Senior Project Planner

2 days ago

Chennai Mumbai, India NKT Operations Full time

Drive project success with strategic planning

Do you want to aid in ensuring the smooth implementation of projects with a globally expanding team? As a Project Planner, you will be at the heart of our project planning, analyzing, monitoring, forecasting, and reporting efforts. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the green transition and be part of a global company on a growth journey. Are you ready to innovate and improve processes?

Ensure seamless project management

Your responsibility will be to: create project plans that meet project requirements by coordinating with all stakeholders. You will escalate and resolve any planning clashes, monitor project progress, and provide periodic reports to management and clients. Additionally, you will improve processes and tools to enhance project efficiency.

  • Guide and train Associate/Junior Planners
  • Identify project requirements and support the Tender Team during the tender phase
  • Develop, implement, and maintain procedures for scheduling, progress control, and reporting
  • Manage the Project Work Breakdown Structure to comply with project needs and company standards
  • Coordinate schedules from multiple subcontractors/vendors and incorporate them into the overall project master schedule

You will report to the Planning Department and work closely with the Karlskrona Project teams. This position is based in Chennai / Mumbai with travel to Sweden for 1-2 months as part of onboarding and occasional site visits.

Experienced project planner with an initiative-driven mindset

We are looking for a candidate with an open mindset, communication skills, and a structured approach. You should be creative, customer-focused, and take responsibility for your work. Being collaborative with colleagues is essential for this role.

You also have:

  • An engineering degree in any discipline with planning or equivalent
  • Minimum 8+ years of industrial experience in project planning in High Voltage Cables, Oil & Gas, Offshore Industry
  • Proficiency in English; knowledge of German or Swedish is a plus
  • Advanced experience with Primavera P6 and Power-BI
  • PMI-SP, AACE-CST/PSP certification (preferred)
  • Deltek Acumen Fuse+Risk meritorious (Preferred)

Be a part of our global growth journey

NKT is committed to fostering a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best. We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance, and that an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better place to work.

This role offers career development opportunities, the chance to be part of a collaborative team, and the opportunity to grow your skills in an international setting. You will contribute significantly to our projects, aiding the green transition and our global growth.

We will review applications continuously, but we recommend you apply no later than 31st October 2025. Be aware that personality and cognitive tests might be included in the recruitment process. Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.

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