Planning Specialist

Industry: Oil & Gas
City/Country: Doha, Qatar
Location: Doha

We are looking for a **Planning Specialist**for one of our clients with the following details:
**Start Date: ASAP**

**Contract Duration: 36 Months**

**Location: Doha Qatar**

Qualifications & Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Commercial, Marketing, Sciences, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technologies, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics.
- 8 years' experience in planning, cost management, supporting cost tracking

and schedule control.

Technical and Business Skills
- Excellent written and spoken English skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Computer literate in all Microsoft office packages.
- SAP Knowledge

Activities:

- Develop planning and scheduling management guidance; provide advice on planning and scheduling estimate development, resources loading, progress measurement / S-curves,

schedule risk analysis, schedule forecasting and reporting and project data benchmarking to

ensure effective processes are utilised.
- Develop and maintain a project cost and schedule benchmarking information database to

support Project Management Teams in estimating and forecasting cost and schedule. This

benchmark data includes, schedule data (activity duration, resource level, schedule structure,

productivity, weather impact, etc), cost data (unit price, manpower rates, quantity, etc) and

other project data (engineering deliverables, procurement reports, etc).
- Analyse schedule estimates and assumptions to ensure reasonableness of schedule estimate and

confirm accuracy. Schedule data includes activity logic, sequence, critical path, schedule

constraints, schedule integration and interface, as provided by the Project Management Team.
- Provide guidance to the project team on project control related matters such as cost estimating

and forecasting, support funding requirements, EPC progress verification / validation, change

management, contract claim for schedule extension, QLMS process development, etc.). Support

PMTs and other group as required by identifying and highlighting any emerging situations on

potential gaps / deviations on schedule management allowing timely mitigation actions.
- Support the preparation of Instruction to Tender (ITT) document for change order form and

rates, project milestones, contract master schedule, project control and schedule requirements

and pricing tables as requested by PMT. Participate in ITT technical clarifications.
- Review Gate deliverables pertaining to project schedule including Schedule Basis Memorandum
- (SBM) and Schedule Estimate Confidence Package (ECP). Ensure accuracy of the produced project schedule meeting the schedule classifications for each Gate (Levels I-IV).Review FEED
- Contractor's schedule and conditioning in compliance with Company's practices.
- Identify opportunities to standardize planning and scheduling processes and procedures within

MP & NFPS, recommending solutions for schedule issues to ensure objectives are achieved.
- Review project control and schedule related processes and procedures, recommending

improvements based on lessons learned and ensure related initiatives, procedures and activities

are understood and followed by PMTs personnel.
- Participate in corporate governance activities such as Gate reviews, Independent Project
- Reviews (IPR), Cold Eye Review (CER), Constructability Reviews (CRR) and internal audits as

Schedule Subject Matter Expert.

**If interested, kindly apply