Planning Engineer

PeopleStrong; Vadodara; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PeopleStrong is seeking a Planning and Project Management professional to assist in developing and maintaining schedules using Primavera P6 or MS Project, and to help prepare baseline schedules, milestones, and WBS. You will monitor progress, identify the critical path, and coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, and vendor teams.

Responsibilities include generating review presentations, dashboards, and progress reports, ensuring data accuracy in IPMS/Wrench/Dreams, and

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and project control activities in large-scale projects.
• Proficient with Primavera P6 or MS Project for schedule development.
• Ability to prepare baseline schedules, milestones, and WBS.
• Strong monitoring of progress and critical path identification.

Responsibilities

• Assist in development and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6/MS Project.
• Assist in preparation baseline schedules, milestones, and detailed WBS.
• Assist in monitor project progress and update schedules regularly.
• Assist in identify critical activities and monitor the critical path.
• Support recovery plans and mitigation for schedule slippages; forecast completion dates.
• Coordinate with stakeholders for status updates and validate progress data.
• Ensure information is updated in IPMS/Wrench/Dreams and reflected in review reports.
• Conduct variance analysis between planned and actual progress.
• Organize weekly, fortnightly, and monthly review meetings with project teams.
• Record and circulate Minutes of Meeting (MoM) and track actions.

Skills

Project planning

Project controls

Scheduling

Critical path

Progress monitoring

Stakeholder coordination

MoM management

Dashboard creation

Status reporting

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

IPMS

Wrench

Dreams

Job description

Planning Project Management Project Control

Program in Project Management Level -1

Job Description

• Assist in development and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6/MS Project.
• Assist in preparation baseline schedules, milestones, and detailed work breakdown structures (WBS).
• Assist in Monitor project progress and update schedules regularly.
• Assist in Identify critical activities and monitor the critical path.
• Support preparation of recovery plans and mitigation measures for schedule slippages. Forecast project completion dates and highlight potential delays.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to obtain status updates and validate progress data.
• Ensure project information is updated in IPMS/Wrench/Dreams and reflected accurately in review reports/report management.
• Conduct variance analysis between planned and actual progress.
• Organize and facilitate weekly, fortnightly, and monthly review meetings with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and vendor teams.
• Record and circulate Minutes of Meeting (MoM)
• Monitor closure of actions from previous review meetings and highlight overdue items.
• Prepare review presentations, dashboards, milestone status reports, and action trackers.
• Prepare weekly, fortnightly, and monthly progress reports.
• Track engineering deliverables, material procurement, manufacturing, and site execution progress.
• Ensure adherence to planning procedures, SOPs, and reporting requirements.
• Generate S-curves, manpower histograms, and progress measurement reports.