Subsea Project Planner

Petrofac is seeking a Subsea Project Planner - Contractor for 4 months based in Aberdeen, UK.

The role is outside IR35 and we invite Limited Companies to engage.

The scope of services will be reviewed should there be a significant change to client support requirements.

Scope of Work:

• Develop a fully integrated EPCI Level 2/3 schedule covering SURF, SPS interfaces, umbilicals, fabrication, logistics, offshore installation, testing, and commissioning.
• Review all FEED deliverables, engineering maturity, and contractor execution plans to establish accurate activity sequencing and durations.
• Build logic-driven network schedules with clear critical paths, float analysis, and interdependency mapping between subsea and topsides scopes.
• Incorporate procurement timelines, long-lead items, vendor data, and anticipated fabrication yard readiness.
• Align schedule with project’s Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and provide a structured Cost Time Resource (CTR) integration.
• Develop offshore campaign planning including vessel spreads, metocean constraints, and installation windows.
• Prepare schedule risk inputs by identifying key schedule drivers, uncertainties, and bottlenecks for inclusion in the project’s broader schedule risk analysis (SRA).
• Participate in internal reviews and provide periodic status updates, scenario modelling, and optimisation opportunities.

Experience Requirements

• 10+ years of planning/scheduling experience in offshore oil & gas, with at least 5 years in subsea EPCI projects (SURF, SPS, umbilicals, installation campaigns).
• Proven experience developing and managing Level 2–4 schedules for major subsea or offshore brownfield/greenfield developments.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6, including logic building, resource loading, critical path analysis, and scenario planning.
• Demonstrated capability in planning offshore installation campaigns, including vessel scheduling, metocean constraints, load‑out sequencing, and marine spread integration.
• Familiarity with subsea fabrication, testing, and procurement processes, including long-lead items and vendor deliverable sequencing.
• Experience working at the FEED-to-EPCI transition stage, ensuring alignment between engineering deliverables, procurement timelines, and construction milestones.
• Ability to integrate schedules across SURF, SPS, and topsides scopes and manage interface-driven dependencies.
• Prior involvement in Schedule Risk Analyses (SRA), identification of uncertainties, and preparation of probabilistic schedule inputs preferred.

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