Planning Senior Engineer – Gas Plant Projects

About the role

A Planning Senior Engineer is needed for the Silleno project in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, starting 01.12.2026. The role executes, manages and supervises planning and reporting activities on projects of any size and complexity under the Project Control Manager, overseeing the Planning team's daily work.

Key responsibilities

• Guide planning engineers in setting up project control tools and lead the preparation of planning procedures (WBS, schedules, progress measurement).
• Prepare project control documents such as Milestones Plan, 90-day schedule, WBS, Top-Down and Project Control schedules, progress curves, reporting and manpower histograms.
• Review and issue planning reports, develop the schedule narrative and basis of assumptions, and track deviations from baseline.
• Perform periodic schedule control, assess physical progress, forecast completion and propose corrective actions; monitor man-hour expenditure and productivity.
• Organize review meetings, identify schedule deviations and recommend corrective actions, and guide subcontractors in finalizing contractual schedules and milestones.
• Support schedule risk analysis, interact with the client's planning representative and other stakeholders, and analyse the impact of changes and claims.
• Assist the Contract Management team in delay and schedule impact analysis, prepare field planning activities, and collect close-out data for the database and close-out report.
• Train junior planning engineers, stay updated on technical improvements, give feedback to the Planning services leader, and manage planning independently for small EPC projects.

Required profile

• University degree in civil disciplines or equivalent.
• Significant experience in industrial construction of large or XL gas plants, covering a similar role on at least 2-3 projects of comparable size.
• Minimum of 10-12 years of relevant experience (essential).
• Experience on the top-tier contractor side (essential).

Required skills

• Primavera P6
• Milemate! Schedule Risk Analysis
• Acumen Fuse
• TPMS

What we offer

• Accommodation and meals provided by the company.
• Transportation provided by the company.
• Round-trip economy-class ticket on each rotation.