Consultant - Project Planning

Key duties and responsibilities include:
• Manage all aspects of planning, scheduling, and programming of work.
• 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.
• Assist senior planners in 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:
• 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:
• Experience with Power BI for reporting and visualisation.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior planners to deliver planning outputs on time, within budget,
and to the required quality standards.

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”.