Planning Engineer

ALSTOM Hong Kong Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 270,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

ALSTOM Hong Kong Limited seeks a Planning professional with 2–4 years' experience in Civil, E&M, or QS engineering or construction. You will craft execution plans, set milestones, estimate timescales, and monitor progress with weekly and monthly reports.

You will coordinate with teams, manage resources, and contribute to continuous process improvements while supporting delay recovery actions and risk management in a fast-paced project environment.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of planning experience in Civil/E&M/QS Engineering background or Construction industry.
• Basic knowledge of engineering science and technology.
• Basic knowledge of building and construction.
• Willing to learn and use the software packages competently (MS Office, Primavera P6, MS Project)

Responsibilities

• Create Project Execution Plans: Decide on proper engineering techniques and milestone sequences for each project stage.
• Set targets for activities based on each phase of a project plan and ensure it meets client's specifications.
• Make estimations for timescales using specialized design software packages.
• Monitor day-to-day work progress for a project and provide accurate weekly and monthly reports by swiftly communicating potential progress delays or project slippages.
• Track and analyze field results; continually compare planned vs actual progress and report differences to the lead project manager.
• Identify critical path and propose delay recovery measures.
• Compute EOT together with Contract Manager; support preparation of records for potential delay events.
• Perform Project Coordination: oversee planning, inventory services, team leadership, and project management; provide status updates to vendors and stakeholders.
• Drive Process Improvement: identify gaps in KPIs and plan activities to increase project efficiency; deliver schedules to facilitate execution strategy.

Skills

Planning

Analytical

Initiative

Attention to detail

Pressure handling

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide

In this role, your responsibilities:

Create Project Execution Plans:

Decide on proper engineering techniques and milestone sequences for each project stage.

Set targets for activities based on each phase of a project plan and ensure it meets client's specifications.

Make estimations for timescales using specialized design software packages.

Project Monitoring and Reporting:

Monitor day-to-day work progress for a project and provide accurate weekly and monthly reports by swiftly communicating potential progress delays or project slippages.

Track and analyze field results is another key responsibility.

Continually make comparisons between planned progress and actual progress and report any differences to their lead project manager.

Study the impact of alternative approaches.

Monthly follow up of indicators and anticipation of activities slippage

Early warning to subsystems

Identification of critical path and proposal of delay recovery measures

Computation of EOT together with Contract Manager

Support preparation of records for potential delay events

Perform Project Coordination:

Make sure complex projects are handled on time and on budget by overseeing the project planning, inventory services, team leadership, and project management.

Work closely with others involved in a project and directs the daily workload of subordinate team members.

Provide current status updates to vendors, supervisors, and other stakeholders.

Managing overall project communications is a critical part of them successfully completing their role.

Monthly/Weekly Progress:

review of Monthly report to Client together with Contract Manager

Accuracy and analysis of Progress curves

Review of Alstom Monthly Report (MPR) and Weekly Progress Report (WPR) together with Project team

Work with Signaling Project team to ensure optimization of programme, be proactive for resequencing proposal and productivity improvement

Drive Process Improvement:

Driving continuous improvement by working with leadership teams.

Identify gaps in key performance areas and plan activities to increase overall project efficiency.

Provide guidance and deliver schedules to facilitate project execution strategy.

You are expected to be equipped with:

2~4 years of Planning experience in Civil/E&M/QS Engineering background or Construction industry

Basic knowledge of engineering science and technology

Basic knowledge of building and construction

Willing to learn and use the software packages competently (MS office, Primavera P6, MS Project)

Willing to accept criticism and work under pressure

Analytical, Initiative, Persistent, Determined, Attention to detail

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Machinery & Automation 101-1,000 employees

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure,

signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

ALSTOM Hong Kong Limited has been a major supplier of trains, signaling systems, infrastructure and services (maintenance, renovation and parts supply) to MTR Corporation over the last 40 years. Since the first metro project in Hong Kong in 1975, ALSTOM Hong

Kong Limited has supplied over 1,100 metro cars for its metro network and equipped seven lines with signaling systems currently in operation, contributing positively to the urban transport system development in Hong Kong.

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure,

signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

ALSTOM Hong Kong Limited has been a major supplier of trains, signaling systems, infrastructure and services (maintenance, renovation and parts supply) to MTR Corporation over the last 40 years. Since the first metro project in Hong Kong in 1975, ALSTOM Hong

Kong Limited has supplied over 1,100 metro cars for its metro network and equipped seven lines with signaling systems currently in operation, contributing positively to the urban transport system development in Hong Kong.