Planning Engineer Job at WTS Energy

WTS Energy provides recruitment and manpower services for the global oil and gas and energy industries. We supply engineers and consultants to our clients' projects and operations, and perform employment outsourcing services such as workforce management in oil and gas regions around the world. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries and is operational in over 50 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Planning Engineer

Job Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full time

Job Summary

• Responsible for creating, developing, and maintaining schedules and plans for construction and engineering projects. 
• This role involves coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to optimize project timelines, identify potential issues, and propose solutions to keep projects on track.

Main Responsibilities

• Ensure project implementation as well as work packages and constraints are accurately integrated into the project planning scenario.
• Responsible for monitoring progress and producing accurate projections. 
• Ensure other functions have access to accurate current reports and projections and relevant reports are available.
• Develop elaborate proposals for changing processes and procedures assessing the impact on directly related processes/functions.
• Ensure discovered non-conformances (NCRs) are identified, reported, tracked, and closed out before acceptance of the work requirements.
• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures, and controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices, and the company’s code of practices.
• Communicate the broader picture to the team.  Use of basic influencing skills to deliver on assigned goals.  Service unit providing services to the function or directly to the business.
• Handle departmental work guided by procedures.  Exceptional cases are resolved by choosing the right procedure.
• Ensure accuracy of vendor/contractor/technical partner daily safety and operational reports.
• Commits to company core values and ensures full compliance to QHSE policies, standards, procedures, and job-specific requirements by leading and driving the culture of Zero Incident, Zero Accident, and Zero Spill initiatives for field operations.
• Ensure that all necessary field pre-jobs, real-time, and post-jobs documents are properly utilized and duly signed and filed, whilst monitoring and overseeing the timely production of quality documentation.
• Coordinate with Contractors, Equipment, and Service Providers to provide operational forecasts to allow continuous operations and contingency plans.  And also provide performance feedback where needed.
• Ensure prompt and accurate daily reporting of operations and Well report delivery for each operation phase by preparing daily, weekly, or monthly reports according to the applicable instructions.

 Educational Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Project Management and a minimum 2 years of experience in Project Planning.
• Ability to work both alone and as part of a diverse cultural team.
• Great leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent work experience with significant experience in O&G service and Services Project Management in the O&G Industry.
• Hands-on experience using Primavera software/Microsoft Project.
• Exposure to high capital value projects in a multi-discipline environment.
• Sound experience in the client interface. 
• Ability to lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.  Effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Proven analytical and organizational ability.