Planning Manager

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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).

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