Principal Project Planner

Role overview

Principal Project Planner at Worley

Employment details

• Location: Mumbai [MH] [IN]

About the employer

• Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.
• We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets.
• We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning.
• Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.
• The Role
• As a Principal Project Planner with Worley, you will work closely with our existing team to deliver projects for our clients while continuing to develop your skills and experience etc.
• Responsible to lead the team of Planning engineers for Construction planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control of the project.
• Assign/distribute works/work areas to the planning engineers and ensure that.
• Level III Construction Programme for the project is developed.
• Level III Programme is reviewed and modified, as appropriate.
• Level IV schedule for critical areas of the project/critical phase of construction are developed, as may be required.
• Prepare the WBS for construction and the S curves for progress monitoring/Review the WBS structure and the S Curves, in case available, and make modifications as appropriate along with the Planning Engineers.
• Discuss with Customer and finalize the progress reporting formats, in line with the standard formats.
• Review the tender/contract documents to understand the requirements of construction planning and rogress reporting to be fulfilled by the contractors.
• Collaborate with the planning engineers/discipline engineers towards review of the construction programme and resource deployment schedule submitted by the contractors.
• Consolidate and furnish comments on the submission from the contractors.
• Collaborate with the planning engineers/discipline engineers and the Construction Manager/Resident Construction Manager for approval of the contractor’s schedule and resource deployment plan.
• Additional Responsibilities:
• Align with the contractors for progress reporting formats and frequency.
• Report overall progress of construction periodically as agreed with the Customer.
• Collaborate with planning engineers/discipline engineers in monitoring the work front status in terms of IFC drawings (Issued for Construction Drawings) and availability of Free Issue Materials.
• Collaborate with planning engineers/discipline engineers in monitoring the progress of works and resource deployment by the contractors.
• Highlight deficiencies through formal communication to the contractors.
• Prepare slide packs for progress review meetings with contractors and customer.
• Review minutes of meetings, as required.
• Assist the Resident Construction Manager/Construction Manager to monitor the Worley internal budget for Construction Management.
• About You
• To be considered for this role it is envisaged you will possess the following attributes:
• Knowledge of sequence of activities, durations, resource requirement and progress monitoring methods. for various construction activities.
• Graduate Engineers with minimum 15 years of experience with minimum 3 years of experience of working as Lead Engineer/Area Manager/Superintendent in Oil & Gas Sector and Chemicals.
• Graduate in Engineering/Diploma in Engineering in respective discipline.
• Knowledge of safe methods of execution of construction activities for the respective discipline.
• Proficient in MS Office and Primavera.
• Team Player, interpersonal skills.
• Adaptable, open towards learning and development, person of integrity and possess good communication skills.
• Moving forward together
• We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact.
• So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.
• We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace.
• Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.
• And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it.
• We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.
• Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.
• And there's no barrier to your potential career success.
• Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.