DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PLANNING ENGINEER

Preparation of Construction programme

1. Thorough study of bill of quantities, specifications and drawings

2. Conduct site visit to understand the practicability for mobilization and for the
preparation of risk analysis
3. Coordinate with the Site Manager, Site Engineers, various departments, sub-
contractors to acquire relevant data essential for the preparation of activity
schedules.
4. Care should be taken to include all quantities of BOQ in the construction
programme.
5. Carefully study the drawings, site conditions, method statement and bifurcate
resources before preparing the construction programme
6. Establish work break down structure and major mile stone activities
7. Establish sequence of activities with the guidance of execution team and
durations for each activity shall be prepared based on availability of resources
8. Assign resources (Manpower, Materials and Equipment) and Budgeted Cost for
each activity
9. Separate schedule should be prepared for long delivery items for giving more
priority
10. Prepare construction programme with the guidance for Project Manager as per
contractual terms & conditions and obtain approval from the consultant/Client.
11. Separate construction programme should be prepared for actual site execution
with milestones.
12. Manpower histogram has to be prepared based on the programme and labour
productivity and obtain approval from Project Manager
13. Labour productivity shall be in line with rate analysis
14. Prepare databases for Engineering deliverables, Procurement details and
include in the Construction programme (Optional)
15. The Construction programme has to be rechecked with execution team before
releasing

Tracking of Construction Programme

16. Monitor the construction programme day to day basis

17. Maintain, record and update the works progress obtained from Construction

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 Manager and site engineers through Project Manager for all resources.
18. Track, monitor and forecast progress of all activities and deliverables such as
products, engineering documents, fabrication status and construction of all
discipline.
19. Follow-up with Subcontractors, site team to monitor project progress of work
and submit the reports to Project Manager
20. Evaluate dates to completion and project delay, if any, prepare the recovery
programme periodically by adding resources.
21. The programme has to be updated throughout the duration without affecting the
date of completion depends on the availability of resources.
22. Monthly s-curve shall be prepared
23. Perform regular analysis of all schedule trends.

Reports

24. Report to the Project Manager about the current work progress and make
comparison between planned and actual progress.
25. Prepare weekly or monthly progress reports as required by the Project
Manager.
26. Attend project progress review meetings with Project Manager, Consultant,
client, vendors and sub-contractors.
27. Assess actual progress versus planned progress to determine trends and
variances.
28. Prepare Cash Flow charts, tables to establish the financial status
29. Estimate & forecast quantity of works and costs for the next month
30. Earned value report should be prepared to compare earned value with originally
planned and report in the form of CPI and SPI (cost performance index and
schedule performance index)
31. Prepare weekly and monthly progress report for both consultants and Project
Manager
32. Prepare monthly cost control statement of resources
33. Prepare the detailed report for resources and cost for each activity to achieve
the goal.
34. Ensure that all resources are available at site and submit noncompliance report
to Project Manager

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35. Develop project control guide lines
36. Prepares monthly report reflecting work progress summary, status of
engineering deliverables, cash flow, site progress photos, site materials
inventory reports, labour status, site machinery reports, HSE, QA/QC
compliance reports etc
37. Reports should be clear and precise. Too many complicated reports will not be
advisable for the site execution.
Invoicing
38. Invoicing and variation
39. Prepare running invoice including variations
40. Review & verify the progress invoices/bills of sub-contractors and vendors.