Sr. Manager - Project Planning & Controls

12 - 15 years

20 - 25 Lacs

Posted:4 days ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Job Description


  • Develop and manage comprehensive project schedules using Primavera P6, ensuring compliance with standards.
  • Performs schedule development duties to include establishing the work breakdown structure (WBS), determining the work activity duration, establishing the proper workflow logic ties across all phases, including Engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.
  • Develops critical path schedule reports and schedule performance metrics.
  • Determines critical-path activities for assigned discipline or specialty work activities supporting interdisciplinary requirements.
  • Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule.
  • Identify key dependencies and assess project risks to develop mitigation strategies.
  • Collaborate with Project Managers and key stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and resource requirements.
  • Prepare detailed lookahead programs and communicate with the key stakeholders.
  • Perform regular updates and integrity checks on project schedules, ensuring alignment with Schedule Management Plan.
  • Assign and monitor resources (labour, equipment, and materials) in schedules, ensuring optimal utilization in line with cost code wise forecasts.
  • Support project teams with cost-loaded schedules and conduct Earned Value Analysis (EVA) to track project performance.
  • Candidate must be conversant with Delay Analysis techniques.
  • Identify potential schedule risks and incorporate risk mitigation strategies, including quantitative risk analysis.
  • Implement and manage change control processes in the schedule to adjust Performance Measurement Baselines (PMB) for scope or schedule variations.
  • Provide strategic input in meetings, addressing technical planning challenges.
  • Domain Skillsets either in Energy / Railways/ Industrial or Process Industry.
  • Prior planning/scheduling experience in EPC projects.
  • Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction in Energy Sector.
  • Knowledge of Power Plant engineering customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
  • Proficiency in managing large-scale railway projects, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Knowledge of railway safety standards and regulations.
  • Manufacturing Processes: Basic Understanding of various manufacturing processes and industrial operations.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present schedule products independently with minimal supervision. This includes using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge related to technical planning and scheduling skills and engineering design, construction, and procurement practice.
Cost Monitoring and Controls:
  • Provide detailed cost reports that highlight any discrepancies between actual costs and forecasted budgets, ensuring that project stakeholders are informed promptly.
  • Generate financial dashboards and visual reports to present cost trends, highlighting cost savings, potential risks, and areas requiring attention.
  • Implement cost control systems and procedures to track all project expenditures, including direct costs (labour, materials, plant) and indirect costs (overheads, project management). Also account for contingency reserves and risk allowances.
Team Development and Leadership:
  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of planning engineers to ensure they are providing accurate and timely scheduling support for multiple projects.
  • Prepare schedule management plan and ensure that planning engineers adhere to best practices.
  • Provide guidance and training on planning processes, tools, and techniques to junior team members.
  • Oversee the professional development of team members and ensure they have the necessary resources to succeed.
Performance Reporting:
  • Create and present accurate reports, including Schedule Narratives, Key Milestone Variance Reports, and Program Review Reports (PRR), tailored to project requirements.
  • Generate Power BI dashboards for progress visualization and stakeholder communication.
  • Preparation and Submission of Monthly Progress Report, Change logs, S Curves and CPA Reports, Variance Reports, Trend Analysis reports, EVM dash Boards Etc.
Process Improvement:
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the planning function and wider project delivery processes.
  • Implement best practices and lessons learned across the programme and actively seek opportunities for process improvements in planning and scheduling.
  • Develop and implement systems and tools to enhance planning and project controls capabilities across the team and wider department.
Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Integrate planning processes across different contracting stake holders to ensure consistency and alignment with the broader programme or portfolio.
  • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including Client, Alliance partners, and third-party stakeholders.
  • Provide senior stakeholders (e.g., Project Managers, Programme Directors, and senior leadership) with regular reports on project performance, highlighting any areas of concern and recommending solutions.
  • Establish effective communication channels with internal teams, sub-contractors, and external stakeholders (e.g., local authorities) to ensure the successful coordination and delivery of project milestones.
Minimum Requirements:
  • Requires bachelors degree (or international equivalent) and 12- 15 years of relevant experience bachelor s degree in engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
  • A master s degree in project management or equivalent is a plus.
  • status or equivalent professional certifications (e.g., MAPM, Prince 2 practitioner, PMP) is added advantage.
  • Expertise in Primavera P6/ MS Project, with a solid understanding of standard planning Manual & Quality guidelines.
  • Proficiency in Power BI, Power Apps, and other relevant tools.
  • Strong knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 & FIDIC contracts and their impact on scheduling and claims is a plus.
  • Experience in identifying and Handling delays and preparing impact or time extension analysis reports.
  • Experience in development and maintaining baseline programmes from contract document.
  • Proven track record to lead a team of professional planners and senior planners.
  • Certified Estimating Professional, Certified Cost Professional, Project Management Professional or equivalent credential(s).
  • Experience in Middle East & UK Transportation, Infrastructure, Electrical & Mechanical preferred.
What We Can Offer You:
  • Varied, interesting and meaningful work.
  • A hybrid working environment with flexibility and great opportunities.
  • Opportunities for training and, as the team grows, career progression or sideways moves.
  • An opportunity to work within a large global multi-disciplinary consultancy on a mission to change the ways we approach business as usual.

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