Career at Deep Blue Energy Services Limited (DBESL) for Senior Planning and Reporting

Deep Blue Energy Services Limited (DBESL) is a resource and solution management company that specializes in assisting international/Local companies in identifying Potential market opportunities, assisting with permits, sourcing highly skilled employees, bidding on and negotiating contracts and navigating the often complex political and policy environment of many sub Saharan African countries. The senior management and staff of DBESL have more than twenty years (20 years) experience in successfully operating in the Sub-Saharan African market, during which we have created innovative, user friendly solutions that have opened up new markets and increased the profitability of our clients. We provide a one-stop solutions shop to challenges experienced by our clients including the following:

Structuring of partnerships and relationships between local companies and foreign/technical partners,
Assistance with permits, business development and understanding of contracting terms and and conditions, as well as sourcing for human resource personnel,
providing training/capacity development required to operate within best business practice, even in tough business environments.

We are recruiting to fill the following position:

Job Title: Senior Planning & Reporting Engineer

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description
The missions of the job holder are to:
Consolidate, control and coordinate all planning and progress measurement activities related to the package scope of supply.
Ensure that all package activities are correctly planned and performed throughout the whole project duration in accordance with the initial plan.
Focus on the package schedule and identify at all times any area of concern (critical path, clashes, early start, interfaces).
Ensure availability at all times of updated and accurate package scheduling, planning and progress reporting documentation.
Handle package reporting to the central organization.

In particular the job holder will:
Update the package work breakdown structure
Elaborate, update and revise the package schedule.
Elaborate and revise the package planning & progress measurement procedures and documents.
Follow closely the activities of the contractor planning engineer(s).
Monitor closely the contractor's execution schedule and progress reports.
Check and comment on the contractor's procedures, schedules and methodology.
Provide assistance to the Package Manager and Project Control Leader for all matters related to the planning & progress reporting as well as analyses and simulations of new schedules.
Participate in reviews and technical audits on planning & progress activities.
Provide detailed and accurate monthly progress reporting to be incorporated into the monthly project report.
Prepare weekly and monthly package reports and handle their distribution.
Collaborate with Package Cost controller for validating progress and milestones used in Contractor monthly invoice.
Assist Planning Leader for integration of Work Package schedule into overall project integrated schedule.

Context and Environment
The work will be carried in Nigeria with contractors working in various locations inside and potentially outside Nigeria.
The job holder will be resident at the main contractor office during the detailed engineering and construction phases

Accountabilities
The job holder is accountable for implementing the planning and progress control procedure to the Package including preparing, monitoring, updating and re-forecasting the planning schedules and the progress S-curves

Qualification
Very good knowledge of Project Planning practices
Very good knowledge of PRIMAVERA (version 6)
At least 10 years experience in large oil & gas projects with strong technical, analytical and interpersonal skills
Excellent command of written and spoken English; good communication skills.

Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Application Deadline: 10th September, 2013