Planning Engineer

Role overview

This position is for a Planning Engineer in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. The role centers on end-to-end project planning, schedule control, cost forecasting, BOQ coordination, and management reporting for construction/project execution activities.

Project planning and scheduling

• Create and continuously update integrated project schedules from engineering through procurement, construction, testing, handover, and final close-out.
• Build baseline programmes, milestone trackers, and phase-wise as well as tower-wise schedules.
• Prepare schedules that reflect both manpower and cost loading in line with approved budgets.
• Monitor actual progress against the baseline, flag critical path issues and delays, and propose recovery measures.
• Develop short-term and medium-term look-ahead plans, including 2-week, monthly, and quarterly forecasts.
• Carry out delay studies, assist with extension-of-time claims, and suggest mitigation actions.

Cost control and budgeting

• Assist in preparing project budgets based on the approved scope and design.
• Set up and maintain cost control tracking for budget, commitments, and actual expenditure.
• Review monthly cost performance, identify deviations, and recommend corrective steps.
• Prepare cash flow projections and plans to support billing readiness.
• Carry out earned value analysis, including PV, EV, AC, CPI, and SPI, and forecast the estimate at completion.

Monthly cost-to-complete forecasting

• Compile and refresh monthly cost-to-complete forecasts using physical progress, remaining scope, approved changes, and likely risks.
• Ensure consistency between the cost-to-complete view, project budgets, schedules, and cash flow projections.
• Call out cost overruns, exposure items, and mitigation actions for senior leadership.
• Provide support to finance and management teams for better forecast accuracy and funding visibility.

BOQ preparation and design coordination

• Coordinate with architectural, structural, MEP, façade, and infrastructure design teams to develop and freeze GFC drawings.
• Support the preparation, checking, and closure of BOQs in line with approved designs and construction methods.
• Ensure BOQ quantities are aligned with planning logic, work sequencing, and cost forecasts.
• Participate in design review and value engineering exercises to improve cost efficiency, buildability, and timelines.
• Assess the impact of design changes on quantities, budget, schedule, and cost-to-complete.

Reporting and governance

• Prepare daily progress reports and monthly progress reports covering physical achievement, schedule status, cost performance, risks, and mitigation actions.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and executive-level management reports.
• Maintain dashboards and MIS reports with clear, decision-focused insights.
• Support statutory and RERA reporting where required.
• Maintain risk registers, hindrance logs, recovery trackers, and governance records.

Cross-functional coordination and project close-out

• Work with execution, design, procurement, contracts, finance, CRM, and PMC teams.
• Support tendering and procurement with planning inputs, BOQ coordination, delivery timelines, and cost phasing.
• Help with planning for handover, OC/CC, and project close-out activities.

Technical requirements

• Strong command over project planning, scheduling, and control tools and practices.
• Practical experience with Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Advanced Excel skills for cost models, cash flow analysis, and cost-to-complete forecasting.
• Good understanding of construction sequencing, productivity norms, cost drivers, and risk management.
• Demonstrated ability in budgeting, cost control, and forecasting.

Additional information

Employer: Reliance Industries Limited. Location: Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Employment type: full-time and onsite. No stipend or salary amount was specified in the source.