Planning Manager

Trainor Consulting is an internationalconsulting firm specialized in heavy industry and energy projects, supporting clients acrossChina and the APAC region. The company delivers high-value expertise in sectors such asoil & gas, refineries, tank farms, fuel storage infrastructure, and large-scale industrial EPC projects.

With a strong focus ontechnical excellence and project delivery, Trainor Consulting partners with major industrial players to provideengineering consulting, project management, and workforce solutions tailored to complex and capital-intensive environments.

The firm is recognized for its ability to mobilizehighly skilled international and local talent, includingexpatriate technical experts, consultants, and project specialists, to support critical operations and infrastructure development.

• Develop, review and optimize the overall project baseline schedule, WBS structure, milestone plan, monthly/weekly rolling plan covering engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, installation and commissioning phases for offshore EPC projects.

• Monitor daily/weekly project progress, track actual execution against baseline schedule, collect progress data, prepare S-curves, progress measurement reports and milestone achievement reports.

• Identify schedule deviations, analyze delay causes, evaluate the impact of design changes, site variations, resource adjustment and interface issues, and propose feasible recovery plans and corrective actions.

• Organize regular project schedule meetings, align progress status with internal engineering, procurement, construction teams and client/third-party stakeholders, and provide accurate progress forecasting.

• Manage project schedule documents, ensure full traceability of baseline updates, schedule revisions and delay records, and support project claim & progress settlement work.

• Optimize resource allocation logic, coordinate multi-discipline working sequences, avoid schedule conflicts, and ensure overall project delivery efficiency and on-time completion.

• Bachelor degree or above in Marine Engineering, Civil Engineering, Project Management, Mechanical Engineering or related engineering majors.

• Must have solid working experience in OFFSHORE EPC / offshore oil & gas projects (FPSO, offshore platform, subsea or marine floating facility project experience is highly preferred).Pure onshore production / factory project experience is not acceptable.

• 8+ years professional project planning experience, with at least 3+ complete large-scale offshore EPC project delivery cycles as core planning member or planning lead.

• Proficient inPrimavera P6 / MS Project and advanced Excel for schedule compilation, progress analysis and data visualization; familiar with international EPC project scheduling specifications and management processes.

• Familiar with full EPC project workflow including engineering design, material procurement, offshore fabrication, site installation and commissioning; capable of judging key path risks and controlling overall project rhythm independently.

• Strong cross-department communication, stakeholder coordination and problem-solving abilities; able to work under tight project schedule pressure.

• Good English listening, speaking and writing skills for daily client communication and official report submission.

What We Offer 

• Opportunity to work on major offshore Oil & Gas projects  

• International engineering environment  

• Career development and technical growth opportunities  

• Dynamic and multicultural workplace in Shanghai, China