Planning Lead

It has been more than 60 years since SYSTRA has garnered expertise that spans the entire spectrum of Mass Rapid Transit System. SYSTRA India’s valuable presence in India roots back to 1957, where SYSTRA worked on the electrification of Indian Railways. Our technical excellence, holistic approach and the tremendous talent provides a career that puts people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency.

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Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water Infrastructure for public and private organizations.

Our unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Our fully integrated services are tailored to plan and manage projects using proven best practices.

CTR – Regional Technical Centre of Systra India takes care of the international production of major projects at Systra Group level. CTR team has expertise in design of High-Speed Rail, Metro, Conventional Rail, Bridges, Highways, Depots, Stations and Transport Planning. Starting from Feasibility/Concept stage to Detailed Design to IFC/Shop drawings, the disciplines involved have experience of designing in accordance with various international codes and delivered projects across the world.

CTR team has successfully delivered some major projects in UK, UAE, Tanzania, KSA, Australia, Canada and Denmark. One of the major achievements of India CTR team has been the design of HS2 project in UK. We played an instrumental role in delivering 3 major Sublots on HS2 with our teams proactively engaging with Front Office in UK and delivering beyond client expectations. This resulted in India team receiving many accolades from the contractor BBV and client HS2. 

CTR team in India is proficient in working on multi-disciplinary projects integrating Design, BIM and Drawing production in a seamless workflow incorporating different software. The technical and management teams within CTR get an opportunity to work and interact with other CTR teams within Systra Group from Paris, Poland, Dubai, Philippines and Brazil.

Missions/Main Duties

• We are seeking a Planning Lead to manage the planning team while maintaining a hands-on role in project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting using Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project (MSP).
• The successful candidate will provide planning leadership across projects, ensure consistent scheduling standards, and personally develop and maintain schedules for assigned projects. This is a working leadership role that combines team management with practical project delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the planning team, managing workloads and ensuring quality and consistency of schedules and reports.
• Establish planning standards, procedures, and reporting templates; support recruitment, training, and performance reviews.
• Develop, baseline, and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project (MSP), including WBS, milestones, dependencies, and resource/cost loading.
• Monitor progress against baselines, analyse critical paths and variances, and develop look-ahead and recovery plans.
• Prepare progress reports, dashboards, S-curves, and performance indicators; communicate schedule status, risks, and corrective actions.
• Assess the impact of changes and delays, support delay analysis and extension-of-time assessments, and maintain schedule records.
• Coordinate with project teams and clients to align schedules, lead progress reviews, and resolve or escalate delivery risks.

Profile/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Typically 8–12 years of relevant planning and scheduling experience, including experience leading a planning team.
• Demonstrated hands-on proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project; experience must extend beyond reviewing schedules prepared by others.
• Experience developing and controlling schedules through the full project lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge of critical path methodology, resource planning, progress measurement, and schedule recovery.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects or complex work packages.
• Relevant industry experience in infrastructure projects.
• A relevant planning, scheduling, or project management certification is desirable.

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!