Planning Engineer

Jurong Engineering Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jurong Engineering Ltd is seeking an experienced Project Scheduler to prepare and maintain construction schedules for power/industrial plant projects in Singapore. You will use Primavera P6 as the primary tool and MS Project as backup, establish WBS and baselines, and track progress with accurate reporting.

Strong coordination with engineering, procurement, construction teams and site personnel is essential.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role on power/industrial plant projects.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Able to develop and review logically linked schedules with proper sequencing.
• Able to interpret engineering deliverables, drawings, procurement schedules.
• Familiar with resource loading, progress measurement and critical-path techniques.
• Independent and effective communicator with project teams and clients.
• Good time management, planning, organization and attention to detail.
• Willing to work in construction site conditions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, develop and maintain the overall project construction schedule using Primavera P6 with Primavera P6 as the primary planning tool.
• Establish the work breakdown structure, schedule coding, activity logic, calendars, constraints and interfaces per execution strategy.
• Collect, verify and consolidate progress information from engineering, procurement, construction, subcontractors, suppliers and site personnel.
• Establish the baseline schedule and regularly update progress against it.
• Develop and maintain S-curves with resource loading and progress measurement.
• Update activities, resources and sequences in Primavera P6 from project team and site inputs.
• Monitor planned vs actual progress, identify schedule gaps/delays and communicate impacts and actions.
• Identify critical path and highlight schedule risks and potential delays to milestones.
• Coordinate with teams to develop mitigations, revised sequences and recovery programmes.
• Follow up with project team to obtain timely progress updates for reporting.
• Liaise with clients, project teams, subcontractors and suppliers on scheduling matters.
• Prepare progress reports, look-ahead schedules, schedule analysis, and resource/cost estimates.
• Support management in assessing schedule implications of changes and constraints.
• Maintain accurate schedule records and progress data for reviews and correspondence.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Skills

Time management

Communication

Independent work

Education

Diploma/ Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Prepare, develop and maintain the overall project construction schedule using Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project, with Primavera P6 as the primary planning tool

• Establish the project Work Breakdown Structure, schedule coding, activity logic, calendars, constraints and key interfaces in accordance with the approved project execution strategy.

• Collect, verify and consolidate progress information from engineering, procurement, construction, subcontractors, suppliers and site personnel.

• Establish the baseline schedule, regularly update actual progress against the approved baseline

• Develop and maintain S-curves through Primavera P6, including resource loading and progress measurement based on cost and/or duration

• Update project activities, resources, construction sequences and actual progress in Primavera P6 based on inputs from the project team and site

• Proactively monitor planned versus actual progress, identify and analyse schedule gaps or delays including any impact on key milestones, and promptly update Project Management on areas of concern, potential impact and required attention

• Identify and monitor the critical/longest path, and proactively highlight schedule risks, potential delays and impact on key project milestones

• Coordinate with project team members to develop mitigation measures, revised work sequences, catch up programmes and recovery schedules where required

• Proactively follow up with project team members, engineers, subcontractors and other disciplines to obtain timely and accurate progress updates for schedule reporting

• Liaise and coordinate with clients, project teams, subcontractors, contractors and suppliers on project progress, construction sequencing and scheduling matters

• Prepare regular progress reports, look ahead schedule, schedule analysis, resource requirements, cost estimates and man-hour analysis as required

• Support Project Management in assessing the schedule implications of changes, instructions, variations, delayed information and other project constraints

• Maintain accurate schedule records and progress data to support project reviews, management decisions and contractual correspondence

• Any other duties to be assigned from time to time

Pre-requisites:

• Diploma/ Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline

• Minimum5 years of experience in similar role for power plant / industrial plant projects

• Proficient in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project

• Able to develop and review logically linked schedules and identify missing logic, excessive constraints, unrealistic durations and sequencing issues.

• Able to interpret engineering deliverables, construction methodology, drawings, procurement schedules and site execution sequences.

• Familiar with resource loading, progress measurement, schedule forecasting, variance analysis and critical-path techniques.

• Knowledge of schedule delay analysis and Extension of Time support will be an advantage

• Independent and able to communicate effectively at all levels with other disciplines and clients

• Good time management and planning

• Good organizational skills and methodological approach

• Strong attention to details

• Willing to work in construction site conditions