Senior Project Planner/Principal Project Planner

Senior Project Planner/Principal Project Planner

Gurugram/Noida, India

We invite you to bring your competence as a senior level professional in engineering & planning who has the capability to work on projects involving multi-disciplinary teams in building/ transportation / water markets.

Senior Project Planner/Principal Project Planner role is the key to be able to deliver strategic vision of a project. It includes the coordination of interfaces and information flow between external and internal stakeholders, to deliver an integrated design solution. Senior Project Planner/Principal Project Planner shall co-ordinate with Project Manager of PBU and Technical Manager/Team leader/ Design Lead of respective discipline and be primarily involved in delivering the scheduled tasks and is expected to be a good team player within the team.

Inviting bright minds

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies, and people around the world.

You will join our REC department

As our new Senior Project Planner/Principal Project Planner, you will be part of a world class, innovation driven Engineering Design Centre owned by an independent trust and its employees. REC is a highly sophisticated centre of engineering excellence and based in our India head office in Gurgaon. Working in partnership with all our established offices globally, the Ramboll Engineering Centre (REC) is a Centre for excellence in design by offering optimized solutions to the rest of the organization.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Co-ordinating between various disciplines, documentation, folder structure, ensuring compliance with specification through team lead of respective disciplines.
• To initiate & coordinate for interface management process that includes development of Organisation Chart, Interface matrix, RACI Matrix, tracking progress of internal deliverables through weekly visual planning meetings using visual planning tools.
• Contributing to Value Engineering at various stages through localization of concepts and market research which leads to a good amount of cost savings.
• Periodically Reviewing Construction Documents & Design solutions against the client’s scope, to maintain focus on meeting the client’s requirements and success factors, in addition to ensuring the solution is integrated and coordinated.
• Project Management, Reporting and controlling through tools like Earned Value Analysis.
• Development, Updating & Monitoring of Project Schedules, and Work Breakdown Structure considering contract deliverables and resourcing needs using tools like Primavera P6, Microsoft Project.
• Interact with Project Team and task managers to define the scope of work to develop and update schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan.
• Analyze Critical Path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around.
• Establishing Project Baselines at the start of the Project and track it on a timely basis as required.
• Preparation of S-curves, Schedule variances, Project Dashboard, etc.
• Supporting Project Manager(s) with all key information related to the health of project, performance as per Baselines, delay, resources, communication, look ahead etc and other information in day to day working.
• Timely delivery of project submissions including resource management.
• Monitoring the budgets and additional scopes through change management.
• Implementation of QA/QC Procedures & Compliance to ISO requirements.
• Conducting Design reviews for identifying the issues, assessing the progress, risks & plan for mitigation.
• Keep stakeholders well informed regarding the project status at regular intervals.

Your starting point for constant growth

From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• Must possess B-Tech/M-Tech in Civil/Structural/Transportation Engineering or Masters/PG in Construction Management/Project Management with 5-10 years of professional experience.
• Should have preferably worked in similar role and have a very good understanding of the processes. Nordics experience would be an added advantage.
• Sound knowledge of Design Management & Project Planning.
• Must be highly competent in written and verbal English language.
• Must possess the ability to work with complex designs and should be able to do calculations with minimum guidance from senior staff.
• Must possess sound knowledge on understanding Design Basis Report.
• Must possess profound design experience in the transport/ water market.
• Should be passionate about engineering with an attitude of absolute intolerance for non-compliance in relation to people safety, environment, or product quality.
• Should be committed to both their work and personal development, with a willingness to widen their experience and knowledge base.
• Should be a competent user of IT Tools in particular Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and scheduling and reporting tools like MS Project, Primavera P6, PowerBI etc.
• Wider knowledge of other disciplines is highly desirable.
• Should be able to conduct project reviews for identifying issues & risks and thus plan for their mitigations.
• Should be well versed with Project Planning & Management work like Scheduling (Project schedule), Project Tracking, Logical interlinking of activities, WBS, identifying Critical Path on the project.
• Should be able to coordinate with all Project members to gather project data and should efficiently convert it into Information & reports.
• Should be versed with Project reporting, Dashboards, Client instructions, Control & review plan, managing all communications as single point of contact for Project team.
• Should have supported Project manager/ Project team in implementing Project Management Systems and Project Control measures like Earned value Analysis and other Project control techniques.

Welcome to our Transport division

Ramboll is a global transportation consultancy, and we work on some of the biggest and most innovative infrastructure projects in the world. We are close to 3,000 bright minds working within Transport worldwide, creating practical, sustainable, and economic solutions for national transport authorities, private contractors and municipalities alike.

Requirements

B-Tech/M-Tech in Civil/Structural/Transportation Engineering or Masters/PG in Construction Management/Project Management with 5-10 years’ experience as Design Engineer/ Planner in an Engineering Consultancy. Hands on experience in working and delivering multi-disciplinary projects. May have a good knowledge and understanding of delivering projects related to Transport Market. Ability to handle multi-disciplinary stakeholders.

Additional information

How to apply

Apply online. Attach your CV, cover letter and relevant documents showcasing why you are the right fit for the role, and when you are available to start. We look forward to receiving your application.