Sr Planning Manager

Job Title

• Senior Planning Engineer (6-8 Years Experience, Full Project Life-Cycle)

Key Responsibilities

• Below are the core duties and responsibilities expected:
• Phase

Activities / Responsibilities

Initiation / Design & Engineering

• Define scope & deliverables.
• Develop baseline schedule and engineering deliverables schedule.
• Create WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).
• Identify long lead items, procurement path, equipment delivery schedule.
• Coordinate with design / engineering disciplines for deliverables, dependencies.

Procurement

• Prepare procurement schedule (vendor selection, PO placement, material delivery, inspections).
• Ensure alignment between procurement and construction in materials lead times.
• Monitor delivery times, highlight critical items.

Construction / Execution

• Develop detailed construction schedule, resource loading (manpower, equipment).
• Monitor progress, compare actual vs. planned.
• Identify deviations / delays, perform delay / impact analysis.
• Propose corrective / recovery plans.
• Maintain look-ahead schedules (weekly, bi-weekly).
• Ensure inter-disciplinary coordination (contractors, vendors, engineering).

Project Controls / Reporting

• Maintain baseline & update schedules.
• Prepare periodic reports: daily / weekly / monthly.
• Provide forecast for finish dates, resource usage.
• Risk analysis & mitigation planning (schedule risks).

Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate with All Contractor at site.
• Assist in meetings, clarify schedule interfaces.
• Communicate schedule status, highlight critical paths, emphasize interfaces.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Education

  : Bachelors degree in Engineering (Civil). Masters / PG Diploma / Certification (e.g. in Project Management) preferred.

• Experience

  : 6-8 years in planning / scheduling roles. Must have been involved in at least one full project life-cycle from initiation to handover / commissioning.

Industry

Software / Tools:

• Microsoft Project.
• MS Excel, dashboards, reporting tools.
• ERP (if applicable).

Skills

• Strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM), network logic, resource & cost loading.
• Delay / Impact analysis.
• Risk identification & mitigation.
• Ability to prepare and present status & forecast reports.
• Good communication skills: coordinating across functions, clear reporting.
• Teamwork + ability to manage sub-contractors / vendors schedules.

• Contractual Knowledge

  : Familiarity with contract clauses related to schedule (EOT), baseline schedules, milestone payments etc.