Roles and Responsibilities of Planning Engineer

Sumit Civil

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Roles and Responsibilities of Planning Engineer

Prepare Master Project Programme with milestones in Microsoft Project software.

Prepare resource plan for contractors committed work plan.

Review contractor's resource and method statement for major activities to determine adequacy of his resources and performance after commencement of site work on a continuous basis.

Update Project programme from time to time to cater for revised requirement.

Alert Project authorities of possible problems and delays, which may arise to ensure timely action to mitigate the problems / slippage.

Conduct regular meetings with contractors for ensuring adherence to the Project Programme and to manage project as per the time schedule agreed for all services and activities.

Management Presentation on project status to top management of the Client.

Prepare and Monitor Budgets and cash flows/Incurrence.

Alert Project authorities of possible problems and overruns, which may arise to ensure timely action to mitigate the problems / slippage.

Overall Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring, Progress reporting and updating of schedules on the basis of actual progress achieved and latest targets.

Day to day monitoring and tracking for Sequential Fabrication of Material, timely Dispatch & Receipt of Material at Site.

Arranging Co-ordination meeting between contractors to understand the exact requirement of each other for smooth running of project.

Inspection and review status of Fabrication materials to ensure timely delivery.

Participate actively in co-ordination meetings with contractors / Clients for review of Progress as against programme and highlight Slippage in schedules, suggest corrective actions / measures which need to be taken ( such as expediting delivery from suppliers through client, mobilization of additional manpower, eqipment tools and tackels through contractors) bottlenecks, etc, prepare minutes of meetings for circulation to all concerned.

Preparation of detailed construction schedule. He will be responsible for planning and monitoring, establishment of weightage for various activities, progress reporting of work and
review of progress as against plan.

Assist PM in preparing Kgepl,s supervisory staff requirement ( stage wise)

Establish interface activities and sequence of erection / construction for smooth construction progress and to alter / revise the sequence in case of delayed deliveries, etc, in
consultation with CM and client, to minimise delays on account of unforeseen problems.

Preparation of Resource planning area wise.

Assist PM in preparing cashflow for project, wherever applicable.