Planning Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Conducts survey on project site and proposes construction methodology including subcontracting strategy, equipment/ manpower routing and logistical planning to prepare construction execution and expediting plan.

• Prepares scheduling documents, procedures and method statement for construction related activities including setting up the construction planning documentation for tender and project execution stage.

• Responsible to prepare construction manpower and equipment planning (i.e. direct and indirect manning) including cost and formulates resource estimation for construction management.

• Develops and maintains detailed EPC/ EPCm preliminary stage schedules for EPCC projects for tender stage, incorporating several scenarios to finalize various aspects of EPCC sequencing and contracting plans.

• Liaises with third-parties (i.e. design consultants, construction management consultants, contractors) to obtain the latest schedules in the appropriate programmed format for each phase (i.e. planning, design, bid/award, construction, start-up).

• Develops creative reporting tools (i.e. Gantt charts, activity network diagrams, etc.) to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments.

• Conducts constructability study/workshop for heavy and critical equipment transportation/erection/installation with tender project team members, commercial, procurement, etc. at the appraisal and proposal stage.

• Performs project performance analysis including earned value through the analysis of man-hour resources including productivity of third parties, equipment resources and cost loaded to monitor construction expenses/cost against planning.

• Leads project meetings with project team members and relevant stakeholders/subcontractors to review the project completion status against an established baseline.

• Reviews construction requisition prepared by engineering discipline and troubleshoots bottleneck between construction and engineering project team members in order to achieve target schedule.

• Maintains simplified logic schedules, implementing critical float path analysis to determine problem areas and alert the project team to critical scheduling issues.

• Coordinates and validates schedules with cross-functional team members and third-party schedulers to update any changes to the master schedule to provide accurate reporting to the relevant stakeholders.

• Provides progress reporting, developing/updating progress curves, documents and briefing materials as required to assess progress and measurement and promptly reports on schedule slippage/variances.

• Works with other project management team members as required to achieve functional objectives and deadlines.

• Provides support in various projects as required to promote cross-functional learning and development, balance team workload and enhance overall team productivity.

Requirements:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree in Marine/ Engineering/ Electrical/ Mechanical, or related disciplines.

• At least 3 to 5 years of working experience in construction planning in marine/offshore related industry.

• Experience with design-build and construction management at risk delivery methods.

• Excellent proficiency in English (written and spoken).

• Advanced user of Microsoft Office products and project management software programs (i.e. Microsoft Office Suite, Primavera Project Planner Version 6.0 or higher, etc.).

• Good working knowledge of all phases of construction including work commonly done by the various construction disciplines.

• Good knowledge and experience scheduling the design and construction of large-scale, complex projects.

• Good knowledge and experience in developing and managing a progress reporting methodology for a complicated design effort.

• Ability to understand a demanding, technical and complicated construction program.

• Good knowledge of construction trades, work breakdown structure and the logical sequence of activities to optimize project schedule.

Our Address and Working Hours:

Seatrium (SG) Pte. Ltd.

(Admiralty Yard)

60 Admiralty Road West, Singapore 759947

(Transport provided from Sembawang MRT)

(Tuas Boulevard Yard)

80 Tuas South Boulevard, Singapore 637051

(Islandwide transport provided)

(Pioneer Yard)

50 Gul Road, Singapore 629353

(Islandwide transport provided)

(Tuas Yard)

Pioneer Sector 1, Singapore 628437

(Islandwide transport provided)

Working hours (All Yards):

Monday – Thursday: 8:00am – 5.15pm

Friday: 8:00am – 4.30pm