Planning Engineer

Beacon Associates; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Associates is seeking a senior planning professional to oversee baseline programmes using Primavera P6 and MS Project in Mumbai. The role involves developing WBS, schedules, and logics, tracking progress, and preparing recovery plans to mitigate delays.

You will coordinate with multiple departments and contribute to project-control reporting. The ideal candidate will lead look-ahead planning, monitor critical paths, and support EOT claims with robust documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Baseline Programme in Primavera P6 / MS Project.
• Prepare detailed WBS, activity schedules, logic networks, resource loading, and project calendars.
• Develop and maintain weekly/monthly look-ahead programmes.
• Monitor actual progress against the baseline and identify delays, slippages, and critical activities.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports for management and clients.
• Conduct planned vs. actual progress analysis and prepare recovery plans where required.
• Identify and monitor the critical path and activities affecting project completion.
• Coordinate with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, QA/QC, Commercial, and other departments to obtain accurate progress information.
• Track engineering, material procurement, approvals, inspections, and construction activities to ensure proper interface management.
• Analyse delays and prepare delay analysis / time-impact analysis and supporting documentation for EOT claims when required.
• Prepare manpower and resource plans and monitor productivity against planned targets.
• Monitor project quantity progress, productivity, and earned progress.
• Prepare S-curves, progress curves, histograms, dashboards, and other project-control reports.
• Develop revised/recovery programmes in coordination with the Project Manager and construction team.
• Participate in progress meetings with the client, consultant, subcontractors, and project management team.
• Maintain proper records of progress, delays, instructions, approvals, and other schedule-related documentation.
• Highlight potential schedule risks and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure that project teams are working in line with approved milestones and contractual deadlines.
• Support commercial teams with planning data for variation, EOT, disruption, and delay claims.

Job description

• Develop and maintain the Baseline Programme in Primavera P6 / MS Project.
• Prepare detailed WBS, activity schedules, logic networks, resource loading, and project calendars.
• Develop and maintain weekly/ monthly look-ahead programmes.
• Monitor actual progress against the approved baseline and identify delays, slippages, and critical activities.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports for management and clients.
• Conduct planned vs. actual progress analysis and prepare recovery plans where required.
• Identify and monitor the critical path and activities affecting project completion.
• Coordinate with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, QA/QC, Commercial, and other departments to obtain accurate progress information.
• Track engineering, material procurement, approvals, inspections, and construction activities to ensure proper interface management.
• Analyse delays and prepare delay analysis / time-impact analysis and supporting documentation for EOT claims when required.
• Prepare manpower and resource plans and monitor productivity against planned targets.
• Monitor project quantity progress, productivity, and earned progress.
• Prepare S-curves, progress curves, histograms, dashboards, and other project-control reports.
• Develop revised/recovery programmes in coordination with the Project Manager and construction team.
• Participate in progress meetings with the client, consultant, subcontractors, and project management team.
• Maintain proper records of progress, delays, instructions, approvals, and other schedule-related documentation.
• Highlight potential schedule risks and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure that project teams are working in line with approved milestones and contractual deadlines.
• Support commercial teams with planning data for variation, EOT, disruption, and delay claims.