Job Description
Job Title: Senior Planning Engineer
Job Purpose
To lead all planning activities within a contract, ensuring effective project delivery and performance monitoring. This role supports the Project/Contract Manager and stakeholders by providing accurate schedules, forecasts, risk assessments, and performance analysis using tools such as histograms, S-curves, and dashboards. The Senior Planning Engineer ensures timely and high-quality planning deliverables while fostering strong relationships with client-side project controls personnel.
Key Responsibilities
1. Attend and contribute to all contract planning meetings.
2. Develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), project baselines, and detailed schedules; monitor progress and implement updates regularly.
3. Identify and communicate planning risks, and support the management of change, growth, and variations.
4. Produce accurate, timely planning reports with supporting narratives, charts (e.g., histograms, S-curves), and visual planner boards in line with internal and client standards.
5. Conduct performance analysis, including SPI/CPI, resource trends, critical path tracking, float management, and other schedule metrics.
6. Provide planning cover and support for other planners as required.
7. Deliver coaching and training to planning and wider project team members.