Engineer - Planning

The Engineer – Planning – Site (Scheduler) is responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring construction schedules for site activities. This role ensures alignment between planned and actual progress, supports delay analysis, and generates lookahead schedules to guide daily and weekly operations. The Scheduler plays a key role in integrating site inputs into planning systems and enabling timely project completion.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Prepare the detailed baseline project schedule using planning tools (Primavera P6 or MS Project) based on the contract, BOQ, and scope of work.
• Regularly update the schedule to reflect actual progress, resource deployment, and site conditions, while analyzing variances from the baseline plan.
• Generate daily, weekly, and monthly lookahead schedules in coordination with the execution team to guide field operations and ensure readiness of work fronts.
• Monitor and report key schedule performance indicators (KPIs), such as Planned vs. Actual progress, SPI (Schedule Performance Index), and critical path adherence.
• Identify delays or deviations from the original schedule, conduct root cause analysis, and recommend mitigation actions in consultation with project stakeholders.

The Engineer – Planning – Site (MIS / Monthly Reports) is responsible for compiling, analyzing, and presenting key project data in structured formats such as Daily Progress Reports (DPRs), Weekly Progress Reports (WPRs), Monthly Progress Reports (MPRs), and MIS dashboards. This role acts as a vital link between on-site activities and project leadership by transforming raw execution and planning data into actionable insights for timely decision-making.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Collect and consolidate daily, weekly, and monthly progress data from execution, quality, safety, and stores teams, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare DPRs, WPRs, and MPRs in standardized formats, covering physical progress, financial progress, manpower deployment, material consumption, and work front status.
• Support the planning team in updating construction schedules (Primavera/MS Project) and extract relevant data to reflect in MIS reports.
• Coordinate with site teams to obtain actual vs. planned progress updates, including milestone achievements, critical activity status, and pending approvals.
• Develop and maintain structured MIS trackers for material reconciliation, productivity metrics, subcontractor performance, and delay logs.