Planning Engineer

Key Responsibilities / KRA

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules for mechanical construction activities in line with the overall project master schedule.
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and look-ahead plans for mechanical works, including equipment erection, piping, tanks, static and rotating equipment, and related activities.
• Monitor actual site progress against planned targets and identify schedule deviations, delays, and critical activities.
• Prepare and maintain project schedules, S-curves, progress reports, productivity reports, and other project control documents.
• Coordinate with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, QA/QC, Commercial, and other project teams to ensure timely execution of planned activities.
• Track availability of materials, equipment, drawings, work fronts, manpower, and other resources required for mechanical construction.
• Monitor subcontractor performance, manpower deployment, productivity, and progress against approved schedules.
• Prepare recovery plans and mitigation strategies for delayed or critical activities in coordination with the project team.
• Maintain progress measurement systems and ensure accurate calculation of physical/mechanical progress.
• Identify project constraints, interface issues, and potential risks affecting schedule and coordinate for timely resolution.
• Conduct regular planning and progress review meetings and follow up on action points.
• Support mechanical completion, testing, pre-commissioning, and commissioning planning as per project milestones.
• Prepare and submit DPR, WPR, MPR, progress dashboards, and management reports within agreed timelines.
• Ensure proper documentation and maintenance of planning records, schedules, progress data, and supporting documents.
• Provide timely inputs to Project Manager/Planning Manager for schedule performance, critical activities, and recovery requirements.

Key Performance Areas

• Achievement of planned mechanical construction milestones.
• Accuracy and timely submission of project progress reports.
• Effective look-ahead and short-term planning.
• Timely identification and resolution/escalation of project constraints.
• Monitoring and improvement of manpower and equipment productivity.
• Effective coordination with subcontractors and cross-functional teams.
• Control of schedule slippage and implementation of recovery plans.
• Support for timely mechanical completion and project handover.