FACULTY - PLANNING & SCHEDULING

Larsen & Toubro; Vadodara; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro is seeking an IPM-focused Learning Lead to drive teaching, content development and stakeholder engagement across PDA, Planning Capability programmes and IPM initiatives in India. The role involves facilitating classroom, virtual and blended sessions and mentoring participants to apply learning in live projects.

The candidate will design and improve learning content, develop new interventions, and contribute to IPM knowledge resources. Travel to IPM locations and sites is required.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and practical experience in Planning & Scheduling.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or comparable enterprise planning systems.
• Development of integrated EPC schedules.
• Work Breakdown Structures, milestones and schedule logic.
• Project Controls experience.
• 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 and Project Risk Management.
• Construction Planning.
• Schedule forecasting, reporting and management decision support.
• Planning for commissioning, completion and project close-out.

Responsibilities

• Deliver approximately 400 teaching/facilitation hours per year across multiple programmes.
• Facilitate classroom, virtual and blended learning programmes.
• Use LT and industry project examples to connect concepts with project situations.
• Coach and mentor participants and support application of learning to projects.

Job description

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 ManagementProject 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.