Corporate Planner

• PositionCorporate Planner
• CompanyEast African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
• Job IDJR101742
• Reports ToProject Planning Lead; reports progress to the Commercial Director
• LocationKampala
• Job TypeFull Time
• Experience7 years in planning (3+ in a similar role)
• CategoryOil and Gas Jobs in Uganda
• Published26 October 2026
• DeadlineNot stated in the advert

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project involves building and operating a buried, cross-border pipeline that carries crude oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania, where the oil is then sold on to world markets. Once topsoil and vegetation are reinstated, people and animals can cross freely anywhere along its length.

EACOP Ltd’s shareholders are TotalEnergies, the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and CNOOC. EACOP recruits directly through its official Workday careers portal, and its adverts stress exemplary behaviour on H3SE (health, safety, security, social and environment) rules, ethics and the project code of conduct.

The Corporate Planner keeps EACOP’s corporate activities aligned with its strategic and business objectives. The planner is in charge of all schedules and reporting deliverables for Land and Social, Environmental, Sustainability and corporate activities, sits within those teams for planning follow-up, and travels to the field to understand processes and challenges on the ground.

The role liaises with the EACOP Project Control team, package planning engineers and Operations and commissioning teams to provide interface data and keep plans consistent, and helps Operations set up its planning structure. The planner builds KPI dashboards for stakeholder reporting, sets up scheduling tools and procedures, runs analysis and simulations of new schedules, reviews contractor plans for accuracy and compliance, and gathers lessons learnt on scheduling, progress control and reporting.

• Own schedules and reporting for Land and Social, Environmental, Sustainability and corporate activities.
• Work within the Land and Social and Environmental teams, with field trips expected.
• Liaise with Project Control and package planning engineers on interface data.
• Support Operations and commissioning teams and help Operations set up their planning structure.
• Attend weekly, bi-weekly and monthly corporate and project meetings.
• Develop and maintain KPI dashboards for stakeholder reporting.
• Run analysis and simulations of new schedules.
• Review contractor plans for accuracy and compliance.
• Report progress, opportunities and concerns to the Commercial Director.
• Gather lessons learnt on scheduling, progress control and reporting.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Strategic Management, Engineering, Project Management, Statistics or a relevant discipline.
• A master’s degree (MBA, Economics, Finance, Strategic Management or Project Management) is an added advantage.
• Professional certifications in strategic planning, financial analysis, project management, business analysis or performance management are advantageous.

Work Experience

• 7 years in planning activities in industrial businesses.
• 3+ years in the same or a connected position.
• Land acquisition, environmental or oil and gas experience is a plus.

Technical Skills

• Primavera: perfect knowledge required.
• Power BI and MS Office: vast experience required.
• Planning: schedule analysis, KPI tracking and reporting.

Soft Skills

• Pressure: able to work under pressure and stressful conditions.
• Teamwork: team spirit and adaptability in an international, multicultural setting.
• Communication: good interpersonal skills and fluent written and spoken English.

Not stated in the advert.

• Plan corporate work on East Africa’s flagship oil pipeline.
• Work across land, social, environmental and sustainability teams.
• Direct reporting line to the Commercial Director.
• Field exposure along the pipeline route.
• Build dashboards that leadership and stakeholders use.
• Kampala-based role with an international team.

Apply online on EACOP’s official careers portal: Corporate Planner, JR101742 (EACOP Workday). Create a candidate profile, upload your CV and submit before the role closes.

Closing date: not stated in the advert. The role was published on 26 October 2026, so apply as soon as possible.

• Name the Primavera versions and project sizes you have scheduled.
• Show Power BI dashboards you built.
• Highlight land, environmental or oil and gas planning work.
• Quantify reporting you owned for senior leaders.
• Apply early since no closing date is stated.