Senior Integrated Operations Planner (IOP) – Uganda

Senior Integrated Operations Planning (IOP) Planner

Location: Kampala, Uganda Contract: 12-Month Renewable Contract Working Arrangement: Residential Rate: Day Rate, paid in USD Expected Start Date: January 2027

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Integrated Operations Planning (IOP) Planner to support a major oil and gas development in Uganda as it transitions from project execution and commissioning into start-up, first oil, production ramp-up and stable operations.

Reporting to the Head of IOP/OMS, the successful candidate will lead the integration of operational plans across multiple planning horizons, coordinating inputs from Operations, Maintenance, Drilling & Wells, Projects, Commissioning/Start-Up, Logistics and HSE.

This role is critical to ensuring operational readiness, managing interfaces and constraints, and providing management with reliable planning information to support safe, efficient and predictable project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, consolidate and maintain integrated 24-month, 6-month and 5-week operational plans using Primavera P6.
• Integrate multidisciplinary activities and maintain visibility of key milestones affecting start-up, first oil and production ramp-up.
• Coordinate planning inputs across Operations, Maintenance, Drilling & Wells, Projects, Commissioning/Start-Up, Logistics and HSE.
• Identify schedule conflicts, dependencies, simultaneous operations (SIMOPS), resource limitations, logistics challenges and personnel-on-board (POB) constraints.
• Develop mitigation scenarios to address potential conflicts and protect key operational milestones.
• Challenge activity readiness and ensure critical prerequisites are identified and addressed before execution.
• Facilitate Integrated Operations Planning reviews, providing clear recommendations and inputs to support management prioritisation and decision-making.
• Monitor operational readiness, schedule attainment, break-ins and plan stability.
• Maintain reliable planning data and provide clear visibility of interfaces, constraints and delivery risks.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning discipline, schedule predictability and cross-functional coordination.
• Anticipate emerging constraints and interfaces to protect start-up, first oil and production objectives.
• Support improved operational readiness and overall planning performance throughout the transition to stable operations.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or another relevant technical discipline.
• Approximately 10+ years of relevant oil and gas industry experience, including significant planning, scheduling or integrated operations experience.
• Proven experience supporting start-up, first oil, commissioning-to-operations transitions and/or production ramp-up.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.
• Strong understanding of operational readiness, project interfaces and SIMOPS.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and integrating complex operational schedules.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent facilitation and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Desirable Experience:

• Previous experience with an international oil and gas operator or operating affiliate.
• Previous Integrated Operations Planning (IOP) experience.
• Experience supporting greenfield developments transitioning into operations.
• Knowledge of SAP/UNISUP and Power BI.

Contract Details

• Residential position based in Kampala, Uganda.
• Initial 12-month contract, renewable.
• Day-rate engagement, paid in USD.
• Opportunity to support the transition of a major oil and gas development into start-up, first oil and sustained production operations.