Lead Planner/Scheduler – MV/HV Substations (EPC)

CTS Group; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal allowance €10.46/day

Private health insurance

22 working days annual leave

Portugal daily living allowance during

Job summary

CTS Group seeks a Planner/Scheduler to develop and maintain integrated programmes for MV/HV substation projects under EPC contracts. The role coordinates with Project Managers, Design Engineering, Procurement and Site Management to ensure milestone delivery and risk mitigation across engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning.

Responsibilities include schedule development, progress monitoring, change impact analysis and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a planner or scheduler on engineering and construction projects.
• Experience planning MV/HV substation, power transmission, renewable energy or other energy infrastructure projects is highly desirable.
• Experience with EPC or design-and-build projects, integrating engineering, procurement and construction activities.
• Proven experience managing schedules for several concurrent projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed, resource-loaded baseline schedules for EPC substation projects in line with contract requirements and milestones.
• Define the work breakdown structure (WBS), activity coding and logic in collaboration with project teams.
• Integrate engineering, procurement and construction activities including long-lead equipment.
• Incorporate client, grid-owner and outage constraints, permits, weather windows into the programme.
• Prepare tender-stage programmes and method-based duration estimates to support the Bid team.
• Update project schedules at agreed intervals with actual progress from site, engineering and procurement.
• Analyse critical and near-critical paths, float consumption and schedule performance.
• Identify delays, risks and trends early, and support Project Managers in recovery plans.
• Maintain look-ahead programmes (3–6 week) for site teams and coordinate with Site Managers.
• Track milestones, interfaces and dependencies across multiple concurrent projects.

Skills

CPM / Critical Path

Resource loading

Progress measurement

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Civil or Mechanical)

Planning or project controls certification (AACE PSP, PMI-SP)

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Excel

Job description

CTS Group seeks a Planner/Scheduler to develop and maintain integrated programmes for MV/HV substation projects under EPC contracts. The role coordinates with Project Managers, Design Engineering, Procurement and Site Management to ensure milestone delivery and risk mitigation across engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning.

Responsibilities include schedule development, progress monitoring, change impact analysis and timely reporting.