Senior Planner

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Planner

Job Purpose

Plan, coordinate and support project planning and scheduling activities across Concept, FEED and EPC phases to ensure effective and efficient development and execution of project scope, activities and milestones. Provide planning and project controls guidance to contractors and facilitate effective coordination across project teams to optimize project delivery, mitigate schedule risks and ensure achievement of project objectives.

Reporting and Relationships

* Reports to Business Division Manager.

* Direct reports: none.

Internal

* Frequent contact with engineering, project controls, contracts, procurement, construction, SHES, quality, operations and systems completion teams to coordinate planning requirements, project interfaces and key milestones.

* Frequent contact with other Major Projects and business teams to coordinate schedule interfaces, project priorities and cross-functional support requirements.

External

* Frequent contact with Concept and FEED consultants, EPC contractors, subcontractors, vendors and service providers, and regular interaction with relevant asset owners and stakeholders as required.

Job Context & Major Challenge(s)

* The role operates within Company HSE policies, project requirements and applicable procedures, where safety requirements and project risk assessment outcomes constrain planning assumptions and execution sequencing.

* Work in a highly visible project environment with significant expectations for effective project delivery across Concept, FEED and EPC phases, with particular focus on safety, quality, cost and schedule performance.

* Maintaining reliable integrated schedules across Concept, FEED and EPC is challenging as project scope, execution strategies, deliverables and interfaces develop, while key milestone commitments must remain achievable.

* The multidisciplinary project environment involves interdependent engineering, procurement, contracts and execution activities, with contractor and subcontractor schedules, resource requirements and interfaces creating competing planning priorities.

* Schedule risks, execution constraints and potential delays across Concept, FEED and EPC place pressure on key milestones, requiring timely mitigation and recovery options that remain aligned with overall project objectives.

Safety Health & Environment

* Ensure all activities are undertaken in compliance with Company Safety, Health and Environment and Quality policies, regulations and standards.

Qatarization Program

* Contribute to the development of Qatari employees. This accountability is a condition of employment for expatriate employees.

Firewall Compliance

* Ensure all activities undertaken comply with anti - trust and competition laws and the Company firewall policies and procedures.

Key Job Accountabilities

1. Promote and uphold safety, health, environmental and worker welfare standards across project planning and execution activities, supporting a strong safety culture throughout Concept, FEED and EPC phases.

2. Provide planning, scheduling guidance and oversight of contractor and subcontractor activities across Concept, FEED and EPC, ensuring alignment with project execution plans, key milestones, interfaces and reporting requirements.

3. Develop, maintain and coordinate integrated project schedules, including master schedules, detailed schedules and look-ahead plans, ensuring engineering, procurement, construction and other project activities are logically sequenced and aligned with project objectives.

4. Monitor and analyse project schedule performance, including critical and near-critical paths, milestone achievement, progress, forecasts, constraints and schedule trends to provide early identification of potential delays and support timely corrective actions.

5. Participate in project planning, schedule and performance reviews, including risk assessments, constructability reviews and planning workshops, to identify schedule risks, opportunities, interfaces and mitigation measures throughout Concept, FEED and EPC.

6. Coordinate planning interfaces with engineering, procurement, contracts and other project teams, monitoring key deliverables, contracting activities, vendor requirements and long- lead items to ensure their timely integration into the overall project schedule.

7. Provide project controls guidance on cost estimating, change requests, schedule impact assessments, extension-of-time claims and other contract-related matters, supporting evaluation of potential cost and schedule impacts and informed project decision-making.

8. Monitor contractor planning and schedule performance, reviewing baseline schedules, schedule updates, progress measurement, forecasts and recovery plans to identify deviations and ensure appropriate corrective actions are developed and implemented.

9. Coordinate multidisciplinary schedule interfaces and dependencies across Concept, FEED and EPC, ensuring key decisions, approvals, deliverables, handovers and phase-transition requirements are identified and incorporated into project plans and schedules.

10. Support project risk management and execution planning activities, identifying schedule risks and constraints and developing mitigation, corrective and recovery strategies to protect key milestones and overall project objectives.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Commercial, Marketing, Sciences, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technologies, Mathematics, and Statistics

Knowledge and/or Experience

* 8 years experience in business related function or discipline, including 4 years in the Oil & Gas Industry.

Technical and Business Skills

* Experience with Oil & Gas Companies, EPC contractors, sub- contractors, vendors or service companies involved in the oil and gas industry.

* Knowledge in data and analytics, reporting, planning, scheduling, contracts, procurements, cost control, lesson learned and change management.

* Knowledge in international business standards, best practices, and methodologies.

* Good knowledge of relevant software and computer skills, e.g., dashboards, data analytics, SAP, etc.

* Experience supporting large scale integrated operating and executing organizations, such as Operations, Projects, Subsurface, etc.

Equal Opportunities:

First People Solutions is committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.