Assistant Manager

Sterling and Wilson • 3w ago

Assistant Manager – Planning (EPC / IEPC – Mumbai)

📍 Role Summary

The Senior Engineer – Planning is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and controlling project schedules for engineering, procurement, and construction projects. The role ensures planning processes align with project objectives — time, cost, quality, and safety — and supports project execution teams with accurate forecasting, resource planning, reporting, and risk mitigation.

🛠 Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning & Scheduling

Develop, update, and maintain detailed baseline and project schedules covering engineering, procurement, and construction phases.
Coordinate Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), activity sequencing, milestones, and critical paths.
Prepare S-curves, histograms, manpower profiles, and other planning visuals.
Load and manage schedule resources (manpower, equipment, materials) to reflect realistic progress forecasts.

2. Monitoring & Progress Control

Track actual progress against the baseline schedule; identify deviations and causes.
Conduct variance analysis, critical path reviews, and prepare corrective action recommendations.
Support Earned Value Management (EVM) or other performance measurement methods where applicable.
Prepare regular planning reports for internal management and client communication.

3. Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement

Liaise with project managers, engineering discipline leads, procurement, construction teams, and contractors to ensure integrated planning.
Participate in planning workshops, progress meetings, and steering committees.
Provide input to risk assessments, schedule impact analyses, and change control.

4. Reporting & Documentation

Prepare weekly/monthly planning reports, dashboards, and risk highlight summaries.
Maintain planning records, baseline documents, meeting minutes, and schedule archives.

5. Leadership & Mentoring

Guide and mentor junior planners or assistant planning engineers.
Promote best practices in planning, scheduling tools, and project controls execution.

🎓 Qualifications & Skills

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil/Mechanical/Electrical) or Construction Management.
Typically 8+ years of planning experience in EPC or large construction projects.

Technical Skills

Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
Strong analytical, critical path method (CPM), and schedule interpretation skills.
Good understanding of resource planning, progress tracking, and reporting techniques.

Soft Skills