Project Planning and Control Engineer

Job Summary

• Support effective project execution through structured planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, project controls, and reporting.
• The role will coordinate with internal departments, contractors, vendors and clients on project planning and progress matters, while supporting the Project Manager / Project Lead in keeping projects on schedule and identifying delays, constraints and required recovery actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules, programmes, work breakdown structures (WBS), milestones and activity plans.
• Prepare and update baseline programmes, detailed schedules and look-ahead plans.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress and identify schedule slippage, constraints and critical activities.
• Track the critical path and support development of recovery plans where delays occur.
• Coordinate schedule inputs from Engineering, Procurement/Sourcing, Fabrication/Welding, Mechanical, Electrical, Logistics, Site, HSE and QA/QC teams.
• Track procurement and delivery activities against project requirements and planned dates, highlighting potential schedule impacts.
• Monitor contractor and subcontractor progress against agreed programmes and deliverables.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, schedule updates, dashboards and management reports.
• Maintain progress trackers, action logs, delay registers, risk/constraint logs and other project-control records.
• Participate in project coordination and progress meetings and follow up on agreed actions.
• Interact with clients on project schedules, progress updates, planning information, meeting coordination and schedule-related matters, under the direction of the Project Manager/Project Lead.
• Support preparation of project forecasts, resource plans and progress measurement.
• Review project scope, BOQs, specifications, drawings and deliverables sufficiently to understand activities, dependencies and schedule requirements.
• Support the Project Manager/Project Lead in identifying schedule risks, dependencies, changes and potential impacts on project completion.
• Coordinate with Accounts/Commercial and Procurement teams to ensure project progress, milestones and supporting records are properly documented.
• Maintain accurate project planning and control documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support project close-out by tracking outstanding activities, punch-list items, completion documentation and final deliverables.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree / HND in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain / Procurement or a related technical discipline with 3 – 5 years of relevant experience in project planning, project controls or project coordination.
• PMP, PRINCE2, AACE, PMI-SP or other relevant project-controls certification is an advantage.
• Experience in Oil & Gas, EPC, engineering, construction, fabrication or other industrial project environments.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining project schedules and progress reports. • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, contractors, subcontractors, vendors and project stakeholders.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong project planning and scheduling skills.
• Experience with project planning and scheduling tools such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar software is an advantage.
• Ability to understand technical drawings, specifications, BOQs and project deliverables sufficiently for planning and coordination.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify schedule risks, dependencies and potential delays.
• Good understanding of EPC/Oil & Gas project execution processes.
• Strong documentation and reporting discipline.

Salary
N350,000 - N500,000 monthly.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: careers@vouchng.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.