The role of a Planning Engineer is indeed complex and multifaceted. Planning Engineers are responsible for developing detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, and managing resources to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. Here are some key aspects of their complexity:
● Project planning & scheduling
● Risk Management
● Resource management
● Communication & coordination
Job Summary
- Creating detailed project plans and schedules for all works with PMO linah Group
- Identifying potential issues and proposing solutions.
- Monitoring projects progress to ensure timely completion.
- Developing risk management register and contingency plans.
- Communicating with stakeholders and team members, with any required updates
Job Responsibilities
- Interpret technical drawings and instructions in order to understand the detailed work scope of each project and identify all resource requirements for each project so that resources can be planned and delivered in line with the agreed contract
- Develop and maintain a detailed ‘production’ Project Plan for each client project with key milestones, critical path, dependencies and risks to ensure the project is completed on time and to budget
- Develop logical work breakdown structure standard line of projects / products. Prepare sizable work packages for efficient work allocation.
- Develop allocate resources including appropriate manpower, tooling, space, materials requirements to each project maximizing resource utilization across operations delivery platform
- Monitor progress against each project plan and provide detailed updates on progress highlighting any changes to the project leader and Management Team and so that necessary decisions or actions can be taken and communicated to the client
- Communicate project details including overall plan, deliverables, milestones and technical specifications to the Operations Team and provide all the necessary information needed for production
Financial Responsibilities
● Develop and update Cash flow, Budget for all projects under control
● Develop and update Actual vs. Forecast Costs: Comparing the actual costs incurred with the forecasted or budgeted amounts.
● Change Control: Documenting any changes in project scope, schedule, or budget and their impact on costs.
● Schedule Variance (SV): Measures the difference between the planned progress and the actual progress.
● Cost Variance (CV): Indicates the difference between the budgeted cost and the actual cost
Earned Value (EV): Represents the value of work actually performed
Scope
- Define project scope, WBS, goals and deliverables.
- Develop full-scale project plans.
- Assemble and coordinate output to project staff.
- Manage project budget and resource allocation.
- Track project milestones and deliverables.
- Monitor and report on project progress to stakeholders.
- Identify and manage project risks and issues.
- Escalate issues as appropriate to ensure timely resolution
