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NES Fircroft

Senior Planning Engineer

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Charenton-le-pont, France

Senior

Freelance

24-11-2025

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Skills

Communication Proactivity

Job Specifications

Service Title: Senior Planning Engineer

Service Location : Charenton-le-Pont (south-east suburbs of Paris)

Target Start date: Asap

Estimated Service Duration : 1 year renewable

Our client is looking for a 10 years min. experienced Senior Planning Engineer to take over planning of EP or EPC projects for gas treatment units with average duration 3 years and budget ranging 50-500M Euros.

Basic Requirements :

10 years of Experience in large industrial EPC Projects
Good knowledge of Primavera P6 (mandatory)
Good knowledge of Engineering development (P&ID reading, 3D Model needed inputs, E&I cycles, etc…)
Past Experience in chemical / Oil&Gas / Energy industry is expected
Fluent in English
Knowledge of Google sheet is a plus
Soft skills : proactivity, very good communication, curiosity

Planning General Skills :

Ability to prepare the baseline of a project schedule and progress measurement sheets: Use the Work Breakdown Structure of the Group;
Ensure that all the activities including those from the customer and other stakeholders are presented;
Coordinate with Disciplines to ensure proper dates, duration, links and weight;
Analyze the critical path (or close to be critical paths) and work with PM to improve and mitigate schedule risk;
Coordinate with project team and discipline team
Work in close relation with Project Engineers; Participate to projects reviews and coordination meetings of the project;
On a monthly basis, update the schedule and progress measurement sheets as per actual progress and realistic forecast
Do the progress analysis (late tasks and coming weeks/look-ahead tasks)
Propose corrective measures to improve the situation;
Assist in the planning of project execution and in the control of the project to meet the requirements in terms of time deadlines, and progress.
Support Project Manager in the Project Execution Strategy decisions; Structure all activities from start of work to the end of project.
Provide transparency regarding time deadlines and progress.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Thank you for your interest.

About the Company

With over 90 years' combined experience of delivering workforce solutions to the global energy industry, NES Fircroft is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, Automotive and Chemicals sectors worldwide. We provide tailored staffing solutions, sourced from a global talent pool by a dedicated, discipline specific team of consultants. We are a people focused business and have access to the best talent wherever it may be ... Know more