Lead Project Planner

Our client is a major global energy business, with a background in Oil & Gas, they are leading the way with the energy transition.


Responsible for building overall project schedule and project on-time delivery. You will manage product level planners to ensure the overall project delivers successfully to our customers.


As an Lead Project Planner, you will be responsible for:

• Scheduling management: The EPC planner oversees the overall project schedule management ensuring its quality (logic, clarity) and accuracy.
• Coordinating and executing supervision: the EPC planner is the most senior planner of the project and oversees coordinating and collaborating with the other planners.
• Supporting project management: The EPC planner is at the right hand of the project director and as such will provide him/her visibility on i) look ahead of tasks to be performed in the 3 - 6 weeks ii) risks in schedules and mitigation actions iii) opportunities in the schedule.
• Supporting customer: the EPC planner will interact with the customer to provide update on schedule as well as explain the current situation / challenges / opportunities.
• Implementing integrated project planning initiative: the EPC planners will adhere to the approved processes and proactively drive implementation of new initiatives leading to fully integrated planning.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Demonstrate experience in project planning in the oil gas/subsea industry.
• Demonstrate expertise in use of the Primavera P6 planning tool. Additional knowledge of MRP is required.
• Be able to understand the status of a project and link the schedule to the reality of the execution. The EPC planner will quickly understand the risks and opportunities in the schedule, identify and drive appropriate actions.

Working Routine

• 4 days from office
• 1 day from home (remote)