Planning Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Planning Engineer to join the Ganga Path Project team in Bihar, a major infrastructure venture within the roads and highways sector. This role involves comprehensive oversight of project scheduling, ensuring timelines and milestone achievements meet contract specifications, and managing resources efficiently.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and monitor the Master Construction Program and detailed project schedules.
• Examine contractor schedules, resource allocation plans, and construction sequences.
• Track critical path activities, overall project progress, and essential milestones.
• Create forward-looking plans to foresee potential delays, risks, and deviations from expected timelines.
• Advise on necessary recovery strategies and acceleration measures to keep the project on schedule.
• Perform delay and time-impact analyses as needed to assess variations.
• Oversee monitoring of both physical and financial project progress and prepare comprehensive reports and dashboards.
• Coordinate schedule-related communications among contractors, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Assist with planning and coordination efforts involving highways, structures, and related infrastructure works.
• Ensure all project activities correspond with the contractual terms and approved programming.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (B.E./B.Tech) is required.
• Demonstrated 10 to 25 years of expertise in project planning and controls within the infrastructure domain.
• Strong background in managing projects related to highways, expressways, roads, or major infrastructure facilities.
• Proficiency and practical experience with Primavera P6 software are crucial.
• Hands-on skills in construction planning, progress tracking, and schedule management.
• Experience working on EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) or PMC (Project Management Consultancy) projects is preferred.
• Substantial exposure to highway and road projects is strongly favored.

Additional Information

This position specifically supports the Project Management Consultancy duties for the Ganga Path Project, emphasizing responsibilities like validating master programs, resource review, monitoring critical paths, planning for recovery, look-ahead scheduling, and conducting detailed time-impact analyses.