The Planning Manager is responsible for leading and managing all project planning, scheduling, and progress monitoring activities across renewable energy projects (solar PV, wind, hydropower, energy storage, and hybrid systems) within the Project Delivery Department. The role ensures that robust, integrated master schedules are developed, maintained, and communicated to all stakeholders, enabling timely delivery within scope, budget, and quality parameters. The Planning Manager acts as the central scheduling authority for the project portfolio and directly supports the Project Director in driving execution excellence.

Schedule Development & Management

• Develop, baseline, and maintain Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 integrated master schedules for utility-scale and distributed renewable energy projects using Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Define Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), activity logic, durations, resource assignments, and critical path for all project phases: development, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams (engineering, procurement, construction, HSE, commissioning) to gather inputs and ensure schedule alignment.
• Manage schedule interfaces between EPC contractors, sub-contractors, equipment vendors, and client teams.
• Issue monthly and milestone-based schedule updates to project and executive stakeholders.

Progress Monitoring & Reporting

• Track physical progress against baseline and report Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics including SPI, SV, and forecast completion dates.
• Conduct regular schedule health checks; identify variances, float consumption, and critical path shifts.
• Prepare and issue weekly/monthly progress reports, look-ahead schedules (3-week and 6-week), and executive dashboards.
• Facilitate schedule review meetings with project teams and contractors, documenting actions and ensuring follow-through.

Risk, Delay & Change Management

• Identify schedule risks proactively; develop and maintain schedule risk registers in coordination with the Project Risk Manager.
• Conduct quantitative schedule risk analysis (Monte Carlo simulation) to determine P50/P80 completion probabilities.
• Assess the schedule impact of variations, changes, and delay events; prepare Time Impact Analyses (TIA) and support claims management.
• Drive recovery planning initiatives when schedule deviations are identified, working with contractors and internal teams.

Planning Systems & Tools

• Establish and enforce project scheduling standards, procedures, and templates across the project portfolio.
• Maintain planning databases; integrate contractor schedules into the master program using resource-loaded logic.
• Support implementation and optimization of project management information systems (PMIS) relevant to planning.
• Mentor and guide junior planners and project controls staff within the department.

Stakeholder & Interface Management

• Liaise with clients, lenders, government authorities, and third-party verifiers on schedule commitments and milestone compliance.
• Coordinate with procurement and logistics teams to incorporate long-lead equipment delivery schedules into the master plan.
• Interface with permitting and regulatory teams to integrate approval timelines into project schedules.
• Support Lender's Engineer / Owner's Engineer review processes by providing accurate schedule data and analysis.

Commissioning & Closeout Planning

• Develop and manage pre-commissioning, commissioning, and energization schedules in close coordination with the commissioning manager.
• Ensure planning activities support Commercial Operation Date (COD) and contractual milestone obligations.
• Lead lessons-learned documentation on planning and scheduling performance at project closeout.