Planning Engineer

Overview

Develop and manage project schedules for water/wastewater EPC projects.

Key Responsibilities

• schedule management
• resource planning
• risk management
• client interaction
• reporting
• vendor coordination

Tasks

-Ensure to take appropriate planning measures with clients to reassess, renegotiate and amend scope of work responsibilities, proposals, contracts, and budgets. -Holding regular meetings & prepare MOM to ensure that everything is going according to time restrictions. -Recommend and implement modifications to improve effectiveness and attain project milestones. -Analysis of the task estimates -Plan, coordinate and monitor activities of assigned projects to develop and implement procedures, processes, and systems. -Maintains project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, and resolving problems. -Work with outside vendors and close follow up & expediting deliveries and vendor orders while coordinating cost control, project schedule and manufacturing efforts. -Development of recovery and acceleration plans as and when necessary -Development of baseline schedule and support Project Manager to develop Integrated Baseline of various work package/disciplines. -Prepare and present regular internal and external project reports for management. -Prepare short and long-term resource allocation/requirement plans based on input from all key players and team members. -Ensure to convey required project data and information to project teams. -Gather actual data, update project schedule, preparation of look ahead schedules, critical path schedules and develop reliable schedule forecast with support from project team. -Educate/communicate to project team in methods to ensure project continuity and completeness. -Oversee schedules and risk management plans and provide deviations warnings hindering project results. -Assuring that all deadlines are being met -Prepare & determines project schedule by studying project plan and specifications, calculating time requirements, and sequencing project elements. -Development of manpower planning (histogram etc.) -Support engineering, project management and deployment groups to identify and resolve issues. -Support Gradiant Subsidiaries across the globe as required -Evaluate and analyze with project risks and issues compromising project results and develop plans to mitigate them. -Develop detailed task lists and work effort assessment. -Monitor and analyze project effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative tools (S curves). -Reviewing the project actual progress and initiating the necessary corrective actions as and when necessary. -Interacting with clients, interpreting their needs and requirements, and translating them into an actionable plan -Ensure all engineering/vendor documents and deliverables are submitted & obtained relevant approvals as per required schedule. -Prepares project status reports by collecting, analyzing, summarizing information & trend, and recommending actions. -Identify changes in work scope in the project plan. -Estimating tasks based on the project budget. -Cooperating and Communicating with the Project Manager, Engineering Manager, Operation Manager and collaborating with various discipline Engineers to create more efficient project methods and to ensure project timelines are met. -Assessing the impact of change requests on the project schedule, and introducing them to the project schedule -Responding to any client complaints, concerns, or requests throughout the project

Requirements

• engineering degree
• 10+ years
• project planner
• ms projects
• project management
• communication

What You Bring

-Familiarity with commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures of EPC projects and design/manufacturing company. -Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field with a minimum of 10 years of work experience, of which at least 5 years experience working as Project planner in preferably in Construction of Water and waste water treatment plant/ Refineries/Chemical plants or equivalent -Some International travel may be required -Proficiency in MS Office, MS projects or Project Management software systems. Develop, update, and maintain schedules over the life of a project is a must. -Ability to work independently and in an interdisciplinary team environment to perform all duties in a professional and timely manner. -Excellent project management and supervision skills. -Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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About Gradiant

-Two doctoral students from MIT spun out a company to tackle industrial water challenges. -Develops proprietary technologies for turnkey treatment plants. -Serves critical sectors like semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, lithium extraction, and renewable energy. -Engineers plants reclaiming up to 98% of contaminated water for industrial reuse. -Recovers valuable resources like lithium and metals from wastewater. -Recent successes include PFAS destruction (‘ForeverGone’) and lithium extraction spin-off alkaLi. -Major clients include TSMC, Micron, Pfizer, Coca-Cola, Rio Tinto, AB InBev, and SLB. -Headquarters in Boston with innovation hubs in Singapore.

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