Planning Engineer | 400 kV+ Transmission Line & Substation Projects | PMC Role

We are currently hiring experienced Planning Engineers for a permanent PMC (Project Management Consultancy) role with exposure to 400 kV and above Transmission Line and Substation Projects . Position: Planning Engineer – Transmission Line & Substation Projects Role: Planning / Project Controls – PMC Experience: 8–12 Years Qualification: B.E. / B.Tech in Civil / Electrical Engineering Employment: Permanent Project Sector: Power Transmission & Substation Project Voltage: 400 kV and above Work Locations Open positions are available at: Kutch, Gujarat

Jamnagar, Gujarat

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Pune, Maharashtra

Important: Candidates must be flexible and willing to work at any of the above locations , depending on project requirements. Role Purpose The Planning Engineer will work as a PMC Planning Representative and will be responsible for establishing, reviewing, monitoring, and controlling integrated project schedules for high-voltage transmission line and substation packages. The role will involve close coordination with contractors, client teams, engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning teams to ensure timely project execution and accurate progress reporting. Key Responsibilities Act as the PMC planning representative for transmission line and substation packages.

Review contractor WBS, baseline schedules, activity logic, durations, calendars, constraints, milestones, and resource loading .

Develop and maintain integrated schedules covering: Engineering

Procurement

Construction

Testing

Commissioning

Energisation

Handover

Establish and monitor progress measurement methods based on BOQ, Schedule of Values, contractual milestones, and verified site quantities.

Prepare and review daily, weekly, monthly, two-week and three-month look-ahead schedules .

Prepare and monitor S-curves, resource histograms and milestone trackers .

Verify contractor-reported physical progress against actual site records and coordinate with engineering, procurement and construction teams.

Monitor critical and near-critical paths and identify delays, slippages and constraints.

Recommend corrective actions, recovery schedules and acceleration measures .

Track: Drawing approvals

Long-lead materials

Manufacturing

Dispatch

Site receipt

Work-front readiness

Package interfaces

Support extension-of-time and delay claim assessments through event chronology, contemporaneous records and schedule-impact analysis.

Prepare MIS reports, dashboards, schedule narratives, risk registers and project forecasts .

Present planning updates and key project issues during management/project review meetings .

Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure timely completion of project milestones.

Required Project Experience Candidates must have hands-on planning/project-controls experience in: 400 kV and above Transmission Line Projects

400 kV and above AIS/GIS Substation Projects

High-voltage power transmission projects

Substation civil, structural, electrical and commissioning activities

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in PMC, Owner’s Engineer, Client-side or EPC project environments . Technical Skills Required Strong working knowledge of: Primavera P6

MS Project

Advanced MS Excel

Schedule development and baselining

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Progress measurement and monitoring

Resource planning

S-Curve preparation

Delay analysis

Recovery/acceleration planning

Procurement monitoring

Risk and constraint tracking

MIS and management reporting

Preferred Candidate Profile The ideal candidate should have 8–12 years of proven planning and project-controls experience in high-voltage transmission line and substation projects. The candidate should be capable of independently: Reviewing and challenging contractor schedules

Validating baseline programmes

Reconciling reported progress with actual site progress

Identifying critical and emerging delays

Preparing recovery plans

Monitoring procurement and construction interfaces

Forecasting project completion

Preparing accurate MIS and management reports

Coordinating with contractors, clients and multiple project stakeholders

Candidate Eligibility Mandatory: 8–12 years of relevant Planning / Project Controls experience

Experience in 400 kV+ Transmission Line and/or Substation Projects

Good knowledge of Primavera P6 / MS Project

Strong project scheduling and progress-monitoring experience

Willingness to work at Kutch / Jamnagar / Mumbai / Pune

Must be comfortable with any project location based on business requirement

Willing to join a permanent role