Lead Planning Engineer (EPC, Process Equipment)
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About the Role
NOV seeks a Lead Planning Engineer to manage project planning, scheduling, and controls for EPC projects in the MENA region, focusing on oil and gas process equipment. The role involves developing and maintaining project schedules, coordinating with teams, and ensuring accurate reporting.
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Responsibilities
- Develop, baseline, update, and maintain detailed project schedules across all phases (engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction)
- Coordinate with client representatives, project teams, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure schedule alignment
- Facilitate planning workshops and schedule review meetings
- Identify potential schedule risks, delays, and slippages, and develop recovery and mitigation plans
- Prepare and distribute weekly, bi weekly, and monthly progress reports including progress curves and performance metrics
- Provide project completion forecasts including anticipated man hours to support cost forecasting
- Develop and maintain project reports and KPIs to monitor progress, trends, and performance
- Verify physical progress claimed by contractors and subcontractors
- Coordinate with Procurement and Supply Chain teams regarding long lead equipment and bulk materials
- Provide training, mentoring, and guidance on planning and scheduling best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management or related discipline
- Proven experience in EPC project planning, scheduling, estimating, or project controls within multi disciplinary projects
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project
- Strong understanding of EPC project execution methodologies and planning processes
- Excellent analytical, forecasting, reporting, and schedule management skills
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and coordinate across multidisciplinary project teams
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Job Summary
- Reporting to the Operations Director, responsible for all project planning, scheduling, and project controls activities for EPC projects across the MENA region for NOV Process Systems.
- Focus on oil and gas processing equipment.
Key Responsibilities Project Planning & Scheduling
- Ensure overall project delivery aligns with client schedule requirements and priorities.
- Develop a comprehensive Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) covering project scope and requirements.
- Develop, baseline, update, and maintain detailed project schedules across all project phases: Engineering and Design Development, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction.
- Coordinate with client representatives, project teams, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure schedules accurately reflect project requirements.
- Facilitate planning workshops and schedule review meetings to obtain stakeholder alignment and approval.
- Review contractor and subcontractor schedules to ensure alignment with overall project master schedule.
- Periodically update schedules based on actual project progress and performance.
- Coordinate with project teams, contractors, and subcontractors to prepare schedule forecasts and completion projections.
- Identify potential schedule risks, delays, and slippages, and collaborate to develop recovery and mitigation plans.
- Assess impact of scope changes and approved variations, updating and re baselining schedules as required.
Project Controls & Reporting
- Establish and agree on progress measurement and reporting requirements with Project Manager and client.
- Prepare and distribute weekly, bi weekly, and monthly progress reports, including progress curves and performance metrics.
- Provide project completion forecasts, including anticipated man hours, to support cost forecasting and project controls.
- Collect, consolidate, analyze, and report project scope and schedule control information to assess overall project status.
- Develop and maintain project reports and KPIs to monitor progress, trends, and performance.
- Verify physical progress claimed by contractors and subcontractors.
- Attend and contribute to project progress review meetings with clients, contractors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.
Procurement & Coordination
- Coordinate with Procurement and Supply Chain teams regarding status of long lead equipment and bulk materials.
- Support project teams with schedule analysis and planning recommendations.
Continuous Improvement & Leadership
- Ensure ongoing effectiveness of project planning and controls processes, systems, and methodologies.
- Maintain compliance with company procedures, quality standards, and project requirements.
- Promote and maintain highest standards of health, safety, and environmental performance.
- Provide training, mentoring, and guidance on planning and scheduling best practices to project team members.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline.
- Proven experience in EPC project planning, scheduling, estimating, or project controls within multi disciplinary projects.
- Experience working across a broad range of EPC and EPCM projects.
- Strong background in project controls, planning, and schedule management.
- Experience in oil and gas process equipment projects is highly desirable.
- Experience with STAR projects is advantageous.
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
- Strong understanding of EPC project execution methodologies and planning processes.
- Excellent analytical, forecasting, reporting, and schedule management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and coordinate across multidisciplinary project teams.
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