Engineer - Planning

Job Description

About the Role:

Our team in Oman is expanding, and we are looking to bring on board a Planning Engineer to contribute to Oil and Gas projects. The key responsibilities and duties include:

- Building overall plans and schedules for the execution phase of projects, including ad-hoc construction service requests and integrated maintenance plans.
- Ensuring progress reporting for work activities and regularly updating plans and schedules.
- Collaborating closely with the Company Engineering & Operations planning department for engineering, construction, and CSU planning. This involves inclusive reporting, PRIMAVERA P6 entry, SAP daily service entry, and submitting bi-weekly/monthly reports.
- Optimizing and prioritizing resources in conjunction with Senior Project Engineers, Construction, and Maintenance Coordinators.
- Providing early warnings of plan delays and proposing mitigation strategies to Senior Project Engineers, Construction, and Maintenance Coordinators for resolution.
- Assisting in job preparation for Junior Project Engineers.

Candidate Specification:

To be successful in this role, you should have the following qualifications and skills:

- Fluency in English.
- Proficiency in project control, planning, and reporting software, particularly PRIMAVERA P6.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to form, smoothly interact with, and motivate a team within a matrix-type organization.
- Proficiency in the use of data management and planning software for Oil & Gas projects.
- Experience with PRIMAVERA (P6) planning is a must.
- Ability and experience to build logic precedence networks, challenge proposed logic by other disciplines, and optimize project and maintenance planning.
- Capability to build resource activity plans, including ongoing update, change control, progress reporting, etc.

Job Profile:

Our Purpose:
At Mott MacDonald, our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities, and employee opportunities.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are at the heart of our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer, promoting fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Flexible Working:
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff in creating work-life balance, welcoming candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements at the interview stage.

What We Offer:
- 90 calendar days’ paid maternity leave.
- Competitive annual leave.
- An annual professional institution subscription.
- Annual company performance bonus scheme (Subject to company performance).