1. Job Purpose

We are looking for an experienced AGM Planning with a strong background in hotel and hospitality construction projects, including successfully completed hotel projects.

The candidate will be responsible for project planning, scheduling, monitoring, progress tracking, critical path analysis, delay management, and project controls from design development through construction and final handover.

The ideal candidate must have hands-on experience in Primavera P6, preparation of master project schedules, baseline programmes, project monitoring, and reporting for completed hotel or hospitality projects.

Candidates with completed hotel project experience and a strong planning background will be preferred. Experience limited to residential, commercial, or infrastructure projects without hotel project exposure will not meet the primary requirement.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Project Planning & Scheduling

- Develop, prepare, and maintain the overall Master Project Schedule for hotel construction projects.
- Prepare project baseline programmes, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), milestone schedules, detailed activity schedules, and look-ahead programmes.
- Develop and monitor Level 1 to Level 5 schedules, depending on project requirements.
- Prepare and update project schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
- Identify critical path activities, schedule slippages, dependencies, and potential delays.
- Prepare recovery programmes and corrective action plans to achieve project milestones.
- Integrate design, civil, structural, MEP, interior fit-out, faade, landscape, and finishing activities into the overall project programme.

B. Planning & Project Controls

- Monitor planned versus actual progress and analyse schedule variances.
- Track progress across major hotel construction packages, including guest rooms, lobbies, banquet halls, restaurants, kitchens, back-of-house areas, and public spaces.
- Coordinate with site planning teams, contractors, consultants, and project management teams to obtain accurate progress updates.
- Monitor construction productivity, activity completion, work fronts, and resource deployment.
- Identify delays and constraints affecting project completion and recommend corrective measures.
- Maintain project milestone trackers, delay registers, and progress monitoring systems.

C. Project Monitoring & MIS Reporting

- Prepare weekly, fortnightly, and monthly project progress reports for senior management.
- Develop S-curves, progress dashboards, milestone charts, and planned-versus-actual reports.




- Analyse schedule performance and highlight critical activities requiring management intervention.
- Prepare progress presentations and planning reports for project review meetings.
- Maintain accurate project planning records and ensure timely schedule updates.

D. Design & Procurement Schedule Coordination

- Prepare and monitor design deliverable schedules in coordination with architects and consultants.
- Track drawing approvals, shop drawings, material approvals, and construction release dates.
- Coordinate with procurement teams to monitor long-lead items against project milestones.
- Track procurement schedules for major hotel equipment, HVAC systems, lifts, kitchen equipment, electrical systems, guestroom FF&E;, and specialist finishes.
- Assess the impact of design and procurement delays on construction schedules.

E. Delay Analysis & Recovery Planning

- Identify schedule risks, bottlenecks, and potential delays at an early stage.
- Conduct critical path analysis and assess the impact of delays on project completion.
- Prepare mitigation strategies, revised schedules, and catch-up programmes.
- Support extension-of-time (EOT) assessments and delay analysis documentation, where required.
- Monitor progress against contractual milestones and approved project timelines.

F. Testing, Commissioning & Handover Planning

- Prepare and monitor integrated schedules for testing, commissioning, snagging, de-snagging, and final handover.
- Coordinate completion schedules for MEP systems, fire and life safety, lifts, kitchen equipment, and other hotel facilities.
- Monitor outstanding works and handover milestones to support timely hotel opening.
- Ensure the project schedule incorporates statutory inspections, authority approvals, as-built documentation, and operational handover requirements.

3. Qualification & Experience

Educational Qualification

- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline.
- Postgraduate qualifications or certifications in Project Management / Project Controls will be an advantage.

Experience Requirements





- 12–18 years of overall experience in project planning and project controls within the construction industry.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in hotel, resort, or hospitality construction projects.
- Must have experience working on at least one completed hotel or hospitality construction project.
- Robust hands-on experience in Primavera P6, baseline scheduling, progress monitoring, critical path analysis, and recovery planning.
- Experience coordinating civil, structural, MEP, interior fit-out, and finishing schedules.
- Experience with luxury hotels, resorts, large hospitality developments, or integrated hotel projects will be preferred.
- Experience in a Planning Manager, Senior Planning Manager, Project Controls Manager, or equivalent planning role is desirable.

4. Required Technical Skills

- Primavera P6 – strong practical working knowledge.
- MS Project and advanced MS Excel.
- Master project scheduling and baseline programme preparation.
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and activity sequencing.
- Critical path method (CPM) and schedule variance analysis.
- S-curves, progress dashboards, and MIS reporting.
- Delay analysis, recovery schedules, and look-ahead planning.
- Construction progress measurement and project controls.

5. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Accuracy and timely updating of the master project schedule.
- Achievement of planned project milestones.
- Early identification and reporting of schedule delays.
- Effectiveness of recovery and mitigation programmes.
- Accuracy of planned-versus-actual progress reporting.
- Timely completion of critical design and procurement milestones.
- Effective integration of construction, MEP, interiors, and finishing schedules.
- Timely planning and monitoring of commissioning and handover.

6. Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a planning and project controls professional with substantial experience in hotel construction and a proven track record of contributing to the successful completion of hospitality projects.

The candidate must possess strong technical expertise in Primavera P6, project scheduling, critical path management, delay analysis, progress monitoring, and reporting.

Priority will be given to candidates who have completed hotel projects and can demonstrate hands-on responsibility for planning and project controls. Candidates whose experience is primarily in execution, site supervision, design coordination, or general project management without strong planning expertise should not be the primary target.

📌 AGM-Planning (Hyderabad)
🏢 Lansum Properties
📍 Hyderabad