Planning Engineer

Role & responsibilities

The Planning Engineer will be responsible for planning, scheduling, execution monitoring, and progress reporting of Thermal Power Plant projects, including Turbine Generator (TG) overhauling, capital overhauling, erection, testing, and commissioning activities. Responsibilities include preparation of detailed project schedules, bar charts, manpower and material planning, resource allocation, contractor coordination, monitoring daily progress against targets, identifying delays, preparing MIS reports, coordinating with engineering, procurement, and site execution teams, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, conducting progress review meetings, and supporting timely project completion as per client requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare project schedules, activity-wise plans, bar charts, and work breakdown structures (WBS).
• Plan and monitor TG minor, major, and capital overhauling activities.
• Develop erection, installation, testing, and commissioning schedules.
• Prepare manpower, tools, tackles, equipment, and material requirements.
• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly project progress against planned targets.
• Track critical path activities, identify delays, and prepare recovery plans.
• Coordinate with site engineers, contractors, clients, and project management teams.
• Prepare daily progress reports (DPR), weekly reports, monthly MIS, and management dashboards.
• Monitor shutdown schedules, equipment dismantling, inspection, assembly, and trial-run activities.
• Track material availability, drawings, work permits, and site readiness.
• Monitor project costs, productivity, resource utilization, and work-hour consumption.
• Ensure coordination for quality inspections, safety compliance, testing, and commissioning documentation.
• Maintain progress records, look-ahead plans, hindrance registers, and project completion reports.
• Support final handover, punch-point closure, and project documentation.