Project Planning and Controls Specialist - HVDC

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking a Project Planning and Controls Specialist - HVDC to lead planning and control activities for large-scale HVDC projects. The role involves creating time-phased baselines, integrating schedules with cost and resources, and tracking progress against milestones.

You will work with engineering, construction and commissioning teams, ensuring schedules are realistic, approved, and updated regularly. A strong background in CPM, risk and change management is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years EPC/Sub-Station project planning experience.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, MS Project and PIMS.
• Experience with CPM scheduling and EoT/DPR processes.
• Strong MS Excel and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling across all project phases.
• Maintain and analyse actual vs forecast schedules.
• Monitor deviations and provide schedule updates.
• Prepare EOT schedules and schedule analysis.
• Coordinate with SCM and resource planning.
• Communicate progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

CPM analysis

Communication

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

PIMS

MS Project

Document management systems

Power BI

Visio

MS Office

Job description

Project Planning and Controls Specialist - HVDC

Lead planning, scheduling efforts for all project phases. Maintain and analyse actual and forecasted schedules. Monitor, report and manage deviations.

How you'll make an impact:

Ensures projects follow sound methodology and execution practices in accordance with internal standard procedures. Ensures that an integrated schedule for the project’s entire scope of work is provided.

Analyses project requirements with project team, checks that all essential work activities have been identified in sufficient detail to serve as a basis for developing realistic project schedules. Defines, jointly with the project team, project work aligned to the cost breakdown structure, develops, and maintains properly linked, required role loaded/integrated, baseline and current schedules that provide time phased baseline, actual and forecast data for project.

Monitors project progress and regularly analyses project critical paths to ensure all critical path activities and project milestones are progressed to the plan, notifies Project Managers of any deviations or scheduling issues, and provides input for optimizing resources. When required prepares EOT Schedules and Schedule Analysis to support Project Team. Works together with Line Management Organization to resolve Resource Demand / Supply Conflicts. Issues progress reports, schedule updates and productivity data on a regular basis and as requested by customers and stakeholders.

Supports the establishment of a baseline plan for cost and cash flow performance measurement. Works with project team to define the necessary resources for project completion, evaluating the work breakdown structure and standard productivity.

Works closely with engineering, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, client and contractors to identify potential changes in scope and quantifies the impact of each change in a timely fashion.Works with project team to identify and assess the priority of project risks (e.g. schedule, cost and scope risks), and proposes mitigation plans. Analyses impact of risk on the overall timeline and resources.

Integrates material resource requirements with project schedule and defines procurement activities and order lead times. Regularly communicates with SCM team and updates schedules to ensure procurement activities take place in a timely way and lead times are optimized to meet schedule targets.

Participates in project reviews. Composes reports and updates all required project data in Project Controls and reporting systems for Management Information and Project Analysis. Communicates project progress and control issues to project management team and offers solutions.Effectively communicates appropriate information to the Project Manager and other stakeholders in a timely manner and to achieve desired understanding.

Where required: Support Sales & Operations Planning Process. Work together with Sales team to define Planning Scenarios, and drive workload data collection process from organization. Chair monthly S&OP Review Meeting.

You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

You hold a bachelor's degree.

Have Project Planning and Controls Experience with a work experience of 8+ years in EPC / Sub-Station Projects.

Must have knowledge and skills in Primavera P6, PIMS, MS Project, Document Management Systems, Power Bi, Visio, etc.

Knowledge and experience using MS Office: Word, Excel, Power Point.

Good knowledge of process structuring & process management.

Experience in Large Scale EPC project with specialization in Project Planning and Controls, experience in Baseline Schedule Finalization, MPR, DPR, EoT Claim, CPM, etc, experience in Home Office planning with Site execution experience in Sub Station or any EPC projects are preferred.

Self-starter calibre who could own tasks through to completion.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.