11 Sep
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Larsen u0026 Toubro (Lu0026T)
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Vadodara
11 Sep
Larsen u0026 Toubro (Lu0026T)
Vadodara
Larsen & Toubro Ltd, commonly known as L&T;, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, with business interests in engineering, construction, manufacturing, technology, information technology and financial services, headquartered in Mumbai. The company is counted among world's top five construction companies.
The L&T; Group comprises of 93 subsidiaries, 5 associate companies, 27 joint ventures and 35 jointly held operations, operating across basic and heavy engineering, construction, realty, manufacturing of capital goods, information technology, and financial services.
Role - Faculty (Planning & Scheduling)
Location - Vadodara, Gujarat
Educations required - Ph.D (IIT)
Position Purpose To strengthen L&T;'s capability in Project Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls through teaching, mentoring, content development and engagement with businesses and live projects.
The faculty member will contribute to PDA and other IPM programmes, including the Planning Capability Development initiative, Strategic Capability Development Modules, Master Classes and IC-specific interventions.
Educational Qualification
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required. A Master's Degree in Engineering, Project/Construction Management, Management or a related discipline will be an advantage.
- Strong practical experience in project planning, scheduling, project controls and execution, preferably in EPC or major projects.
- Good understanding and hands-on exposure to Primavera P6 or equivalent project planning systems.
- Ability and interest in teaching, facilitation, mentoring and sharing project experience with working professionals. Previous training or executive-education experience will be an advantage but is not essential for strong industry practitioners.
- A Ph.D. in a relevant discipline from a recognised institution will be an advantage.
Candidates with strong academic/research credentials should also demonstrate an understanding of practical project and EPC environments.
Key Responsibilities
Teaching and Facilitation
- Deliver approximately 400 teaching/facilitation hours per year, depending on the programme mix and other academic responsibilities, across PDA, Planning Capability programmes, SCDMs, Master Classes, IC-specific programmes and other IPM initiatives.
- Facilitate classroom, virtual and blended learning programmes.
- Use L&T; and industry project examples to connect concepts with actual project situations.
- Coach and mentor participants and support application of learning to their projects wherever relevant.
Content and Learning Development
- Design, develop and continuously improve learning content, case studies, project exercises, simulations, assessments, tools and checklists related to Planning & Scheduling.
- Incorporate contemporary project management practices, digital technologies and relevant L&T; practices and lessons from projects into programmes.
- Develop recent learning interventions in response to emerging business and project capability needs.
- Contribute to documenting project experiences and converting them into reusable learning material.
Business and Stakeholder Engagement
- Work with IC/SBG HR teams, Planning Heads, Project Directors, Project Managers, academic partners, Professors of Practice (PoPs), Associate Professors of Practice (APoPs), SMEs and other stakeholders.
- Engage with project teams and business leaders to understand emerging capability requirements.
- Visit projects, where required, to understand planning practices, execution challenges and learning needs.
Programme and Institutional Contribution
- Support the academic planning and delivery of PDA (Project director Academy) and other IPM programmes.
- Work with Programme Coordinators and IPM teams for effective programme delivery.
- Review participant feedback, assessments and programme outcomes and use them to improve content and delivery.
- Contribute to IPM's knowledge repository, case studies, publications and thought-leadership activities.
- Support IPM events, project-management forums and institutional initiatives.
- Contribute to digital learning and responsible adoption of AI and technology-enabled learning tools where relevant.
Domain Expertise The candidate should have strong knowledge and practical experience in several of the following areas, with Planning & Scheduling and Project Controls as the core requirement:
- Project Planning & Scheduling
- Primavera P6 and/or comparable enterprise planning systems
- Development of integrated EPC schedules
- Work Breakdown Structures, milestones and schedule logic
- Project Controls
- Engineering, procurement and construction interface planning
- Resource Planning and Optimisation
- Progress Measurement, Monitoring and Control
- Look-ahead planning and constraint management
- Delay Analysis and Schedule Recovery
- Earned Value Management
- Project Risk Management
- Construction Planning
- Schedule forecasting, reporting and management decision support
- Planning for commissioning, completion and project close-out
Travel Requirement
- The role requires travel to IPM locations, L&T; businesses and project sites as required for programme delivery, project engagement and capability-development initiatives.
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