Principal Project Engineer (Engineering Planner) McDermott Middle East - Qatar Branch

Profile Description:

The Principal Planner(Eng) is responsible for interpreting internal and external business challenges in the planning / scheduling discipline. The role requires specialized depth and breadth of expertise in the area of planning / scheduling particularly with in the Engineering phase of FEED / EPCIC/BID Proejcts.

Job Overview:

The Principal Planner(Eng) is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex planning / scheduling-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Planner may be responsible for leading Functional Teams or Projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of planning / scheduling of Engineering phase of FEED/EPCIC/BID Projects. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in planning / scheduling as well as broad knowledge of the planning / scheduling discipline within the Project Control function.

Job Responsibility:

· Manage the Engineering Project control scope of a McDermott project

· Perform schedule analysis using Project Management software's including Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk, and Microsoft Project.

· Support project baseline creation during the project initiation and setup phase.

· Facilitate detailed multi-discipline scope reviews.

· Perform detailed schedule quality and integrity checks.

· Provide guidance & Support in project controls to Project Engineers during execution phase.

· Update and validate physical progress reported from EVMS systems.

· Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required.

· Develop and maintain logically linked Level 3 and Level 4 Engineering activity schedules, for marine scope installation projects in the Oil and Gas Industry (pipelines, subsea, platforms, HDD), according to precedence flow planning, using best practices.

· Produce workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves in connection with the schedules

· Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Installation, Hook-Up, and Commissioning, and other operations for control of critical path and overall project durations.

· Elevate and expedite operations that are delaying the schedule and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions.

· Create and Monitor schedule compliance, key performance, factors, and provide analysis of variations to baseline data.

· Identify current and potential factors that may delay the schedule. Assess actions for recovery and improvement and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions.

· Lead and deliver initiatives.