Project Planner

At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Project Planner to support engineering projects through detailed technical reviews, team guidance, and process improvements.

In this role, you will ensure the overall project planning, mentor team members and contribute to continuous improvement across project workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end to end delivery of assigned engagements within defined scope, timeline, cost, and quality standards
• Own day-to-day delivery, including task planning, monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Ensure On Time Delivery (OTD) and First Pass Yield (FPY) targets.
• Track delivery performance and proactively identify and mitigate risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with Project Management System and internal governance processes.
• Drive delivery excellence and continual improvement initiatives
• Organize cross-functional activities, Manage customer, Onsite resources, fulfilment of requirement.
• Provide management oversight to several activities running in parallel, address issues/concerns with speed, and enable coarse corrective actions.
• Customer interaction, project reporting
• Team handling, Resource management, progression planning and development.
• Maintains operational metrics and measures
• Business Development – delivery led growth, cross selling, upselling.
• Drive customer technical meetings and governance forums.

We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.

We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in Oil & Gas, petro chemicals & refinery domain.
• Act as the primary interface with Customers, Technical Leaders, and Leadership.
• Build and maintain strong Customer Technical Lead relationships.
• Lead weekly, monthly, and quarterly customer connects/reviews.
• Manage and align expectations across business and technical stakeholders
• Should have at least 2 - 3 years of prior experience as Project Leader
• Experience in design/ development/ engineering/ documentation support
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills are a must. Should have track record of customer interaction, identify business opportunities.
• Should have demonstrated consistent business growth/head count addition over the last years.
• Should have demonstrated strong hold on technology development / Continuous improvement and productivity improvement leading to higher contribution margin and new business initiation
• Strong process management, project management, stakeholder management, requirement management and team handling skills
• Hands-on experience in Project Management Tools (Scheduling, Tracking, Employee engagement, Metrics)
• Ability to understand and take decisions on technical proposals.
• Ability to quickly ramp up new technologies.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, debugging skills interpretation skills.
• Self-motivated, good verbal and written communication.
• Self-driven and proactive

Leadership & Behavioral Skills

• Proven experience leading engineering teams of 10–20 resources.
• Strong ownership mindset with ability to manage multiple engagements independently.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Customer‑centric approach with high accountability and execution focus.