Summary
Saipem is hiring a Lead Planning Engineer for a project-based position in its Qatar office. The role involves maintaining schedules for offshore oil and gas process-platform projects, monitoring progress, assessing schedule risks, and coordinating with project teams. Responsibilities also include progress reporting, change management, claims and delay analysis, and leading planning engineers. Applicants need a related bachelor's degree, 7–10 years of relevant offshore project experience, team leadership experience, and English; the position offers a permanent contract, corporate benefits, and a 45-hour workweek.
The posting
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Join Saipem and engineer a sustainable future.We are a global leader in engineering and construction for the energy and infrastructure sectors, delivering complex onshore and offshore projects worldwide. Driven by technological innovation as “One Company”, our 30,000 people from over 130 nationalities in more than 50 countries work every day to enable the energy transition toward Net Zero. At Saipem, your expertise helps shape the future globally for environmental sustainability.
Purpose of the position:
As Lead Planning Engineer, you will respond/report to the Project Control Manager and be part of PCON Department within the Project.
How can you support us? Here are below your responsibilities:
Create, update, and maintain detailed project schedules for offshore O&G projects involving process platforms
Monitor progress, identify deviations from baseline schedules, and propose/implement corrective actions
Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning teams to ensure alignment with project milestones
Perform schedule risk analysis and maintain risk registers
Prepare weekly and monthly project progress reports
Support contract change management, claims preparation, and delay analysis
Participate in project close-out, lessons learned, and feedback to relevant departments
Supervise and guide a team of Senior Planning Engineers and Planning Engineers
What are we looking for?
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in related discipline.
Experience
7–10 years of experience in offshore Oil & Gas projects, specifically process platforms
Proven experience supervising and leading planning teams
Languages
English (required); additional languages are an asset.
What can we offer to you:
Permanent Contract – Project-based position
Corporate Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package
Working Hours: 45 hours (9 hours x 5 days)
Our One Saipem Way soft skills model leverages on skills development, career growth, opportunities to innovate through complex challenges by promoting communication and collaboration to achieve common goals
Location: Qatar – Office
Additional Information
We support your development! Do you feel you might not fit this role perfectly? If you think you can contribute to our business development in the future, don’t hesitate to apply anyway through our spontaneous application form!
We embrace diversity! At Saipem, we believe that innovation thrives through diversity. Our culture is built on mutual respect, collaboration, inclusion and the belief that our differences drive our progress.
Safety and Sustainability matter to us! Operating in difficult and at times extreme situations, the focus is always on the health and safety of people and the preservation of the natural ecosystem.
Find out more on our career page here
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