Lead Planner PMC

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Position Summary

The Lead Planner is the PMC's senior planning and scheduling authority responsible for developing, maintaining, analysing, and forecasting the integrated programme for a multi-billion-dollar renewable energy and transmission project comprising Solar PV, BESS, HVAC substations, HVAC transmission infrastructure, and the Indonesia–Singapore subsea interconnector. Acting independently on behalf of the Owner through the PMC appointment, the role provides objective schedule assurance, contractor oversight, critical path management, and forecasting across multiple EPC/EPCI contractors, Chinese vendors, marine installation campaigns, and cross-border project interfaces to ensure timely delivery of the project and achievement of commercial operation and power import objectives.

Role Purpose

The Lead Planner is the PMC's senior planning and scheduling professional responsible for developing, maintaining, analysing, and reporting the integrated project schedule across all project phases.

Acting independently on behalf of the Project Owner through the PMC appointment, the Lead Planner provides schedule governance, assurance, forecasting, performance analysis, and planning leadership across all project activities, including:

• Engineering
• Procurement
• Manufacturing
• Logistics
• Construction
• Marine Installation
• Testing and Commissioning
• Energisation
• Commercial Operations

The role is responsible for providing an objective assessment of project schedule performance independent of EPC contractor reporting and ensuring the Project Director and Owner have a realistic understanding of project progress, risks, and forecast completion dates.

The Lead Planner plays a critical role in integrating multiple EPC/EPCI contractors, International suppliers, utility stakeholders, regulatory approvals, marine installation campaigns, and cross-border project activities into a single integrated project schedule.

Key Responsibilities 

1. Planning Leadership & Governance

• Lead all project planning and scheduling activities across the PMC.
• Establish planning standards, procedures, coding structures, and reporting requirements.
• Ensure consistent scheduling practices across all contractors and project teams.
• Support project execution, forecasting, and proactive schedule risk identification.

2. Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) Management

Develop, maintain, and update the Integrated Master Schedule covering:

• Development: permitting, environmental studies, regulatory approvals, land access.
• Engineering: basic design, detailed engineering, design reviews, technical approvals.
• Procurement: long-lead equipment, vendor awards, supplier milestones, deliveries.
• Manufacturing: PV modules, BESS, transformers, GIS, cables, protection & control systems.
• Construction: civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, substation, BESS, and solar installations.
• Marine: surveys, vessel mobilization, cable installation/burial, shore crossings, marine commissioning.
• Commissioning: mechanical completion, system completion, energization, integrated testing, trial operations, and COD.

3. EPC Schedule Assurance & Validation

• Independently review EPC schedules, logic, sequencing, productivity assumptions, and resource loading.
• Validate schedule realism, identify omissions, and challenge unsupported forecasts.
• Focus on manufacturing durations, procurement lead times, marine installation windows, regulatory approvals, and commissioning readiness.
• Provide independent schedule assessments to project leadership.

4. Critical Path Management

• Identify, monitor, and maintain project critical and near-critical paths.
• Track float trends, milestone impacts, and emerging schedule threats.
• Recommend mitigation, acceleration, and recovery strategies.
• Key focus areas include permitting, cable manufacturing, marine installation, grid readiness, BESS commissioning, and energization.

5. Progress Measurement & Control

• Develop progress measurement systems across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, marine, and commissioning activities.
• Validate contractor progress claims against actual performance.
• Monitor productivity trends, identify variances, and provide objective progress reporting.

6. International EPC & Supplier Oversight

• Review contractor planning methodologies and schedule credibility.
• Monitor manufacturing, procurement, logistics, factory testing, and export activities.
• Verify supplier milestone achievement and assess recovery plans.
• Provide independent schedule evaluations separate from contractor forecasts.

7. Schedule Risk Management

• Support schedule risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and monitoring.
• Contribute to quantitative schedule risk analysis and milestone confidence assessments.
• Focus on regulatory approvals, manufacturing delays, weather impacts, logistics, utilities, construction productivity, interfaces, and commissioning.

8. Recovery & Acceleration Planning

• Review contractor recovery plans and acceleration strategies.
• Assess resource requirements, schedule impacts, and feasibility of mitigation measures.
• Ensure recovery plans are practical, measurable, and achievable.

9. Schedule Integration & Interface Management

• Integrate schedules across Solar, BESS, Substation, HVAC Transmission, Subsea Cable, and Marine Installation packages.
• Coordinate interfaces with regulators, utilities, government authorities, ports, marine authorities, and operations teams.
• Manage dependencies across project sites, manufacturing locations, marine corridors, and receiving facilities.

10. Construction & Commissioning Planning

• Support construction readiness, workfront planning, look-ahead scheduling, and productivity monitoring.
• Develop commissioning schedules, manage system completions and handovers, track energization milestones, and support operational readiness.
• Ensure commissioning is fully integrated into the project schedule from early project phases.

11. Reporting & Schedule Analytics

Prepare and present:

• Integrated Master Schedule updates
• Executive dashboards and monthly reports
• Critical path and milestone analyses
• Schedule health checks and risk reports
• Recovery plan assessments and forecast updates

Provide advanced scheduling analysis including:

• CPM and float analysis
• Trend and productivity analysis
• Progress curve monitoring
• Delay impact assessment
• What-if scenario modeling

Key Accountabilities

• Maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Deliver accurate schedule forecasting and reporting.
• Independently validate contractor schedules and progress.
• Identify, assess, and escalate schedule risks.
• Manage critical paths and project interfaces.
• Support informed project decision-making.
• Ensure schedule readiness for commissioning and Commercial Operation Date (COD).

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 12–15+ years of planning and scheduling experience on large-scale capital projects.
• 8+ years in Lead Planner, Senior Planner, or Project Controls roles.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.
• Proven experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) on EPC/EPCI projects.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction, logistics, and commissioning processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Utility-scale Solar PV projects.
• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
• High-voltage transmission and GIS substations.
• Marine construction and subsea cable installation.
• Renewable energy and large infrastructure developments.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• Experience on projects valued at US$1 billion+.
• Working with Chinese EPC contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers.
• Experience in Indonesia, Singapore, or cross-border infrastructure projects.
• Marine installation campaign planning and execution.
• Project-financed energy and infrastructure developments.

Minimum Professional Certifications

• AACE PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional)
• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• PMI-SP (Scheduling Professional)
• AACE CCP (Certified Cost Professional)
• Primavera P6 Professional Certification

Core Competencies

Planning & Scheduling

• Primavera P6 expertise
• Integrated Master Scheduling (IMS)
• Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis
• Schedule forecasting and controls
• Recovery and acceleration planning

Project Delivery

• EPC / EPCI project execution
• Construction and commissioning planning
• Multi-package schedule integration
• Systems handover and operational readiness

Schedule Analytics & Reporting

• Schedule performance analysis
• Trend and float analysis
• Risk and delay impact assessment
• Progress measurement and forecasting
• Executive-level reporting and dashboards

Contractor & Supplier Management

• Schedule assurance and validation
• EPC contractor oversight
• Progress verification and performance evaluation
• Recovery plan review and challenge
• Independent schedule health assessments

Stakeholder & Interface Management

• Cross-functional coordination
• Interface and dependency management
• Stakeholder engagement and influence
• Workshop facilitation and issue resolution
• Clear communication with senior leadership and external parties

Key Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Commercially aware and delivery-focused.
• Independent, objective, and detail-oriented.
• Able to challenge assumptions and influence decision-making.
• Effective in complex, multi-contractor and multicultural project environments.

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