Planning Manager at Trainor Consulting in Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Company Description

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

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

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

Job Description

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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 in Primavera 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.

Additional Information

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