Planning Engineer - Transmission Line and Substation

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Job Description

Job Purpose

Develop, integrate and monitor the project schedule for transmission line, substation and HVDC packages and provide early warning of schedule deviations, resource constraints and milestone risks.

Key Responsibilities

• Review the contractor's work breakdown structure and Level 1 to Level 4 schedules.
• Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule covering engineering, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and handover.
• Validate activity logic, durations, calendars, constraints, milestones and resource loading.
• Establish progress measurement methodology aligned with BOQ, Schedule of Values and contractual milestones.
• Prepare planned versus actual S-curves, resource histograms, look-ahead schedules and milestone trackers.
• Monitor critical and near-critical activities and identify emerging schedule risks.
• Review weekly, monthly and three-month look-ahead schedules submitted by contractors.
• Verify reported physical progress through site records and coordination with field teams.
• Analyse schedule slippage and recommend corrective, recovery and acceleration measures.
• Support evaluation of extension-of-time claims through delay-event chronology and schedule-impact analysis.
• Track engineering submissions, approvals, manufacturing, dispatch, site receipt and installation of long-lead equipment.
• Integrate transmission line section schedules with substation, bay, control, telecom and energization interfaces.
• Maintain schedule-related assumptions, constraints, risk items and delay registers.
• Prepare management dashboards and schedule narratives for periodic progress reports.
• Support invoice certification by verifying achievement of schedule-linked milestones.

Key Deliverables

• Integrated master schedule.
• Baseline-review report.
• Weekly and monthly schedule updates.
• Two-week and three-month look-ahead schedules.
• Critical-path and delay-analysis reports.
• Recovery-plan assessment.
• Milestone and procurement trackers.
• Progress S-curves and resource histograms.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in planning and scheduling of power infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or approved project-planning software.
• Experience in EHV transmission line and substation construction schedules.
• Knowledge of critical path analysis, delay analysis, progress measurement and earned-value principles.

Additional Information

The position will be site-based at Khavda or Surat and may require travel between project locations, contractor offices, manufacturing facilities and client offices.

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary AECOM Energy team supporting the safe and successful delivery of major HVDC and transmission infrastructure projects.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

 

About AECOM 

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. 

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com. 

What makes AECOM a great place to work 

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community - where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.