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Site planning engineer

AntwerpOn siteHours negotiable<3months

This assignment involves a role as a site planner for a commissioning project.

  • You will report to the Commissioning Manager or Project Controls Manager.

What you do

  • Develop, maintain, and monitor the detailed 10-month commissioning schedule, ensuring alignment with project milestones and completion targets.
  • Prepare and regularly update Level 3 and Level 4 commissioning schedules using Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
  • Coordinate planning activities with construction, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up teams.
  • Establish and monitor commissioning priorities, system handover sequences, and system/subsystem completion milestones.
  • Track daily and weekly progress against the approved baseline schedule and identify potential delays.
  • Prepare 2-week, 4-week, and 6-week look-ahead schedules to support site execution and resource planning.
  • Identify critical path activities, schedule constraints, and interfaces affecting commissioning progress.
  • Coordinate with discipline leads, contractors, vendors, and subcontractors to ensure timely execution of commissioning activities.
  • Monitor mechanical completion, punch-list closure, system turnover, testing, and commissioning readiness.
  • Support the development and monitoring of manpower loading, resource allocation, and productivity forecasts.
  • Conduct regular planning and progress meetings with the commissioning and construction teams.
  • Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports, including planned versus actual progress, schedule deviations, and recovery actions.
  • Develop schedule recovery plans and mitigation measures when delays or critical issues arise.
  • Maintain commissioning progress dashboards, S-curves, milestone trackers, and KPI reports.
  • Ensure accurate integration of vendor activities, specialist support, and equipment testing into the commissioning schedule.
  • Monitor interfaces between construction completion, commissioning activities, and operational handover.
  • Support the Commissioning Manager in forecasting completion dates and identifying risks to project delivery.
  • Maintain accurate planning records, progress measurement data, and schedule updates throughout the project.
  • Coordinate final commissioning activities, performance testing, outstanding punch-list closure, and handover milestones.
  • Support the preparation of final commissioning progress reports and project close-out documentation.

What they ask

  • Experience with Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
  • Experience in commissioning project planning.
  • Ability to coordinate with various teams and stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical and reporting skills.

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