Planning and Costs PL Engineer
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
João Pessoa, State of Paraíba, Brazil
In Person
Project & Program ManagementProject Management
About the job
Requirements
- A higher-education degree in Civil, Environmental, Sanitary, or Production Engineering, or a related field.
- More than three years of experience in the area or a similar role is desirable, rather than required.
- Experience in infrastructure, sanitation, concessions, energy, or construction projects is an advantage.
- Comply with ACCIONA's workplace safety and QSSMA work standards, procedures, and policies.
Responsibilities
- Plan construction projects, including physical and financial schedules.
- Develop the work breakdown structure and sequence key milestones and deliverables.
- Develop a human resources, materials, equipment, and vehicle resource matrix needed to meet schedule and cost targets.
- Work with production teams to eliminate risks, uncertainties, and constraints to construction progress.
- Identify opportunities to increase production and reduce costs.
- Plan long-, medium-, and short-term work, including weekly work scheduling (PST).
- Monitor productivity across production work fronts.
- Review and validate monthly construction measurements against measurement bulletins (BM).
- Validate daily and monthly construction progress reports, ensuring consistency among physical and financial progress and planned contract balances.
- Update the “Avanço” control database to accurately reflect investments made.
- Update monthly reporting presentations with key indicators and physical and financial project progress.
- Update the asset database with current-month physical and financial project progress.
- Keep technical reports delivered to CAGEPA and the Independent Verifier organized and current, documenting execution evidence and contractual compliance.
- Maintain controls for changes to project scope, schedule, investments, and costs, including the financial curve, as execution plans are revised.
- Reclassify accounting entries between CAPEX and OPEX in accordance with Finance department guidelines.
- Update schedule predecessors to reflect project execution logic and dependencies.
- Review completed sewer network and connection quantities against designs and measurements to ensure technical consistency and compliance with contractual service targets.
- Respond to requests for technical information from Legal and support responses to official letters from CAGEPA, the Independent Verifier, environmental agencies, and municipal and state governments.
- Update the environmental licensing prioritization database, including the status and contractor for contracted works, in alignment with strategic planning.
- Track the approval status of CAGEPA projects with the Projects team and ensure all approvals are in place for execution.
- Submit system requests to purchase materials and contract services in accordance with internal processes and project schedules.
About the company
Acciona builds and operates infrastructure and develops renewable energy assets worldwide. It covers the full project life cycle, from engineering, procurement, and construction to owning, operating, and maintaining power plants and related infrastructure. It differentiates itself through vertical integration and a long history of shifting from general construction to a pure-play renewable and sustainable infrastructure group with a large, globally diversified portfolio. Its goal is to be a leading global developer and operator of sustainable infrastructure, expanding clean-energy capacity and reducing carbon emissions.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
Founded
1861
Get referred to ACCIONA
See people who can refer or advise you
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- H1 2026 revenue rose 9.9% to €10.142 billion, showing momentum.
- ACCIONA closed a £125 million green loan and US$340 million private placement in 2026.
- Kwinana waste-to-energy and Vertical Earth should lift Infrastructure and Concessions earnings through 2027.
What critics are saying
- Australia's ACCC probe on East Rockingham threatens a blocked waste-to-energy acquisition in 2026.
- Silence burned €62 million plus €40 million in 2026 after 2024 production halts.
- ACCIONA carries €8.243 billion net financial debt, pressuring returns if project execution slips.
What makes ACCIONA unique
- ACCIONA combines infrastructure contracting with renewables, unlike pure-play peers like Ferrovial.
- The 2026 Sustainable Impact Financing Framework unifies green, blue, and sustainability-linked funding.
- Vertical Earth expands ACCIONA's self-execution in Georgia and Florida, strengthening U.S. delivery.
Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?
Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible Work Hours