The PES Group is a group of companies operating in the engineering and services sectors, which began its activities in 1979.
It currently employs over 200 permanent engineers, with significant experience in the oil and gas, energy, renewable energy, chemical, petrochemical and automotive sectors.
The PES Group provides technical and engineering services (civil engineering, rotating machinery, static equipment, processes, HSE design, electrical instrumentation, layout and pipework), delivering over 350,000 engineering hours per year to all major oil and gas companies, EPC contractors, industrial manufacturers, etc.
PES currently has eight offices in Italy: its head office in Rosignano Solvay (LI), as well as offices in Livorno, San Donato Milanese, Florence, Rome, Bari, Vibo Marina (VV) and Gela (CL).
Abroad, the PES Group operates in three countries (the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Romania). Furthermore, a series of strategic partnerships, established across virtually every continent, support the company in providing multidisciplinary engineering, services, service management, inspections and shipments, as well as the recruitment and hiring of local staff.
These will ensure that activities relating to mechanical engineering and package works within the assigned project are carried out efficiently and cost-effectively, in accordance with contractual specifications, quality standards and safety/environmental requirements.
Reporting to project service manager, the Planning Engineer is responsible for developing, monitoring, and updating project schedules to ensure timely execution of all phases — from engineering to procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, and handover. The role supports the Project Manager and Project Sevice Manager by providing schedule forecasts, progress updates, and delay analysis, enabling proactive project management.
Key Responsibilities
1. Schedule Development & Baseline Preparation
- Develop the Project Master Schedule in line with the Project Execution Plan (PEP).
- Establish Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and activity coding in coordination with project disciplines.
- Define critical path activities and key project milestones.
- Ensure alignment of the schedule with cost control, procurement, and engineering deliverables.
2. Progress Monitoring & Control
- Monitor actual progress versus the baseline schedule.
- Update schedules periodically (weekly/monthly) with real progress data.
- Identify schedule deviations and propose recovery/mitigation plans.
- Maintain progress curves (S - curves) and manpower histograms.
3. Coordination with Project Teams
- Liaise with engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and offshore teams to collect progress data.
- Integrate subcontractor schedules into the overall project schedule.
- Ensure offshore and onshore execution schedules are aligned for critical interfaces.
4. Reporting & Analysis
- Prepare weekly/monthly schedule reports for management and the client.
- Present updated Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.
- Highlight potential delays and recommend corrective actions.
- Produce “look - ahead” schedules for short - term planning.
5. Delay & Change Management
- Perform schedule impact analysis for change orders and variations.
- Support claims preparation with time impact analysis (TIA).
- Maintain records for extension - of - time (EOT) submissions.
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and coordination abilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- High attention to detail in schedule preparation and reporting.
- Proactive in identifying and mitigating risks to the schedule.
Project scope responsibility distribution
- Key activities: Yard fabrication, module assembly, civil works, vendor delivery tracing - Marine vessel mobilization, subsea installation, hook - up, commissioning campaigns.
- Challenges: Material delivery coordination, Yard productivity, multiple work fronts - Material delivery coordination, Yard productivity, multiple work fronts.
- Interface: Vendors, fabrication Yards, site construction teams - Offshore construction crews, marine spreads, offshore logistics teams.
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor of science [BSc] Degree in engineering from an accredited university.
- Work experience of eight (8) years after earning degree.
- Excellent spoken and written English including proven ability to write reports.
