- Familiar with key Project Controls disciplines (cost control, contracts/procurement, document control) and able to assist these groups ad-hoc as required.
- Willing to relocate to required project site.
- Responsible for own work product with minimal guidance and oversight from immediate supervisor.
Job Context & Major Challenge(s):
- Utilizes a systematic approach to problem solving that ensures accuracy, timeliness and quality of documentation in resolution.
- Able to work moderately complex tasks to completion within time constraints of project, with minimal guidance.
- Participates in the resolution of problems in more demanding and less familiar situations using precedent and own acquired knowledge.
Safety Health & Environment: Ensure all activities are undertaken in compliance with Company Safety, Health and Environment and Quality policies, regulations and standards.
Qatarization Program: Contribute to the development of Qatari employees. This accountability is a condition of employment for expatriate employees.
Firewall Compliance: Ensure all activities undertaken comply with anti – trust and competition laws and the Company firewall policies and procedures.
Reporting and Relationships:
- Reports to Project Planning Lead.
- Maintains regular contact with other members of the Business Team & Project Team and with counterparts in company’s Major Projects Organization.
