FACULTY - PLANNING & SCHEDULING

Larsen & Toubro; North 24 Parganas District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro's IPM division seeks a capable facilitator and content developer to advance Planning & Scheduling expertise. You will deliver about 400 teaching hours yearly across PDA and related programmes, lead classroom, virtual and blended sessions, and connect concepts with real project situations using LT project examples.

You will design, develop learning content, case studies, and assessments, mentor participants, engage with project teams and stakeholders, and contribute to IPM's

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning and scheduling, including Primavera P6.
• Strong knowledge of EPC schedules, WBS, milestones and logic.
• Proven ability to develop and optimize project controls and risk plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver about 400 teaching hours per year across PDA and IPM programmes.
• Facilitate classroom, virtual and blended learning sessions.
• Use LT project examples to connect concepts with real projects.
• Design, develop and improve learning content, cases and assessments.
• Coach, mentor participants and support application to projects.
• Engage with stakeholders and contribute to IPM knowledge repository.

Skills

Project Planning

Scheduling

Primavera P6

Earned Value Management

Risk Management

Look-ahead Planning

Progress Monitoring

Schedule Recovery

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering or related field

PM Certification (PMP)

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

• Deliver approximately 400 teaching/facilitation hours per year, depending on the programme mix and other academic responsibilities, across PDA, Planning Capability programmes, SCDMs, Master Classes, IC-specific programmes and other IPM initiatives.
• Facilitate classroom, virtual and blended learning programmes.
• Use L&T and industry project examples to connect concepts with actual project situations.
• Coach and mentor participants and support application of learning to their projects wherever relevant.

Teaching and Facilitation

• Deliver approximately 400 teaching/facilitation hours per year, depending on the programme mix and other academic responsibilities, across PDA, Planning Capability programmes, SCDMs, Master Classes, IC-specific programmes and other IPM initiatives.
• Facilitate classroom, virtual and blended learning programmes.
• Use L&T and industry project examples to connect concepts with actual project situations.
• Coach and mentor participants and support application of learning to their projects wherever relevant.

Content and Learning Development

• Design, develop and continuously improve learning content, case studies, project exercises, simulations, assessments, tools and checklists related to Planning & Scheduling.
• Incorporate contemporary project management practices, digital technologies and relevant L&T practices and lessons from projects into programmes.
• Develop new learning interventions in response to emerging business and project capability needs.
• Contribute to documenting project experiences and converting them into reusable learning material.

Business and Stakeholder Engagement

• Work with IC/SBG HR teams, Planning Heads, Project Directors, Project Managers, academic partners, Professors of Practice (PoPs), Associate Professors of Practice (APoPs), SMEs and other stakeholders.
• Engage with project teams and business leaders to understand emerging capability requirements.
• Visit projects, where required, to understand planning practices, execution challenges and learning needs.

Programme and Institutional Contribution

• Support the academic planning and delivery of PDA and other IPM programmes.
• Work with Programme Coordinators and IPM teams for effective programme delivery.
• Review participant feedback, assessments and programme outcomes and use them to improve content and delivery.
• Contribute to IPM's knowledge repository, case studies, publications and thought-leadership activities.
• Support IPM events, project-management forums and institutional initiatives.
• Contribute to digital learning and responsible adoption of AI and technology-enabled learning tools where relevant.

Domain Expertise

The Candidate Should Have Strong Knowledge And Practical Experience In Several Of The Following Areas, With Planning & Scheduling And Project Controls As The Core Requirement

• Project Planning & Scheduling
• Primavera P6 and/or comparable enterprise planning systems
• Development of integrated EPC schedules
• Work Breakdown Structures, milestones and schedule logic
• Project Controls
• Engineering, procurement and construction interface planning
• Resource Planning and Optimisation
• Progress Measurement, Monitoring and Control
• Look-ahead planning and constraint management
• Delay Analysis and Schedule Recovery
• Earned Value Management
• Project Risk Management
• Construction Planning
• Schedule forecasting, reporting and management decision support
• Planning for commissioning, completion and project close-out

Travel Requirement

• The role requires travel to IPM locations, L&T businesses and project sites as required for programme delivery, project engagement and capability-development initiatives.