Lead Planner – EPC (Oil & Gas Pipeline Projects)

About the Role

The Lead Planner takes charge of all planning, scheduling, and project control operations for EPC projects focused on Oil & Gas pipelines. This role ensures the creation, execution, and upkeep of comprehensive project schedules encompassing engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, update, and manage the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for EPC pipeline projects utilizing Primavera P6.
• Lead scheduling for engineering works, procurement tasks, right-of-way (ROW) management, construction teams, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities.
• Formulate planning approaches, establish construction sequences, define productivity assumptions, and develop schedule logic to facilitate smooth project delivery.
• Track project advancement, critical path activities, productivity levels, and schedule adherence, while identifying risks and proposing mitigation or recovery strategies.
• Validate project progress reports, baseline modifications, schedule updates, and forecasting to maintain schedule integrity and contract compliance.
• Generate weekly and monthly reports including schedule performance metrics, S-curves, manpower resource histograms, forecasts, and recovery plans for presentation.
• Evaluate impacts on schedules resulting from variations, delays, productivity drops, and change events, aiding in Extensions of Time (EOT) and claims as necessary.
• Collaborate with departments including Engineering, Procurement, Construction, QA/QC, HSE, Cost Control, and subcontractors to ensure an integrated scheduling framework.
• Conduct planning meetings and assess subcontractor schedules to verify alignment with project goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Planning Engineers to deliver high-quality planning outputs consistent with company protocols.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field.
• Preferred certifications: PMP, PMI-SP, AACE PSP or equivalent professional credentials.
• At least 10 to 12 years of planning and scheduling experience in EPC projects, with minimum 5 years dedicated to Oil & Gas pipeline projects.
• Extensive proficiency in Primavera P6 for creating integrated schedules, managing baselines, tracking progress, forecasting, and conducting critical path analysis.
• Strong expertise in linear construction scheduling including ROW coordination, construction spread management, tie-ins, hydrotesting, and commissioning processes.
• Experience with project controls practices such as schedule risk assessment, progress measurement, recovery planning, change order management, and delay analysis.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Power BI for project reporting, performance evaluation, and building management dashboards.