Brownfield Planning Specialist in Doha: Profession with future

Qatar, Doha, .

Fulltime: 60 hrs a week

Experience: 5 years

Closing: 01 October 2024

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Introduction

A Brownfield Planning Specialist plans and schedules offshore platform modifications, overseeing and reviewing contractors' schedule development.
The role contributes to the project engineering, procurement, and construction schedule, including progress measurement system development, maintenance, monitoring, control, and integration.
Responsibilities also include planning SIMOPS, shutdown scopes, and ensuring compliance with standardized processes, aligning schedules with execution plans, and maintaining the highest standards of delivery with minimal disruption to ongoing operations.
Understanding of the key project drivers to ensure delivery of the project within the agreed timeframe.
Short deadlines and high pressure to deliver completed staff works.
Ensures highest level of Project Management Team satisfaction by providing, within corporate standards, quality services and amenities.
Major challenges are time management to carry out various activities and/or assessments related to schedule, progress measurement and change management.

About this role

Reviews project changes to evaluate detail schedule impact; responsible for quantifying and incorporating the effect and impact of approved changes in the overall schedule for stewardship purposes.
Advises project management of any potential schedule issues and when necessary, provides guidance on corrective action and measures to mitigate any adverse trends.
Assists Business Manager/Head in developing and reviewing schedule corrective actions and recovery plans, and verifies needed actions/plans are implemented.
Monitors and appraises the performance of the Contractor compared to agreed control plans in the areas of progress and schedule control.
Reviews and checks Contractor progress reports for accuracy of progress measurement. Verifies reviews and endorses claimed progress reported by the Contractor.
Reviews, monitors and control the Contractor’s schedules for all project activities for logic, level of detail, interfaces, etc (e.g., Level 3, Level 4, short-term look-ahead schedules).
Reviews and endorses schedule and progress baselines and forecast prepared by the Contractor.
Reviews schedule basis of Contractor change proposals - reviews and endorses changes with regards to schedule and progress impact.
Supports Project Management with ongoing project schedule and progress analysis, reporting and forecasting activities.
Develops and maintains project schedules and ensuring that these products reflect the approved project design/execution scope.
Analyzes schedule trends, develop and review schedule forecasts.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in related subject or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 10 years’ experience in project scheduling and controls for oil and gas facilities capital projects / operating companies
Thorough and extensive knowledge of project controls principles, theories, and concepts.
At least five (5) years site/field scheduling experience.
Experience developing work methods in accordance to established Company policies, directives from Management, schedules and professional engineering standards.
Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities.
Excellent communication skills and ability to read, write, and speak fluent English.
Able to work within a defined role with limited supervision.
Willing and able to travel as required.
Excellent written and verbal English skills.
Strong planning, organizational and prioritizing skills.
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Good computer literacy skills (Primavera P6, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
Hands on working experience in Primavera P6 Version 18 and above.
Good knowledge of using Primavera Schedule Risk Analysis software for conducting Schedule Risk Analysis.

What we offer

Salary:

Day Rate in QAR Plus Allowance

Work Schedule:

10 Hours / 6 Days

Duration:
- 30 Sept 2027, renewable
Location:
- Qatar

About Brunel

Brunel is a recruitment and flexible workforce solution provider which connects talented people with opportunities throughout Australasia and around the world. We specialise in highly skilled roles across a variety of technical, professional, trade and craft disciplines, pairing candidates with industry-leadi ng projects and organisations on a contract, permanent or secondment basis.

Operating locally since 1997, Brunel has major bases of operation in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Port Moresby, which are further backed by the strength and reach of a truly global network spanning over 45 countries, 120 offices and 45 years of successful operation.

Brunel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates