Planning Manager (Dahej, Gujarat)

Job description

**Role & responsibilities** - Develop and maintain integrated project schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, and commissioning activities. - Establish project baselines, milestones, critical paths, and progress measurement systems in alignment with project objectives. - Monitor project progress against approved schedules and proactively identify delays, bottlenecks, and schedule risks. - Conduct schedule analysis and prepare recovery plans to mitigate project delays and improve execution performance. - Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and client teams to ensure schedule alignment. - Perform critical path analysis, resource loading, and productivity assessments to support effective project execution. - Generate periodic planning reports, dashboards, S-curves, look-ahead schedules, and management presentations. - Support project management in forecasting completion dates and evaluating schedule impacts of changes and risks. - Analyze contractor schedules and monitor subcontractor performance against contractual milestones. - Support claims analysis, extension of time (EOT) assessments, and delay impact evaluations when required. - Ensure compliance with project planning procedures, project controls standards, and client reporting requirements. - Lead and mentor planning engineers while driving continuous improvement in planning and scheduling practices. **Preferred candidate profile** - Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation Engineering, or related discipline. - Postgraduate qualification in Project Management or Construction Management will be preferred. - Primavera P6 certification, PMP, PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional), or equivalent certification is desirable. - 10-15 years of experience in Project Planning and Scheduling within Fertilizer, Petrochemical, Refinery, Chemical, Oil & Gas, Energy, or EPC projects.