Lead Planner

Lead Planner Location: Flexible / Hybrid
Contract Type: Contract 12 months 
Project: Major EPC Project

Overview We are seeking an experienced Lead Planner to support the delivery of a large-scale EPC project. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and managing integrated project schedules across FEED and EPC phases, ensuring alignment with key project milestones and execution objectives.

This is a hands-on planning role requiring strong project controls expertise, stakeholder management skills, and the ability to coordinate planning activities across multiple disciplines and global delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain the integrated Project Master Control Schedule aligned with project milestones and deliverables.
• Lead planning and scheduling activities across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams.
• Coordinate schedule integration across multiple global offices and project stakeholders.
• Provide planning expertise throughout both FEED and EPC project phases.
• Develop detailed schedules, logic networks, critical path analyses, and recovery plans.
• Monitor project progress and performance against schedule baselines.
• Produce progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, KPIs, and schedule performance metrics.
• Develop and maintain 3 to 6-week lookahead schedules and short-term execution plans.
• Identify schedule risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate planning workshops, progress reviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Review and assess contractor and vendor schedules to ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Implement and uphold planning processes, procedures, governance standards, and reporting systems.
• Provide effective communication and engagement with project leadership and key stakeholders.
• Support project controls activities and contribute to overall project execution excellence.
• Apply experience of major Middle East energy projects and Saudi Aramco standards where applicable.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Significant planning experience within major Oil & Gas, Energy, Petrochemical, LNG, or EPC projects.
• Demonstrated experience supporting both FEED and EPC phases of project delivery.
• Expert user of Primavera P6.
• Strong understanding of project controls principles, schedule management, and progress measurement.
• Experience developing and managing integrated master schedules on complex, multi-discipline projects.
• Proven ability to perform critical path analysis and schedule risk assessment.
• Experience working with global engineering and project delivery teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently and lead planning activities across multiple workstreams.
• Experience with Saudi Aramco projects and standards is highly desirable.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced Primavera P6 planning and reporting capabilities.
• Knowledge of schedule risk analysis tools.
• Experience developing project dashboards and executive reporting packs.
• Understanding of earned value management and project controls best practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Key Deliverables

• Project Master Control Schedule.
• Integrated FEED and EPC schedules.
• Critical path and schedule impact assessments.
• Progress reports, dashboards, and S-curve analysis.
• Short-term lookahead plans.
• Schedule risk and mitigation plans.
• Contractor and vendor schedule reviews.
• Planning governance and reporting documentation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly experienced Lead Planner to play a key role in the successful delivery of a major EPC project within a complex international project environment

The NRL Group connect global companies with the right people to bring engineering projects to life. Supporting contracting companies with energy transition plans and working with our clients to create a cleaner, greener future.
 
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