Project Planning Engineer - Datacenter projects

Role Summary

The Project Planning Engineer will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and controlling project schedules for datacenter design and build projects. The role ensures accurate project planning, resource forecasting, progress tracking, risk identification, and coordination with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver projects within defined timelines.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning & Scheduling

• Prepare and manage the project schedule using Primavera P6 or MS Project.
  
• Develop WBS, activity sequencing, milestones, critical path, and project baselines.
  
• Update and maintain schedule progress, delays, mitigations, and recovery plans.
  
• Integrate design, procurement, engineering, and execution timelines into a unified master schedule.
  

2. Progress Monitoring & Reporting

• Track weekly and monthly progress against approved baselines.
  
• Prepare detailed progress reports, delay notifications, look-ahead plans, and MIS dashboards.
  
• Support management reviews with schedule analytics, S-curves, and resource histograms.
  

3. Resource & Cost Planning

• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and contractors for resource forecasting.
  
• Support cost and schedule integration for earned value analysis.
  
• Identify potential cost implications related to schedule variances.
  

4. Coordination & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with the Design team, MEP teams, Procurement, Contractors, and PMO.
  
• Facilitate planning meetings and communicate schedule impacts to stakeholders.
  
• Ensure alignment between design deliverables and project execution plans.
  

5. Risk Management

• Identify schedule risks and propose mitigation strategies.
  
• Maintain a risk register with quantifications of impact on timelines.
  

6. Change Management

• Assess design changes or site variations and evaluate impact on timelines.
  
• Update project schedules to reflect approved change requests.
  

Qualifications & Skills

Educational Qualification

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or Industrial Engineering.
  

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
  
• Familiarity with MEP, Datacenter infrastructure, and construction sequencing.
  
• Knowledge of project control tools: S-curve, dashboards, KPI tracking.
  

Competencies

• Strong analytical and planning skills.
  
• Clear communication and coordination skills.
  
• Ability to work in high-speed project environments.
  
• Problem-solving and structured thinking.
  
• Stakeholder management capability.
  

Preferred Experience

• Experience in Datacenter engineering projects, industrial infrastructure, or large MEP packages.
  
• Exposure to design and build project phases—from concept to commissioning.
  
• Knowledge of procurement planning and vendor coordination in datacenter environments.