Principal Project Planner

Mott MacDonald

Mumbai

On-site

INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Critical illness and compassionate lea

Paternity Leave

Group term life insurance

Group medical insurance coverage

Career mobility options

Global employment opportunities

Global collaboration and knowledge

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a highly experienced Professional Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project Planner to support multiple projects across global operations. The role focuses on expert scheduling, baseline development, and proactive coordination with project managers and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management, 15+ years of relevant experience, and strong communication skills to remotely manage complex programs.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Construction Management.
Extensive experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

Create project schedules meeting contractual requirements using Primavera P6 or MSP.
Ensure schedules align to contracted scope and estimate via WBS and resources.
Integrate constraints to establish work sequences for all disciplines and obtain buy-in.
Lead baseline schedule development and facilitate contractual approvals with stakeholders.
Maintain schedule updates and collaborate with project managers on status.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Remote project management

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Description:

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.

We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support.

Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.

About The Business Unit

Global Delivery Services Centre (GDSC) is a high-impact business unit within Mott MacDonald, dedicated to enhancing project delivery across our global operations.

As part of GDSC, you’ll join a team that champions excellence in both technical and digital disciplines, supporting projects at every stage of the lifecycle—from concept to completion. We work to international design standards and regulations, ensuring our contributions meet the highest benchmarks of quality and innovation.

At GDSC, you’ll be empowered to collaborate across borders, grow your expertise, and make a meaningful impact on infrastructure and development projects that shape communities worldwide.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced, Professional Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project Planner to join our team. As a consultant, you will work on multiple projects, providing expert planning and scheduling support using Primavera P6 and MSP. This role offers an excellent opportunity to apply your extensive knowledge and experience to ensure the successful delivery of complex projects.

Key Responsibilities

Create project schedules that meet contractual requirements for a wide array of customers across multiple industries using Primavera P6 or MSP.
Ensure that for all schedules produced there is full alignment to the contracted scope and estimate via a Work Breakdown Structure and resource profiles.
Integrate schedule requirements and constraints to establish work sequences for all disciplines or specialties., seek buy in and approval
Leading the development of the baseline schedule, your will facilitate and support the approval of the schedule as a contractual baseline document with all internal and external stakeholders.
Maintain the schedule updating and project schedules Collaborate with project managers and stakeholders on schedule status.
Lead and facilitate project meetings, providing expert scheduling insights and recommendations. Verifying actual progress claims, monitor schedule deviations and recommend corrective action/work-around any issues that may arise
Draft and finalise schedule or progress reports progress as needed including Progress S Curves, Critical Path, Milestone Tracking, Float Path and erosion and Earned Value management.
Prepare and present comprehensive Schedule Update Reports including progress, variance and mitigations / interventions lookahead update schedules to optimise alignment with project objectives and timelines
Undertake Change Impact assessments for proposed and approved changes.
Collaborate with Project Control and Management to support the cost plan and cash flow data sets and reports.
Manage and configure enterprise data contained within project schedules to maintain alignment to third party systems, budgets (effort and cost) and where required materials.
Provide professional support on project planning processes and best practices.
Perform detailed schedule integrity checks, reviews for internal / external customers as required, documenting all findings and developing action plans to address any observed items.
Schedule Assurance, both internally and externally, taking into consideration all aspects of project scheduling planning including the development and support of comprehensive action plans to address observed items either directly or with a third party.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management.
Minimum 15 Years of experience. Extensive experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project software.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Proven ability to remotely manage multiple complex projects and priorities effectively.
Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy, quality, and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

Significant experience in a professional planning or scheduling role.
In-depth knowledge of advanced project management principles and practices.
Familiarity with other project management software tools.
Professional certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PMI-SP).

Open for - Mumbai, Noida, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru

Flexible working

At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience