QUOTE(k-akir @ Jun 1 2014, 08:24 AM)
hi guys, im quite new here.
im about to graduate this july and recently i got an interview from petrofac rnz for their graduate engineer programme. The position they offered for the interview is planning engineer in the planning department. I just wanna know :
-what are the job scopes for planning engineer
-what are the future career opportunities as planning engineer
-is planning engineer considered as a technical or management job
-is planning engineer a dead end job?
thanks

well I would say it really is open to how you want to develop yourself (and the opportunities given by your boss/mentor).
you can either be the type that just do reports, do the planning / tracking , etc repetitive job, or you could choose to take this opportunity to learn most of the things overall as you will be more exposed.
I believe it is both technical and management job since how can you manage if you dont know the technicalities of it.
whether its a dead end up really differs from people and from companies. From my experience I've met project directors / managers / team leaders from planning background and yet also some planning engineers who just stay as planning engineers for many years.
QUOTE(feekle @ Jun 1 2014, 11:11 AM)
study about planning (float, late start, early start etc.)..learn to use microsoft project / primavera p6. That's it
itu basic