Job Description Project Planner (Construction Project) Primavera P6

Position: Project Planner / Planning Engineer Location: Project Site at Client Experience: 5 - 7 Years (Construction/Industrial Projects Preferred)

Job Purpose: To develop, monitor, update, and control project schedules using Primavera P6, ensuring timely completion of construction and pre commissioning activities through effective planning, progress monitoring, reporting, and coordination with project stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop detailed project schedules, baseline programs, and resource-loaded plans using Primavera P6.
- Prepare Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activity coding, project calendars, and resource assignments.
- Monitor project progress against approved baseline schedules and identify schedule variances.
- Conduct critical path analysis and recommend mitigation and recovery actions to maintain project timelines.
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, look-ahead schedules, and management presentations.
- Track construction, testing, and commissioning activities.
- Review contractor schedules and validate progress measurement.
- Support project controls activities including forecasting, delay analysis, and risk assessments.
- Participate in project review meetings and provide schedule-related inputs for management decision-making.




- Project Planning & Scheduling Expertise in Primavera P6.
- Expertise required in Schedule Integration (Mechanical completion, Pre-commissioning, Commissioning, Start-up, Production ramp-up schedules
- Systemization breakdown will be Important to understand breakdown and how a plant is divided into Systems and Sub Systems.
- Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Execution Knowledge and understands Commissioning Logic.
- Knowledge of Commissioning Progress Measurement must be able establish KPIs and measure against them.
- Steel Plant Process Logic would be an advantage.

Required Skills

- Expert knowledge of Primavera P6.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and project reporting tools.
- Understanding of project lifecycle from engineering through commissioning.
- Ability to develop baseline schedules, resource plans, and progress measurement systems.
- Knowledge of delay analysis, critical path methodology (CPM), and risk management.
- Robust analytical, communication, and coordination skills.
- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced project environment.

Preferred Experience

- Experience in large EPC, steel plant, refinery, power, or heavy industrial construction projects.
- Experience in tracking manpower, equipment, and productivity performance.

📌 Project Planner / Planning Engineer (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Grant Thornton Bharat
📍 Ahmedabad