Planning Lead

🚨 Hiring: Planning Lead (EPC Oil & Gas Projects) - Qatar 🚨 📍 Location: Qatar (Onshore)
📄 Contract Type: Long-Term Contract 📠Work Schedule: 6 Days per Week 🔄 Rotation: 12 Weeks ON / 2 Weeks OFF We are seeking an experienced Planning Lead to join a world-class LNG project team in Qatar. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, monitoring, and controlling project schedules while ensuring alignment with approved project execution plans and project control requirements.
Key Responsibilities ✠Develop and maintain integrated project schedules.
✠Review EPC contractor schedules, progress reports, and project control procedures.
✠Monitor project progress, schedule performance, and critical milestones.
✠Integrate subcontractor, vendor, and supplier schedules into the overall project schedule.
✠Evaluate schedule impacts of project changes and incorporate approved modifications.
✠Provide schedule recovery plans and corrective action recommendations.
✠Conduct regular progress review meetings and prepare management reports.
Requirements 🎓 Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Accounting, Commercial, or related discipline.
📠Minimum 8 years of project scheduling and controls experience on EPC Oil & Gas capital projects.
📠Minimum 7 years of site/field scheduling experience.
📊 Strong expertise in Primavera P6 (Version 18+) and Schedule Risk Analysis tools.
🛢️ Previous LNG, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, or Major EPC project experience preferred.
🗣️ Excellent English communication and stakeholder management skills.
💻 Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, Excel, PowerPoint, and project control systems.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.