Planning Engineer

Qualification: B.E. / B.Tech in Civil Engineering

Experience: 10–12 years in project planning and controls

Budget – 4.8 LPA to 8.4 LPA

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Planning Engineer to lead project planning, scheduling, and controls across a prestigious portfolio of developments, including 5-star heritage-themed hotels, master-planned villa communities, high-rise towers, and large real estate projects. The role requires strong expertise in project scheduling, resource loading, monitoring, and reporting to ensure that projects are executed on time, within budget, and in line with quality and safety standards

Key Responsibilities

Project Scheduling & Controls

• Develop and maintain master project schedules, WBS, resource-loaded schedules, milestone charts, and cash flow forecasts.
• Ensure construction sequencing and methodologies align with project goals and statutory approvals.
• Apply Primavera P6/MS Project to manage multi-package contractor schedules.

Progress Tracking & Reporting

• Develop and administer reporting systems (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) aligned to management requirements.
• Collect and validate progress data, manpower and equipment deployment, and productivity reports.
• Prepare progress dashboards, S-curves, catch-up programs, milestone charts, and recovery measures.
• Track actual vs. planned financial progress
• Undertake all statutory project reporting in compliance with RERA Authorities, ensuring timely and accurate submissions

Performance & Contract Administration

• Maintain logs for drawings, approvals, deliverables, submittals, and progress reports.
• Track claims, extensions of time, and dispute resolution processes.
• Apply PMP methodologies such as Earned Value Analysis (EVA) to track time and cost performance

Billing & Certification

• Review and certify RA (Running Account)Bills submitted by site teams and contractors.
• Conduct joint site measurements and verify executed quantities against BOQ/scope, maintain measurement books (MBs) in standard Formats
• Certify contractor payment certificates based on actual progress, quality checks, and compliance.
• Support reconciliation of quantities and cost tracking during project closure.

General Responsibilities

• Provide planning and billing inputs during review meetings.
• Align planning and reporting systems with company policies and industry standards.
• Assist in budgeting, estimation, and value engineering exercises.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

Specific Requirements (Planning Engineer Role)

• Graduate in Civil engineering with 10–12 years’ proven planning and project controls experience, preferably with leading real estate developers or major contractors.
• Expertise in planning and controlling large-scale projects in hospitality, luxury residential, and township/master-planned developments.
• Strong knowledge of construction methodologies, IS codes, quality, HSE standards, and project controls.
• Hands-on experience in:
• Primavera P6 & MS Project (scheduling and controls)
• MS Office Suite
• AutoCAD & Estimation software
• Excellent skills in analysis, coordination, and management reporting.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills to work across multi-disciplinary teams.

General Requirements (Applicable to All Positions)

• Proven ability to deliver real estate development projects within best feasible timeframes, ensuring highest standards of quality, safety, and value engineering.
• Computer literate with hands-on experience in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and relevant project management software.
• Strong oral and written communication, reporting, and documentation skills.
• Hardworking, adaptable, result-driven, and medically fit to perform both office-based and site-based responsibilities.
• Strong sense of professional integrity, teamwork, and accountability.
• Willing to join on a long-term basis.