Consultant - Project Planning

Key duties and responsibilities include:  Manage all aspects of planning, scheduling, and programming of work.  Lead planning input on assigned projects, including managing contributions from other planners to ensure consistent and eƯective delivery aligned with scope, time, cost, and quality requirements.  Establish baseline schedules and control procedures and monitor progress to ensure early identification of issues.  Provide progress and earned value reports to support financial forecasting and enable timely corrective actions.  Monitoring project risks, issues, resource allocation, and CPM analysis; support the project controls manager in keeping with WSP and client standards.  Support project planning, scheduling, and control inputs for estimating and tendering activities, ensuring relevant issues, actions, and risks are addressed.  Promote a high-performance culture aligned with WSP values by actively participating in performance management and contributing to the professional growth of team members.  Contribute to the planning and control strategies of assigned projects, including the development of standards, procedures, dashboards, and progress reporting for internal and external stakeholders.  Perform other tasks as assigned by the Line Manager or Head of Department (HOD) within the GCC PMCM team.

Key Competencies / Skills Mandatory Skills:  8-11 years of professional experience in Project Planning.  Strong expertise in project scheduling and proven experience with planning tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.  Solid understanding and application of Critical Path Analysis, Earned Value Techniques, and general project management principles.  Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Word for creating tools and dashboards to support stakeholder communication.  In-depth knowledge of project scheduling philosophies, principles, practices, and techniques.  Experience reviewing and ensuring the quality of junior planners' work; excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team. Preferred Skills:  ChPP/ PMP/ PRINCE2 certification  Experience with Power BI for reporting and visualisation. BGV: Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India. Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.