Planning Engineer

Position Title: Planning Engineer

Location: KL Office Milan (Italy)

General Description of Role and Responsibilities

Schedule Development & Baseline Preparation:

• Develop the Project Master Schedule in line with the Project Execution Plan (PEP).
• Establish Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and activity coding in coordination with project disciplines.
• Define critical path activities and key project milestones.
• Ensure alignment of the schedule with cost control, procurement, and engineering deliverables.

Progress Monitoring & Control:

• Monitor actual progress versus the baseline schedule.
• Update schedules periodically (weekly/monthly) with real progress data.
• Identify schedule deviations and propose recovery/mitigation plans.
• Maintain progress curves (S-curves) and manpower histograms.

Coordination with Project Teams:

• Liaise with engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and offshore teams to collect progress data.
• Integrate subcontractor schedules into the overall project schedule.
• Ensure offshore and onshore execution schedules are aligned for critical interfaces.

Reporting & Analysis:

• Prepare weekly/monthly schedule reports for management and the client.
• Present updated Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.
• Highlight potential delays and recommend corrective actions.
• Produce “look-ahead” schedules for short-term planning.

Delay & Change Management:

• Perform schedule impact analysis for change orders and variations.
• Support claims preparation with time impact analysis (TIA).
• Maintain records for extension-of-time (EOT) submissions.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and coordination abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• High attention to detail in schedule preparation and reporting.
• Proactive in identifying and mitigating risks to the schedule.

Project scope responsibility distribution

• Key activities: Yard fabrication, module assembly, civil works, vendor delivery tracing- Marine vessel mobilization, subsea installation, hook-up, commissioning campaigns.
• Challenges: Material delivery coordination, yard productivity, multiple work fronts- Material delivery coordination, yard productivity, multiple work fronts.
• Interface: Vendors, fabrication yards, site construction teams- Offshore construction crews, marine spreads, offshore logistics teams.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree in Engineering from an accredited university.
• Work experience of ten (10) years after earning the BSc degree.
• Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of offshore experience in total, with at least the last 3-5 years spent on offshore projects.
• Excellent spoken and written English including proven ability to write reports.