Planning Engineer

Position: Planning Manager Civil

Experience: 15-20 Years

Qualification: B.E. / B.Tech. Civil Engineering

Location: Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

Project Type: Industrial Projects, Data Centers Projects

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overall project planning, scheduling and monitoring activities for large-scale industrial construction projects.
• Prepare and maintain master project schedules, baseline schedules and detailed execution plans.
• Develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), project milestones and resource-loaded schedules.
• Monitor project progress against approved schedules and identify delays, risks and critical activities.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly progress reports, MIS reports and management presentations.
• Conduct critical path analysis and develop recovery plans to address project delays.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction and project management teams.
• Monitor civil, structural, architectural and finishing activities to ensure timely execution.
• Prepare manpower, machinery and material resource planning schedules.
• Track planned versus actual progress using S-curves, dashboards and project performance reports.
• Coordinate with contractors, subcontractors, consultants and clients for project scheduling and progress reviews.
• Review contractor schedules, construction methodologies and project execution strategies.
• Monitor engineering deliverables, material procurement and construction activities.
• Identify project bottlenecks and recommend corrective actions.
• Support project management in preparing extension-of-time (EOT) documentation and delay analysis.
• Ensure timely completion of project milestones within approved timelines.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Experience in industrial project planning and scheduling.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint and project MIS reporting.
• Knowledge of critical path method (CPM), WBS, S-curves and resource planning.
• Experience in delay analysis, recovery scheduling and project monitoring.
• Strong communication, coordination and leadership skills.

Preferred Candidate: B.E./B.Tech. Civil Engineer with 15–20 years of experience, including substantial planning experience on industrial construction projects. Candidates with exposure to factories, manufacturing facilities, data centers or large industrial infrastructure projects are preferred.