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
Develop, review and approve overall project baseline schedules, weekly/monthly rolling schedules and milestone plans for offshore EPC projects.
Track daily/weekly project progress, monitor critical path activities, identify schedule risks, and propose corrective and preventive measures.
Prepare regular progress reports, schedule analysis reports and project forecast reports for internal management and client review.
Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, site and subcontractor teams to ensure all work packages are executed in accordance with the approved schedule.
Manage schedule changes, assess the impact of design changes, site variations and resource adjustments on project timeline, and update schedule baseline accordingly.
Standardize project planning management procedures and continuously optimize the planning system for fast-track offshore project delivery.
Professional Experience: Minimum 10 years of solid working experience in EPC project planning and scheduling within the offshore/marine engineering industry, with no less than 2 years of independent working experience as a Planning Manager.
Project Background: Must have hands-on planning experience in fast-track production-focused offshore projects or wellhead platform projects, familiar with the full-cycle schedule management of offshore fabrication, integration and delivery.
Schedule Management Capability: Responsible for establishing project baseline schedules, executing rolling planning, analyzing schedule deviation, identifying critical paths, and providing feasible progress optimization solutions to ensure projects are delivered on time.
EPC Process Proficiency: Familiar with complete offshore EPC workflows including engineering design, procurement, fabrication, offshore installation and commissioning; able to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to control overall project progress.
Tool Proficiency: Proficient in commonly used planning tools such as Primavera P6 / MS Project, skilled in progress data sorting, report compilation and regular progress presentation.
Communication & Coordination: Good cross-department and client communication ability, capable of aligning schedule targets with internal teams, clients and subcontractors, and efficiently resolving schedule conflicts.
Language: Native or fluent English speaker (expat candidate).
What We Offer
Opportunity to work on major offshore Oil & Gas projects
International engineering environment
Career development and technical growth opportunities
Dynamic and multicultural workplace in Shanghai, China
Skills Required
- Minimum 10 years of experience in EPC project planning and scheduling within offshore or marine engineering
- At least 2 years of independent experience as a Planning Manager
- Hands-on experience with fast-track production-focused offshore or wellhead platform projects
- Experience managing schedules across offshore fabrication, integration, and delivery
- Ability to establish baseline schedules, manage rolling plans, analyze deviations, identify critical paths, and optimize progress
- Familiarity with offshore EPC workflows, including engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and commissioning
- Proficiency with Primavera P6 or MS Project
- Strong progress reporting, presentation, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills
- Native or fluent English speaker
- Expatriate candidate
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.
