Senior Planner - Integrated Operations Planning (IOP)

About the role

SeaOwl is hiring a Senior Planner for Integrated Operations Planning (IOP) in Kampala, Uganda, reporting to the Head of IOP/OMS. The role is resident, starts on 1 January 2027 and lasts 12+ months. It leads the integration of the 24-month, 6-month and 5-week Tilenga operational plans and coordinates planning inputs across Operations, Maintenance, Drilling & Wells, Projects, Commissioning/Start-Up, Logistics and HSE.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, consolidate and maintain the integrated 24MLA, 6MLA and 5WLA plans in Primavera P6.
• Integrate multidisciplinary activities and keep visibility of milestones affecting Start-Up, First Oil and production ramp-up.
• Identify schedule conflicts, dependencies, SIMOPS, resource, logistics and POB constraints and develop mitigation scenarios.
• Challenge activity readiness and ensure critical prerequisites are identified before execution.
• Facilitate IOP reviews and give clear inputs for management prioritization and arbitration.
• Monitor readiness, schedule attainment, break-ins and plan stability, and drive continuous improvement of planning discipline.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or another relevant technical discipline.
• Around 10+ years of Oil & Gas experience, including significant planning, scheduling or integrated operations exposure.
• Proven experience in Start-Up, First Oil, commissioning-to-operations transition and/or production ramp-up.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Desirable: previous TotalEnergies operating-affiliate or IOP experience, greenfield-to-operations exposure, SAP/UNISUP and Power BI knowledge.

Required skills

• Advanced Primavera P6 capability and strong understanding of operational readiness, interfaces and SIMOPS.
• Strong analytical, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills.