Planning Engineer

Key Responsibilities / KRA

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules for mechanical construction activities in line with the overall project master schedule.
  
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and look-ahead plans for mechanical works, including equipment erection, piping, tanks, static and rotating equipment, and related activities.
  
• Monitor actual site progress against planned targets and identify schedule deviations, delays, and critical activities.
  
• Prepare and maintain project schedules, S-curves, progress reports, productivity reports, and other project control documents.
  
• Coordinate with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, QA/QC, Commercial, and other project teams to ensure timely execution of planned activities.
  
• Track availability of materials, equipment, drawings, work fronts, manpower, and other resources required for mechanical construction.
  
• Monitor subcontractor performance, manpower deployment, productivity, and progress against approved schedules.
  
• Prepare recovery plans and mitigation strategies for delayed or critical activities in coordination with the project team.
  
• Maintain progress measurement systems and ensure accurate calculation of physical/mechanical progress.
  
• Identify project constraints, interface issues, and potential risks affecting schedule and coordinate for timely resolution.
  
• Conduct regular planning and progress review meetings and follow up on action points.
  
• Support mechanical completion, testing, pre-commissioning, and commissioning planning as per project milestones.
  
• Prepare and submit DPR, WPR, MPR, progress dashboards, and management reports within agreed timelines.
  
• Ensure proper documentation and maintenance of planning records, schedules, progress data, and supporting documents.
  
• Provide timely inputs to Project Manager/Planning Manager for schedule performance, critical activities, and recovery requirements.
  

Key Performance Areas

• Achievement of planned mechanical construction milestones.
  
• Accuracy and timely submission of project progress reports.
  
• Effective look-ahead and short-term planning.
  
• Timely identification and resolution/escalation of project constraints.
  
• Monitoring and improvement of manpower and equipment productivity.
  
• Effective coordination with subcontractors and cross-functional teams.
  
• Control of schedule slippage and implementation of recovery plans.
  
• Support for timely mechanical completion and project handover.