John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of our time: facilitating access to low-carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures.

Its offer to companies, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defense, industry, environment, transport and infrastructures.

With more than 8 200 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1.649 billion in 2025 in 27 countries, on 5 continents.

Location - Mumbai, India

Overview –

Driven by the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group’s primary mission is to meet the needs of its time by developing large-scale technological solutions. Its contribution to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defense, industry, the environment, transport and infrastructures.

Our mission is to facilitate access to renewable energy, fight against insecurity, produce sustainably, preserve natural resources and contribute to greener mobility. To accomplish this mission and to bring our group's entrepreneurial culture to life, five values guide our actions: innovation, commitment, responsibility, customer focus and humanity.

Job Purpose To support its growth, John Cockerill Energy Solutions, headquartered in Belgium, has project execution center in Mumbai, India. To reinforce its India Execution Center, John Cockerill Energy Solutions is hiring a Planning Engineer (M/F/X).

In this role, Senior Planning Engineer supports the Head Office Scheduling Team in the development, maintenance and analysis of integrated project schedules for major international EPC projects.

The role contributes to planning activities across European, Indian, US and other execution hubs and ensures the effective application of planning standards, Oracle Primavera Cloud practices and resource management processes.

Daily operational planning activities are performed exclusively in Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC). The position works in close collaboration with Project Managers, Engineering Managers, Discipline Managers and project schedulers, under the functional guidance of the Head Office Scheduling Manager.

Key Responsibilities

Project Scheduling

- Support the development and maintenance of detailed CPM schedules in Oracle Primavera Cloud.
- Participate in the creation and maintenance of project baselines; baseline validation remains under Head Office responsibility.
- Collect, verify and update schedule progress and forecasting data.
- Analyse schedule deviations, critical and sub-critical paths, interfaces and potential bottlenecks.
- Prepare mitigation or recovery scenarios for review by the project team and the Head Office Scheduling Manager.
- Assess the planning impact of scope changes and project events.
- Prepare schedule reports, look-ahead schedules and planning presentations.
- Support planning reviews with internal stakeholders, customers and suppliers.
- Ensure consistency between engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction and commissioning schedules.

OPC Task Management
- Support project teams in the operational use of OPC task management capabilities.
- Maintain consistency between CPM activities and related operational tasks.
- Assist managers and team members in updating due dates, target dates, commitments and progress information.
- Identify planning conflicts between operational tasks and activity timeframes and support their resolution.




- Prepare planning information for project governance, coordination and progress review meetings.
- Apply OPC templates, workflows and working practices established by Head Office.
- Support user adoption and provide practical guidance or training when required.

Resource Management
- Participate in the integration of resource management within OPC.
- Support resource and role loading of project schedules.
- Analyse resource demand, workload, availability and utilisation across projects, departments and execution hubs.
- Identify potential resource bottlenecks, over-allocation and capacity constraints.
- Prepare resource-planning scenarios and information to support management discussions and priority arbitration.
- Contribute to the development and application of resource calendars and resource-management practices.

Support to the Head Office Scheduling Team
- Apply scheduling standards, methods and instructions established by Head Office.
- Provide operational support to projects and execution hubs without assuming independent project ownership or approval authority.
- Contribute to continuous-improvement initiatives led by the Head Office Scheduling Team.
- Share planning best practices and support knowledge transfer across execution hubs.
- Escalate significant schedule inconsistencies, risks and data-quality issues to the Head Office Scheduling Manager.

Required Profile

Education

- Master degree in Engineering, Project Management or a related technical discipline.
- A recognised project management, project controls or scheduling certification is an advantage.

Experience
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in project planning and scheduling.
- Proven experience on large and complex industrial or EPC projects.
- Strong practical experience using Primavera P6 and/or Oracle Primavera Cloud is required.
- Practical experience with Oracle Primavera Cloud is preferred, since all operational planning activities are performed in OPC.
- Proven experience in CPM scheduling, baseline preparation, progress measurement and schedule forecasting.
- Experience with resource-loaded schedules, resource planning or workload and capacity management is required.
- Experience working in international, multicultural and multi-location project environments.
- Experience supporting multiple simultaneous projects is an advantage.

Technical Competencies
- Strong command of Critical Path Method scheduling and integrated schedule development.
- Ability to independently create, update, analyse and quality-check complex project schedules.
- Strong understanding of WBS structures, calendars, constraints, logic, baselines, progress and remaining durations.
- Ability to analyse resource demand and scheduling scenarios under capacity constraints.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Ability to work within standardised methods and escalate issues appropriately.

Language and Communication Requirements
- Excellent written and spoken English is mandatory.
- Excellent spoken fluency, clear pronunciation and the ability to be immediately and consistently understood in an international working environment are essential.
- The candidate must be comfortable participating in and supporting meetings, workshops, planning reviews and presentations in English.
- Ability to explain complex planning topics clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.




- Additional languages are considered an advantage.

Behavioural Competencies
- Robust analytical capability and attention to detail.
- Rigour, reliability and discipline in managing planning data.
- Proactive and solution-oriented approach.
- Ability to challenge information constructively while respecting project roles and decision-making authority.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across organisational and geographical boundaries.
- Ability to distinguish clearly between facts, assumptions, commitments and forecasts.
- Willingness to learn, share knowledge and adapt to evolving OPC practices.

Working Environment and Travel

- India-based position supporting European, Indian, US and other execution hubs.
- Functional reporting to the Head Office Scheduling Manager.
- Regular daily interaction with international project teams and Head Office.
- Willingness to undertake 4 to 6 extended trips to Head Office per year, typically lasting one to two weeks each.

Who We Are

John Cockerill Energy, a player in the energy transition: the strength of a diversified and combinable range of solutions

It is from the heart of its history stretching back more than 200 years that John Cockerill Energy draws its expertise in the production of steam, which has led to it being recognized worldwide on the market for the conception and supply of heat recuperation boilers. Resolutely turned towards the future. We proudly incarnate the bold spirit of an entrepreneur and we have extended our know-how to respond to the needs of our times, by developing innovative solutions to encourage access to energy, just like our founder in his own times:

- Heat Recovery steam generators, particularly suited to operate in cycles with frequent start-ups and shut-downs. They can be installed behind gas turbines of all power ratings, brands and burning all types of fuel;
- The manufacture and maintenance of boiler parts, in particular pressure parts in its specialized workshops.
- Aftersales services, technical assistance, inspections from the rehabilitation to the modernization of all types and brands of boilers;
- Wet & dry cooling with cooling towers and air cooled condensers for power plants.
- Thermal solar receivers (Concentrated Solar Power), that capture the sun’s rays, reflected by mirrors on the ground, and enable to produce energy 24/7 thanks to molten salts;
- Industrial boilers destined for sectors such as chemicals, petrochemicals, biomass, incineration, …

It is from this knowledgeable mix of tradition and innovation that we draw our own energy. And it is across the whole world that John Cockerill Energy makes its mark through its technological know-how and its mastery of project management thanks to our Belgian, American and Mexican teams and our recuperation boiler licensees, Wuxi, S&T; and Larsen & Toubro which respectively cover China, South Korea and India. Together, we all work to facilitate access to green energy. Visit us at Energy - John Cockerill to know more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment.

Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?

We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!

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