Project Planning Engineer / Scheduler

About this role

A full-time project planning engineer/scheduler to support a gas turbine power plant construction project. The role targets candidates with hands-on experience in project planning and scheduling within engineering or industrial projects in Nigeria, with ability to work with multiple stakeholders and travel as needed.

What you would do

• Develop and maintain Level 1 to Level 3 project schedules.
• Create work breakdown structures, activity lists and schedule logic.
• Integrate engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, testing and commissioning activities into schedules.
• Monitor progress, identify variances and risks, and propose recovery actions.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports and dashboards.
• Support coordination with engineering, procurement, contracts, operations and other teams.

What they are asking for

• BEng, BSc or HND in engineering, project management, construction management, quantity surveying or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in project planning, scheduling or project controls, preferably in power, oil and gas or EPC settings.
• Knowledge of WBS, CPM, schedule baselines, progress measurement and look-ahead planning.
• Strong skills in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office; proficiency with Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to perform planned versus actual analysis and critical path monitoring.
• Professional certification in project management or project controls is an advantage.

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