Tullow Oil is
Africa’s leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company and
is a constituent of the London FTSE100.
We provide the
opportunities to build a solid future within our rapidly expanding portfolio
and provide competitive rewards as part of our people strategy. Our high level
of employee engagement is also one of our key success factors that we want to
continue building on.
Tullow Kenya BV is
seeking to appoint the following position:
Planning Engineer
Job Purpose: Reporting to the Project Controls Manager – Kenya and the Group Projects Controls Manager.
Planning Engineer
Job Purpose: Reporting to the Project Controls Manager – Kenya and the Group Projects Controls Manager.
He/she will provide a
reliable and responsive planning service on assigned projects or programmes
that is consistent with project or programme plans; supervise the development
of Company and Contractor schedules for all phases of a project and or
operation and to monitor and report progress against these schedules.
Key responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Analyse project
requirements and prepare a Project Master Schedule which integrates
constraints and strategies for all phases.
- Prepare logic
diagrams, in accordance with a Work Breakdown Structure, which form the
basis for detailed level schedule reporting and analysis. Issue detailed
activity schedules and expedite the return of schedule updating data.
- Monitor progress
against schedules, analyse deviations and recommend remedial actions.
Prepare agenda items for schedule review meetings.
- Prepare and
maintain progress curves for each project phase.
- Co-ordinate, in
conjunction with discipline engineers, a document level progress
measurement system and operate the performance measurement system.
- Prepare and
maintain in conjunction with the material control group, a tracking
system.
- Prepare and make
presentations to project teams and senior management on schedule control
methodologies and procedures used by the company and the
project/operation.
- Assist the Group
Project Controls Manager in maintaining schedule related database
administration of the Project Control group in the Planning System and the
development of new planning tools and methodologies.
Education
& Experience:
- A degree in
engineering or relevant discipline.
- 10 years
experience in planning with at least 5 years spent in a similar role.
- Must be
registered with the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK)
- Membership of a
professional body such as Association for Project Management (APM) is
desirable.
- Highly
conversant in both planning and some cost engineering methodologies
- Experience of
industry standard project controls systems such as Primavera P6, Artemis,
or MS Project is essential.
- Excellent
verbal, written and oral communication skills
- Able to work
effectively as part of a team
- Ability to work
on own initiative and take a proactive approach
- Ability to take
responsibility and manage tasks through to completion
- Adopt a
pragmatic, fit for purpose approach
How
to apply:
Send your application
including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a
detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected
salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three
professional referees before Friday June 7th 2013 to:
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we
do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications.
