Project Planner

Job Description

About the Company

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.
We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support.

Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.

About the Business Unit

Global Delivery Services Centre (GDSC) is a high-impact business unit within Mott MacDonald, dedicated to enhancing project delivery across our global operations.

As part of GDSC, you’ll join a team that champions excellence in both technical and digital disciplines, supporting projects at every stage of the lifecycle—from concept to completion. We work to international design standards and regulations, ensuring our contributions meet the highest benchmarks of quality and innovation.

At GDSC, you’ll be empowered to collaborate across borders, grow your expertise, and make a meaningful impact on infrastructure and development projects that shape communities worldwide.

Job Description:

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to the following:

• Project planning, including creating schedules and resource baselines for multi-disciplinary projects, from concept to construction phases, using Primavera P6 and MSP.
• Preparing and updating WBS and project schedules, staffing/resourcing plans.
• Identify the critical-path activities for project milestones.
• Verifying actual progress to original plans, monitor schedule deviations and recommend corrective action/work-around any issues that may arise.
• Prepare and update deliverable schedules, track deliverable level progress using DCI or other tools, Prepare variance analysis report, catch-up plans etc.
• Integrate schedule requirements and constraints to establish work sequences for all disciplines or specialties.
• Review schedule data, identify and acquire information needed to complete work/interface between project teams.
• Preparing and updating progress 'S' curves for reporting progress to Client/Management.
• Earned Value management, discipline wise productivity tracking, etc.
• Monitoring, adjusting and updating the cost plan and cash flows accordingly and the consolidating these results in monthly reports.
• Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across teams and projects.
• Supporting PM in their daily tasks, as & when required and other Business Management System activities.
  
  

Candidate’s qualifications/specifications:

• B.E./B.Tech in Engineering
• Minimum 3 years of working experience in project planning activities using Primavera P6 and MS projects for multi-disciplinary projects.
• Work experience in Design consultancy is preferred.
• Good knowledge on preparing progress reports, reviewing the schedules for deviations and recommending corrective actions
• Knowledge of Design requirements, discipline deliverables, DCI and workflow processes
• Having excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  
  
  

We can offer (subject to Company’s policy):

- Agile and safe working environment

- Competitive annual leave and sick leaves

- Group incentive scheme

- Group term life insurance, Workmen’s compensation and Group medical insurance coverage

- Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities

- Global collaboration and knowledge sharing

- Digital Innovation and Transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.