Planning Engineer

Role: Project Planner

Location: Mumbai - Corporate Office
Department: Project Planning / Project Controls
Experience: 5-10 Years
Industry: Solar EPC / Renewable Energy / Power EPC
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

WRTL is looking for an experienced Project Planning / Project Controls professional for its Corporate Office. The candidate will be responsible for project scheduling, progress monitoring, schedule analysis, delay identification, recovery planning and project MIS across Solar EPC projects.

This is a pure Planning & Project Controls role, with strong emphasis on hands-on project scheduling and analytical planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain detailed Project Execution Schedules.
• Develop WBS, activity sequencing, dependencies, milestones and project timelines.
• Prepare and monitor Baseline, Revised and Recovery Schedules.
• Develop Level 3 / Level 4 schedules as required.
• Monitor Planned vs. Actual Project Progress.
• Track critical activities, milestones and Critical Path.
• Identify schedule slippages and conduct schedule variance / delay analysis.
• Prepare Catch-up and Recovery Plans for delayed activities.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Contracts, Commercial and Project teams.
• Prepare weekly/monthly Project Planning MIS and Management Reports.
• Develop dashboards covering project progress, schedule variance, critical activities and completion forecasts.
• Analyse project constraints, risks and dependencies and highlight them to management.
• Forecast project completion dates based on actual project performance.
• Support project review meetings with planning analysis and actionable inputs.
• Maintain project schedules, trackers and planning documentation.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in Project Planning & Scheduling.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Strong understanding of WBS, Critical Path, Baseline, Float, Dependencies and Schedule Variance.
• Good command of MS Excel, Pivot Tables, Lookups and data analysis.
• Experience in preparing Project MIS / Management Dashboards.
• Good understanding of the EPC project lifecycle.
• Strong analytical, coordination and communication skills.
• Knowledge of EVM, Delay Analysis and Recovery Planning will be an added advantage.

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Electrical / related Engineering discipline.

Preferred Candidate Background

Candidates from the following industries are preferred:

Solar EPC | Renewable Energy | Power EPC | Transmission & Distribution | Large EPC Projects

The ideal candidate should have actual ownership of project planning and controls, including schedule preparation, progress monitoring, critical path analysis, delay identification and recovery planning.