Lead Planning Engineer

Overview

Lead planner for electrical substation projects, driving schedule and risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• schedule analysis
• baseline development
• p6 integration
• risk register
• progress forecast
• client reporting

Tasks

-Ensure schedule analysis through various means (schedule movements, S curve, commodity curve, OTD, Say/Do ratio, overplanning, resource loading, productivity…) to determine project schedule trends and related risks & opportunities then work with project team members to drive mitigation strategies. Provides evidence to PM to advocate for support as appropriate. -Maintains project schedule with periodic updates, including resource forecasts throughout the project lifecycles. -Generates “what if” scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility -Identifies activities prerequisites and help anticipate blockers with wider project team and third parties -Maintains a register of potential schedule and cost risks in collaboration with the Risk Manager. -Builds the project baseline gaining approval of client and internal stakeholders. -Produces and communicates internal project reporting of project status -Aligns with Cost Controller to ensure reconciliation between P6 schedule and approved cost phasing. -Ensures that forecast task durations and logic are understood and committed by the task owners. -Leads collaboration with 3rd parties on project schedule interfaces including maintenance of an interface register. -Presents all time schedule data in a transparent way, attends project and management reviews to present schedule status, describe trends and forecasts/landing, make proposals and influence strategic decisions. -Leads collaboration with functional task and resource owners to find strategies to optimize durations and manhours. -Support disputes and analysis of claims -Drive and challenge progress, agree forecast and develop mitigations / catch up plans. -Provides time related calculations to ensure change order schedule / cost estimates are accurate. -Produces contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters -Takes full responsibility for the planning output for the assigned project(s) in close coordination with his Project Manager(s).

Requirements

• primavera p6
• electrical substations
• hvdc
• risk management
• cost control
• engineering degree

What You Bring

-Knowledge of risk management processes and tools, quantitative risk analysis is a plus -Autonomous and reliable -Analytical / contributes to the decision making. Provides factual element to support decisions. -Relevant experience in Primavera P6 user (Essential) -Relevant experience in planning turnkey projects in the transmission business (electrical substations). -Experience in applying forensic analysis for EOT claims preparation is a plus -Degree qualified either in engineering or project management with 5 years minimum of experience in planning management, including 2 years in electrical substations. -Degree qualified either in engineering or project management discipline -Robust experience in Primavera P6 user (Essential) and in EPC / turnkey projects -Experience of cost control function and interface with schedule is a plus -Excellent interpersonal skills for cross functional daily interaction / good communicator / anticipation and problem-solving aptitude / team spirit / resilient -Any experience in HVDC project is a differentiator -Experience on large & complex infrastructure projects or in international and multicultural environment is a plus

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About Ge Vernova

-Traces roots back to Edison and Alstom, merging power, renewable, digital & financial wings. -Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, crafts large-scale gas turbines, SMRs, wind turbines, hydro and grid tech to fuel economies. -On the nuclear front, advancing small modular reactors (like BWRX‑300) in partnership with utilities and supporting semiconductor projects. -Wind prowess spans onshore, offshore and blade making—with key sites like Dogger Bank offshore and blade plants in Spain. -Electrification arm tackles grid stability: HVDC, transformers, storage, conversion, plus GridOS software powering smarter infrastructure. -Weaves finance and consulting through energy-infrastructure investments, funding solar farms to pipelines via GE Energy Financial Services.

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