Job Description

About the Company

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future.

We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries.
We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support.

Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant

About the Business Unit

Global Delivery Services Centre (GDSC) is a high-impact business unit within Mott MacDonald, dedicated to enhancing project delivery across our global operations.

As part of GDSC, you’ll join a team that champions excellence in both technical and digital disciplines, supporting projects at every stage of the lifecycle—from concept to completion. We work to international design standards and regulations, ensuring our contributions meet the highest benchmarks of quality and innovation.

At GDSC, you’ll be empowered to collaborate across borders, grow your expertise, and make a meaningful impact on infrastructure and development projects that shape communities worldwide.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Professional Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project Planner to joinour team. As Senior Project Planner, you will work on multiple projects, providing expert planning and
scheduling support using Primavera P6 and MSP. This role offers an excellent opportunity to apply your extensiveknowledge and experience to ensure the successful delivery of complex projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create project schedules that meet contractual requirements for a wide array of customers across multipleindustries using Primavera P6 or MSP.
• Ensure that for all schedules produced there is full alignment to the contracted scope and estimate via a WorkBreakdown Structure and resource profiles. Integrate schedule requirements and constraints to establish worksequences for all disciplines or specialties seek buy in and approval
• Leading the development of the baseline schedule, you will facilitate and support the approval of the scheduleas a contractual baseline document with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain the schedule updating and project schedules Collaborate with project managers and stakeholders onschedule status. Lead and facilitate project meetings, providing expert scheduling insights and recommendations.Verifying actual progress claims, monitor schedule deviations and recommend corrective action/work-around anyissues that may arise
• Draft and finalize schedule or progress reports progress as needed including Progress S Curves, Critical Path,Milestone Tracking, Float Path and erosion and Earned Value management, Prepare and present comprehensiveSchedule Update Reports including progress, variance and mitigations / interventions lookahead updateschedules to optimize alignment with project objectives and timelines
• Undertake Change Impact assessments for proposed and approved changes.
• Collaborate with Project Control and Management to support the cost plan and cash flow data sets andreports.
• Manage and configure enterprise data contained within project schedules to maintain alignment to third partysystems, budgets (effort and cost) and where required materials.
• Provide professional support on project planning processes and best practices.
• Perform detailed schedule integrity checks, reviews for internal / external customers as required, documentingall findings and developing action plans to address any observed items.
• Schedule Assurance, both internally and externally, taking into consideration all aspects of project schedulingplanning including the development and support of comprehensive action plans to address observed items eitherdirectly or with a third party.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management.
• Should have 9 -12 years of experience.
• Extensive experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project software.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to remotely manage multiple complex projects and priorities effectively.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on accuracy, quality, and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience in a professional planning or scheduling role.
• In-depth knowledge of advanced project management principles and practices.
• Familiarity with other project management software tools.
• Professional certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PMI-SP).

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• Agile working
• Critical illness and compassionate leave
• Paternity Leave
• Group term life insurance, and Group medical insurance coverage
• Career mobility options
• Short and Long-term global employment opportunities
• Global collaboration and knowledge sharing