Project Planning and Controls Specialist - HVDC

About the role

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED seeks a Project Planning and Controls Specialist - HVDC in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (on-site). The role leads planning and scheduling efforts across all project phases, maintaining and analyzing actual and forecasted schedules while monitoring, reporting, and managing deviations. Day-to-day work includes developing integrated baseline and current schedules, analyzing critical paths, preparing EOT schedules and schedule analyses, coordinating with engineering, construction, commissioning, and SCM teams, and supporting cost and cash flow baseline planning. The position also involves chairing monthly S&OP review meetings and ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations.

What you’ll do

• Lead planning and scheduling efforts for all project phases and maintain and analyze actual and forecasted schedules
• Monitor, report, and manage deviations; analyze critical paths and notify Project Managers of deviations or scheduling issues
• Develop and maintain properly linked, role-loaded/integrated baseline and current schedules providing time-phased baseline, actual, and forecast data
• Prepare EOT Schedules and Schedule Analysis to support the Project Team when required
• Work with Line Management Organization to resolve Resource Demand/Supply Conflicts
• Issue progress reports, schedule updates, and productivity data regularly and as requested by customers and stakeholders
• Support establishment of a baseline plan for cost and cash flow performance measurement and define necessary resources for project completion
• Integrate material resource requirements with project schedule, define procurement activities and order lead times, and coordinate with SCM team

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years of Project Planning and Controls experience in EPC / Sub-Station Projects
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, PIMS, MS Project, Document Management Systems, Power BI, Visio, and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Good knowledge of process structuring and process management
• Experience in Large Scale EPC projects with specialization in Project Planning and Controls
• Experience in Baseline Schedule Finalization, MPR, DPR, EoT Claim, CPM
• Self-starter able to own tasks through to completion
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

Experience in Home Office planning with Site execution experience in Sub Station or any EPC projects

Skills

Education

bachelor's degree