Planning Engineer (Electrical/Instrument & Mechanical)

Job Description

• Develop, monitor, and update project schedules, work plans, and maintenance plans covering Electrical, Instrumentation, and Mechanical activities.

• Prepare detailed work schedules, manpower requirements, material plans, equipment allocation, and resource forecasts to support project execution.

• Coordinate with engineering, construction, maintenance, procurement, operations, and project control teams to ensure activities are completed according to the approved schedule.

• Monitor actual project progress against the baseline schedule, identify delays and potential constraints, and recommend corrective actions.

• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports, schedule updates, progress curves, and performance analyses.

• Develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), look-ahead schedules, critical path activities, and recovery plans when required.

• Track engineering deliverables, material availability, equipment delivery, fabrication, installation, testing, and commissioning activities across relevant disciplines.

• Coordinate with site supervisors, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure efficient resource utilization and timely completion of work packages.

• Identify schedule risks, manpower constraints, material shortages, and other potential bottlenecks, and coordinate mitigation plans with relevant stakeholders.

• Support maintenance planning activities, including preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, shutdown planning, and work backlog monitoring, where applicable.

• Ensure planning activities comply with project specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and company procedures.

• Participate in project coordination meetings and provide progress updates, schedule forecasts, and recommendations to management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (S1) in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in project planning, scheduling, or maintenance planning within the industrial, mining, oil & gas, power generation, EPC, or construction sectors.

• Good understanding of Electrical, Instrumentation, and/or Mechanical installation, maintenance, testing, and commissioning activities.

• Experience in coordinating multidisciplinary engineering or construction activities is highly preferred.

• Proficient in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project, with strong Microsoft Excel skills.

• Good understanding of project scheduling, WBS, critical path analysis, progress measurement, resource planning, and schedule reporting.

• Ability to analyze project progress, identify schedule deviations, and develop appropriate corrective actions.

• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and coordination skills.

• Able to work independently and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

• Willing to be based in Merauke, South Papua