Planning Engineer (oil & gas projects)

Are you a Senior Planning Engineer with a track record developing and monitoring projects schedules on major oil and gas projects?

Do you have experience coordinating with multidisciplinary engineering teams on offshore projects?

Hill International is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer to support the expansion of a major offshore oil and gas complex in Libya.

The project will be managed from Milan and the successful candidate will be required to have the right to work in Italy.

As the Planning Engineer on this project, you will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and updating project schedules to ensure timely execution of all phases — from engineering to procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, and handover.

You will support the Project Manager and Project Service Manager by providing schedule forecasts, progress updates, and delay analysis, enabling proactive project management.

• 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) submission

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.
• 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.

Hill International provides program, project, and construction management services for clients in a range of sectors undertaking major construction projects across the world.

Our services include cost engineering and estimating, quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, risk management, and claims avoidance.

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