Planning Engineer

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Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, CHN
In-Office
Senior level
Professional Services • Consulting • Energy • Industrial
The Role
Develop and maintain offshore EPCI project schedules using Primavera P6, including WBS, activity logic, resource loading, progress measurement, and critical path analysis. Monitor variances, forecast completion, create recovery plans, and prepare progress reports, S-curves, manpower histograms, look-ahead schedules, and KPI dashboards. Coordinate schedule data across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and subcontractors. Review subcontractor schedules, support delay and extension-of-time analysis, participate in risk reviews, and perform tender scenario planning.
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Company Description

Trainor Consulting is an international consulting firm specialized in heavy industry and energy projects, supporting clients across China and the APAC region. The company delivers high-value expertise in sectors such as oil & gas, refineries, tank farms, fuel storage infrastructure, and large-scale industrial EPC projects.

With a strong focus on technical excellence and project delivery, Trainor Consulting partners with major industrial players to provide engineering consulting, project management, and workforce solutions tailored to complex and capital-intensive environments.

The firm is recognized for its ability to mobilize highly skilled international and local talent, including expatriate technical experts, consultants, and project specialists, to support critical operations and infrastructure development.

 

 

Job Description

  1. Develop, update and maintain Level 2 / Level 3 baseline and detailed execution schedules using Primavera P6; build WBS, activity logic, resource loading and project calendars for offshore EPCI scope.
  2. Monitor physical progress, perform critical path and float analysis, identify schedule variances, forecast completion dates and propose recovery / acceleration plans to mitigate delays.
  3. Prepare weekly / monthly progress reports, S-curves, manpower histograms, look-ahead schedules and KPI dashboards for internal review and client submissions.
  4. Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning teams and subcontractors to collect accurate progress data, align interface milestones and resolve schedule conflicts.
  5. Review subcontractor schedules, validate logic and progress measurement methods, and track subcontract schedule performance.
  6. Assess schedule impacts from design changes, technical queries, scope variations and delays; support delay analysis, EOT and schedule-related contractual documentation as required.
  7. Participate in project progress meetings, risk workshops and schedule reviews; highlight bottlenecks and present planning recommendations to project management.
  8. Maintain schedule archives, planning procedures and coding structures; ensure all planning deliverables comply with project specifications and client requirements.
  9. Support tender planning and “what-if” schedule scenario analysis for new project opportunities.

Qualifications

  1. Bachelor’s Degree in Marine / Offshore / Mechanical / Civil Engineering or equivalent recognised engineering qualification.
  2. Minimum 6–8 years hands-on planning & scheduling experience within offshore oil & gas EPCI projects (FPSO, topsides, subsea or offshore platform).
  3. Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, good knowledge of MS Project and MS Office suite.
  4. Solid understanding of WBS, critical path method, earned value, progress measurement and EPCI execution workflow.
  5. Experience preparing client-facing schedule reports, delay impact assessment and milestone tracking.
  6. Ability to work in multi-cultural teams, manage multiple workstreams under tight project deadlines.
  7. Business fluent written and spoken English.

Additional Information

What We Offer 

  • Competitive Package
  • Global offshore/marine projects & cross-cultural teamwork
  • A sustainable, market-competitive career growth pathway.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Marine, Offshore, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering, or an equivalent recognized engineering qualification
  • 6–8 years of hands-on planning and scheduling experience in offshore oil and gas EPCI projects
  • Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6
  • Knowledge of MS Project and Microsoft Office
  • Understanding of WBS, critical path method, earned value, progress measurement, and EPCI execution workflows
  • Experience preparing client-facing schedule reports, delay impact assessments, and milestone tracking
  • Ability to work in multicultural teams and manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines
  • Business-fluent written and spoken English
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The Company
75 Employees
Year Founded: 1995

What We Do

Trainor Consulting is an international consulting and technical-services firm supporting heavy-industry and energy projects across China and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Its work focuses on oil and gas, refineries, tank farms, fuel-storage infrastructure, and large-scale EPC projects. The company provides engineering consulting, project management, recruitment, workforce, outsourcing, and other personnel solutions, mobilizing skilled international and local specialists for complex industrial operations and infrastructure development.

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