Project Planning and Control Manager

✅ Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

✅ More than 8 years of experience in planning and control of industrial projects.

✅ Proven experience in complex industrial construction projects.

✅ Experience in EPC/EPCM environments or industrial investment management.

✅ Involvement in projects exceeding €10 million.

✅ Expert proficiency in Primavera P6.

✅ Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Project.

✅ Experience in:

• Critical Path Method (CPM).

• Schedule risk management.

• Physical and financial progress control.

• Earned Value Management (EVM).

✅ Minimum B2 level of English.

➕ Experience in the steel, energy, chemical, mining, or heavy industry sectors.

➕ Involvement in projects exceeding €50 million.

➕ Experience coordinating contractors and construction planning.

➕ Knowledge of: Power BI, SAP PS, Microsoft 365, document management tools, and collaboration tools.

Are you motivated by leading the planning of large industrial projects and becoming the reference who helps ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with strategic vision? 🏗️

We are looking for someone who wants to play a key role in the definition, monitoring, and control of complex industrial investment projects, working closely with Project Management and having a real impact across all phases of the project life cycle.

• Involvement in large-scale, highly complex industrial projects.

• A role with cross-functional influence over engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.

• The ability to define methodologies, standards, and best practices at an organizational level.

• An environment where planning is considered a strategic tool for decision-making.

• The opportunity to drive digitalization and continuous improvement of monitoring and control processes.

You will be the go-to person for project planning and control, providing support to Project Directors and ensuring a rigorous view of progress, risks, and compliance with established milestones.

You will report directly to the Department Management and actively participate in project decision-making.

• Lead the development of master project schedules.

• Define the execution strategy and construction sequence together with Project Management.

• Identify key milestones, critical activities, interfaces, and constraints.

• Design and maintain the WBS structure.

• Establish calendars, resources, durations, and logical relationships between activities.

• Develop and manage baseline schedules.

• Regularly update schedules and analyze variances.

• Identify schedule-related risks and propose mitigation actions.

• Perform critical path analyses and alternative scenario simulations.

• Prepare executive reports and dashboards for management.

• Coordinate progress updates with internal teams and contractors.

• Implement monitoring methodologies based on physical and economic indicators using Earned Value Management.

• Act as the methodological reference for planning across the entire department.

• Coordinate and supervise external planners when necessary.

• Train and support Project Directors in planning and control matters.

• Participate in regular progress meetings with management and stakeholders.

• Develop planning standards and procedures.

• Drive digitalization and process automation initiatives.

• Promote the consistent use of tools and methodologies across the organization.

We are looking for an analytical, structured profile with a global view of projects. Someone capable of anticipating risks, building trust with teams, and turning planning data into useful information for decision-making.

If you enjoy connecting engineering, construction, planning, and strategy to ensure projects move forward successfully, we would love to meet you.

Shall we talk? 🚀