Principal Planner

With Aibel you have a chance to develop your career through a range of projects in renewables and oil and gas. We call ourselves Engineering Pioneers. Whatever our job is, we approach it with creativity, curiosity and a drive to find new and better solutions. First we imagine the future. Then we build it.

Job responsibilities:

  • Develop, maintain, and update project schedules, monitor progress, and provide reports and analysis to support project management.
  • Directs the development and implementation of the project execution plan within the overall project schedule.
  • In charge of schedule management, including setting up level 4 critical path schedule and periodic schedule update.
  • Identify trends, analyse critical path, and evaluate consequences to the schedule.
  • Prepare ‘S’ curves, manpower histograms, rundown curves, and other planning deliverables as required in accordance with project requirements.
  • In case of delays, prepare recovery plan in agreement with the project team
  • Support Project Manager, Project Planning Manager and other project team with reports for analysis and decision-making.
  • Manages and mentors Senior Planner/Planner ensuring effective collaboration and performance.
  • Ensure adherence to the internal procedures and policies and drive implementation of new initiatives leading to fully integrated planning
  • Assist the tender team with planning inputs as required
  • Any other ad hoc planning activities to support the projects / tenders

Work experience requirements:

  • Minimum 15 years of relevant project experience in medium to large-scale Oil & Gas (including FPSO) or Wind Energy sectors, with 5 years in a Lead or Principal Planner role.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or equivalent.

Other skills:

  • Extensive experience with Primavera, Microsoft Suite and ability to adapt quickly to new IT Tools
  • Demonstrated leadership abilities with experience in managing a planning team in a large-scale project
  • Effective analytical and problem-solving skills to assess project performance and identify potential issues.
  • Effective problem-solving, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work effectively with people across various cultures
  • Ability to travel at short notice / perform overtime work as required

We regret only short listed candidates will be notified

Other information:
Work location: Singapore
Application deadline: 23 October 2026

 

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