Project Planning Manager

Job Title

Project Planning Manager

Lead the planning, scheduling, project controls, and performance management functions for large-scale building construction projects. The role is responsible for ensuring effective project monitoring, forecasting, risk management, progress tracking, and timely project delivery through robust planning and controls processes.

• Develop and manage integrated project schedules, resource-loaded plans, project baselines, and recovery programs for large building construction projects.
• Monitor project progress, critical paths, milestones, productivity, earned value, and performance metrics, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
• Lead cost control, forecasting, cash flow monitoring, risk analysis, delay analysis, and change management processes.
• Prepare and present project dashboards, MIS reports, executive summaries, and progress reviews for senior management and clients.
• Coordinate with construction, engineering, procurement, commercial, and site teams to drive project performance and timely project completion.

• Bachelors degree in civil engineering with 12-18 years of experience in project planning and controls for large-scale building construction projects.
• Strong expertise in Primavera P6, MS Project, project scheduling, resource planning, cost control, earned value management (EVM), and progress measurement systems.
• Proven experience working on institutional projects such as university campuses, schools, colleges, hospitals, commercial complexes, airports, or large mixed-use developments.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle management, delay analysis, risk management, project reporting, and stakeholder management.
• Excellent analytical, communication, leadership, and team management skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and project teams.