Specialist Planning Engineer

Role Overview

Specialist Planning Engineer at Wood PLC, supporting the delivery of the ADNOC Offshore Umm Shaif Gas Cap Phase 1 Onshore Project (Packages 2 & 3).

Role Purpose

Provide planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, performance analysis, forecasting and schedule assurance throughout all phases of project execution. Act as the focal point for schedule management activities, ensuring effective development, maintenance and control of integrated project schedules while supporting project leadership and ensuring compliance with ADNOC requirements, project procedures and industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Schedule Development

• Develop, review, maintain and monitor integrated project schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up activities.
• Establish and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), coding structures and schedule control systems.
• Prepare Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and detailed execution schedules as required.
• Develop short-term and long-term planning strategies to support effective project execution.
• Coordinate schedule interfaces between engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning teams.

Schedule Analysis & Control

• Review EPC Contractor baseline schedules and ensure compliance with ADNOC requirements, project objectives and contractual obligations.
• Evaluate contractor planning deliverables and verify schedule integrity, logic, resource loading and critical path compliance.
• Perform critical path analysis and identify schedule risks, constraints and opportunities for optimization.
• Monitor engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning progress against approved baselines.
• Conduct variance analysis and provide recommendations for corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyze schedule performance trends and provide forecasts for project completion milestones.

Progress Measurement & Reporting

• Review and validate EPC Contractor progress measurement methodologies and earned value reporting systems.
• Coordinate with project disciplines to ensure accurate progress measurement and forecast reporting.
• Prepare progress curves, S-curves, KPI dashboards and management reporting packages.
• Review weekly and monthly progress reports submitted by EPC Contractors.
• Support preparation of management presentations and executive reporting requirements.
• Ensure schedule updates reflect actual project progress and approved execution strategies.

Risk & Impact Assessment

• Assess schedule impacts arising from design changes, technical queries, site issues and project risks.
• Participate in schedule risk assessments and quantitative schedule analysis activities.
• Perform delay analysis and assess schedule implications of project changes and disruptions.
• Evaluate Extension of Time (EOT) claims and schedule impact assessments.
• Support project management in identifying mitigation and recovery measures for schedule slippages.

Stakeholder Coordination & Support

• Provide specialist planning and scheduling support to PMC Project Management Team throughout project execution.
• Facilitate planning and schedule review meetings with ADNOC, PMC and EPC Contractor stakeholders.
• Interface with ADNOC Project Controls, Project Management and Engineering teams on all planning-related matters.
• Monitor subcontractor schedule performance and interface management requirements.
• Review contractor manpower histograms, resource plans and productivity assessments.

Project Controls & Compliance

• Support project change management processes from a planning and scheduling perspective.
• Ensure compliance with PMC project control procedures, ADNOC standards and industry best practices.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives in planning, scheduling and project controls processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in planning and scheduling within the oil and gas industry.
• Significant experience supporting major onshore and offshore Greenfield developments.
• Extensive experience in project planning, scheduling and project controls for large EPC, EPCM or PMC projects.
• Previous experience working within a PMC/EPCM environment representing the Owner/Operator.
• Sound understanding of ADNOC project execution and reporting requirements is highly desirable.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and project scheduling methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling techniques.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project schedules across all project phases.
• Proven experience reviewing EPC Contractor schedules and schedule control systems.
• Experience performing progress measurement, earned value analysis and project forecasting.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning workflows.
• Experience conducting delay analysis, schedule risk assessments and recovery planning.
• Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills.