mselect is looking to hire a Senior Wells Planning Engineer for an international oil & gas operator in Basrah. Candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of experience as a Planner/ Scheduler within the oil & gas industry. English and Arabic fluency is a must.
Key Accountabilities
- Focal point for all the Well Services planning and scheduling requirements
- Responsible for the Well Services Integrated Schedule development, and subsequent coordination between OPS, Subsurface, WO, Drilling, Civils, Projects departments to optimize execution performance and production
- Integration of contractors’ schedules from different data sources. i.e., SharePoint, Excel, P6, and MS Project
- Develop schedule baseline and monitor actual and forecast progress
- Analysing deviations between baseline plan and the forecast and propose solutions
- TAR and Curtailment related activities planning
- Manage PoP and POI in relation to AWPB
- Actively participate in the integrated planning processes for 4Q, 8Q, 5 years, and 25 years, across Subsurface, Well delivery, Operations, Procurement, and Projects
- Drive the ability to understand, predict, and influence the cost and schedule outcomes and deliverables of a project through better heuristics, data management and analytics
- Responsible for all periodic and adhoc planning reports pertaining to Well Services
- Review SORs and programs, and provide feedback from the planning’s perspectives
- Organize and chair periodic and adhoc schedule review meetings
- Drive requirements and changes to improve the robustness and maturity Well Services planning systems
- Mentor and coach others to aid project delivery.
Experience & Qualifications
- A minimum of 10 years’ experience as a Planner/Scheduler within the Oil & Gas industry
- Upstream and Operator experience
- Well Services, Drilling and or Workover experience would be desirable
- A bachelor’s degree in Engineer or a technically related subject is desired
- Extensive knowledge of Primavera and MS Projects
- Excellent understanding of data analytics tools such as Power BI and Excel
- Good understanding of earned value management system
- Experience with managing contractors
- Gulf Working experience
- Excellent communication skills
Working Pattern
- 14/14
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.