We are seeking an experienced Planning Manager to oversee integrated operational and project planning, ensuring alignment between production, maintenance, wells and development activities, as well as approved budgets and delivery commitments.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining integrated project schedules, monitoring progress, managing schedule and cost performance, and providing management with timely reports to support effective decision-making and project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, covering milestones, dependencies, resource requirements and critical-path activities across workstreams.
Align near-term execution plans with the asset development plan, coordinating look-ahead schedules with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance and Supply Chain.
Establish progress measurement and reporting standards, validate updates with workstream leads and escalate significant delays with proposed recovering options.
Work with Finance and the Joint Project Management Team to reconcile commitments, actual expenditure and forecasts against approved budgets.
Assess the schedule and cost implications of scope changes, maintain project baselines and document agreed changes, decisions and actions.
Coordinate inputs from cost-reporting and planning support teams.
Prepare and issue consolidated schedule, cost and risk reports to management.
Qualifications and Experience
Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Finance or a related discipline.
Relevant upstream oil and gas experience in integrated planning and project controls.
Demonstrated experience in schedule baselining, progress measurement and cost forecasting.
Proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project or equivalent project scheduling software.
Strong analytical, organisational and stakeholder management skills