Lead Planner - EPC Projects

About the role

The Lead Planner develops, maintains and reports the project schedule for ABICON's scope of work, coordinates progress measurement and ensures schedule risks are identified and communicated to project management. The workplace is on-site.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the baseline and progressive project schedule (Primavera P6) for ABICON scope.
• Supervise Planners and consolidate discipline-level schedules into an integrated master schedule.
• Monitor progress and update the schedule based on site input and productivity data.
• Conduct schedule variance and critical path analysis, highlighting delays and risks.
• Prepare progress curves (S-curves), histograms and progress reports for management and the client.
• Coordinate with construction, procurement and engineering on schedule interfaces.
• Support what-if scenarios and recovery schedule development.
• Ensure progress measurement methodology is applied consistently across disciplines.
• Support preparation of weekly and monthly look-ahead schedules for site execution.
• Coordinate schedule-related information for change orders and claims, and present schedule status in progress meetings.
• Maintain schedule documentation and historical records for lessons learned.

Required profile

• +10 years of experience in planning and scheduling on EPC or construction projects, including team leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Project scheduling, Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis and Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Progress measurement systems and advanced MS Excel.
• Analytical thinking, attention to detail, problem solving, communication and time management.