Senior Planning Engineer - Contract - West Africa Vacancy at Spencer Ogden

Spencer Ogden stands for the best in professional, proactive global energy recruitment - and our Oil & Gas team is no exception. Our managers have a wealth of experience both in recruitment and on-site, giving them the perfect insight and knowledge to understand your recruitment needs.
We deliver worldwide across the upstream and downstream sectors to an award-winning standard - and it's how we do it that makes all the difference.

Spencer Ogden Nigeria is currently seeking to employ suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Planning Engineer - Contract - West Africa

Job Reference: SO_LDJC262SPE
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Contract / Interim
Sector: Project

Job Description

• Position will be on a contract basis with a 100/20 rotation.
• Accommodation in secure compound / Food included in tax free package.

• Preparing the project baseline schedules WBS, Activity Lists, SOW related to each activity and Key Dates inline with contract requirements.
• Preparing project interface reports for equipment and manpower constraints.
• Review the project baseline schedules of the contracts based on the scope of work, WBS and key dates inline with contract requirements.
• Preparing the manpower organization charts, manpower loading plan and histograms based on the work time schedules.
• Preparing of Planning Procedures for each Project.
• Monitor and report the Productivity / Performance Plans.
• Preparing the equipment list and equipment loading plans for tenders.
• Preparing the project Scurve and Histograms based on the project baseline and work time schedules.
• Preparing Risk Analysis reports for contract base line schedules.
• Create formal communication plan to PMT and project managers.
• Review and endorse schedules prepared by subcontractors.
• Monitoring and supervising the subcontractors' schedules during execution of the subcontracts.
• Ensure that progress measurement and reporting information is aligned with overall project requirements.
• Keep PC manager updated on critical issues of projects with respect to planning and project progress as well as any potentials may have cost or schedule impacts.
• Monitoring and reporting of actual resource / plan during execution of each project.
• Review and report the project forecast plans for projects.
• Updating and maintaining of the schedules data in a regular basis to ensure project consistency and optimization.
• Monitoring, impact identification and preparing recovery plans.
• Attending the progress review meetings and highlighting the areas of concern with respect to the schedule.
• Applying Risk analysis and reporting during execution of each project.

• Bachelor's of Science Degree in Engineering, Business Administration with minimum 10 years of relevant experience from major similar projects.

• Project Management
• Computer literate in the entire MS Office and planning software specially Primavera (P3e and P6).
• Indepth understanding of planning coding systems, development of area and systems plans and progress measurement.
• Good understanding of engineering, procurement and construction practices.
• Proven understanding and application of skills in critical areas of safety, quality management, contract administration and control.