Job Title

 Manager - Planning

(Enlist external agencies/authorities that you are required to deal with while discharging your duty)

• Contractor�s Planning team
• Consultants
• Investors / Consortium of banks

• Graduate in Civil Engineering (B.E/ B. Tech)
• Post Graduate in Construction Management will be an added advantage.

• 8-10 years of construction industry experience, with atleast 5 years on-site experience and atleast 3 years planning experience. Experience in commercial & Mall projects would be preferred.

(required for performing the job effectively)

• Project management skills
• Project Planning
• Hands on experience on Project Management software like Primavera/MS Project

Responsible for contributing actively in the development of a comprehensive master program for the assigned project and tracking/ monitoring the same in terms of adherence to proposed timelines highlighting delays, deviations, issues, etc

(List major responsibilities, that you have,  to achieve the key objectives)

• Assist the GM-Planning in the planning process after the kick-off of the project or 6-8 months prior to commencement of construction
• Coordinate with the Regulatory Approvals team to build the timelines for necessary approvals, permissions, sanctions, etc into the master plan
• Prepare various trackers for several functional areas such as design drawings, contracts and procurement, execution, Regulatory Approvalsing etc., to build it into a master program and ensure that the master and individual trackers includes the proposed and actual/expected start and end dates
• Facilitate tracking activities and monitoring the progress of project through Primavera
• Undertake site inspections, reviews to monitor/ track the activities carried out in various areas such as Civil/MEP/Services, Interior Design, Safety, QA/QC, etc and thus evaluate the status of the project
• Track critical items, analyze critical paths and escalate the issues to the GM- Planning
• Monitor timely completion of activities till the hand-over of the mall to the Operations team (post retailer fit-outs) and resolution of snags
• Collate / Prepare status updates and presentations for the Project Review Meetings (PRM) highlighting the concern areas of  the particular project and provide it to the General Manager � Planning for review
• Collate / Prepare monthly reports for investors and consortium of banks,  on the project progress, summary of ongoing and propped project activities, monthly project status
• Provide support in establishing L0 budget based on the concept plans.
• Provide support to site planning representative for establishing L1 budget based on the tender drawings / BOQs received from consultant, review & approval from management.
• Establishing budget Vs actual scenarios of project
• Providing support to GM-Planning for developing cashflow requirement for each project through taking inputs from the Project heads.
• Providing value engineering solutions to reduce & optimize project budgets during the construction phases.
• Co-ordinating planning managers across various project locations for conducting weekly project review meetings either at HO/ at site. Establishing minutes & follow ups for adherence to the commitments made by the project heads.