Senior Planning Engineer

About us

Worley is a global company of energy chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting engineering procurement and construction across the project lifecycle with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet todays needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

At Worley were building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong can be themselves and can thrive is essential to our mission of delivering sustainable change. We know that diverse and inclusive cultures are safer and more innovative. We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and diversity characteristics and warmly encourage disabled or neurodivergent candidates to apply.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate planning and scheduling interfaces between the Client PMT Worley Project Controls team engineering teams and multiple contractors supporting the Integrated PDH-PP Plants project.
• Work closely with the Client and Worley Project Controls teams to ensure effective planning scheduling progress measurement forecasting and reporting across all project phases.
• Review contractor and consultant baseline schedules periodic updates look-ahead schedules forecasts mitigation plans and recovery programmes to ensure alignment with the project execution strategy contractual requirements and key milestones.
• Manage maintain and update the Level 1 Client Master Schedule consolidating contractor schedules and ensuring that key interfaces dependencies and milestones are properly reflected.
• Monitor and assess overall project progress and performance across engineering procurement construction commissioning and other project workstreams.
• Review and challenge contractor progress data forecasts and projected completion dates including earned value and schedule performance analysis against approved baselines and project targets.
• Identify schedule risks critical and near-critical path activities constraints delays and interface issues and recommend appropriate mitigation corrective and recovery actions.
• Prepare and consolidate weekly and monthly progress and performance reports including schedule forecasts trends and key planning information for the Client PMT and project leadership.
• Support the validation of contractor progress including progress measurement reported quantities and where required the review of progress claims and payment applications.
• Participate in planning progress schedule review and coordination meetings while ensuring that planning and reporting activities remain consistent with project procedures contractual requirements Client requirements and Worley standards.
• Support the review and analysis of contractor Extension of Time (EOT) requests and claims and provide planning input to the PMT and Client for evaluation and resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering Construction Management Project Management or a related discipline.
• Experienced in planning scheduling and project controls preferably within oil & gas petrochemical refining industrial infrastructure sectors or downstream projects.
• Proven experience working in a PMC PMT EPC or major capital project environment across Pre-FEED FEED and EPC phases.
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 including development review and analysis of baseline schedules updates look-ahead schedules recovery programmes and critical path analysis.
• Good knowledge of project controls principles including progress measurement earned value management forecasting schedule performance analysis and reporting.
• Experience reviewing and challenging contractor schedules progress updates forecasts and recovery plans across multiple contractors and work packages.
• Experience in delay analysis Extension of Time (EOT) assessment and schedule-related claims evaluation would be advantageous.
• Strong understanding of engineering procurement construction commissioning and interface management activities within large-scale industrial projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and project reporting tools; experience with EcoSys and Power BI would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical communication coordination and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively with Client PMT Worley and contractor teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Previous experience working in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East would be advantageous.
• PMP PMI-SP AACE or an equivalent professional certification would be advantageous.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging connection and innovation. Were building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong can be themselves and are heard.

And were not just talking about it; were doing it. Were reskilling our people leveraging transferable skills and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in todays low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition theres a path for you here.

And theres no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons explore diverse opportunities and be part of delivering sustainable change.