Planning Engineer

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a Planning and Control Engineer for industrial projects, with a focus on optimization, innovation, and resource management. Key Highlights: 1. Work in integrated planning and control of industrial projects. 2. Apply advanced methodologies such as WBS, AWP, LPS, and FEL. 3. Contribute to innovation and the global future of consulting engineering. In our continuous search for creative and innovation-driven minds, we seek individuals who challenge boundaries, embrace the new, and pioneer unexplored paths toward a promising future. With over 28 years of expertise in Project Consulting and Management, we are a national benchmark in Consulting Engineering, undergoing constant global expansion. With an innovation-driven DNA, we continuously reinvent and evolve. Our team of over 2,000 professionals works to propel our company toward an even more relevant, global, and digital future by 2030\. If you identify with our purpose, shall we imagine and engineer that future together? **Responsibilities and Duties** **Summary Description:** Plan and control all activities comprising the project scope, verifying adherence to defined milestones for the project to support fulfillment of contractual requirements. **Position Objective** Ensure integrated planning, monitoring, and control of the project, guaranteeing adherence to schedule, cost, quality, and safety, with strong emphasis on constructability and advanced execution methodologies. **Main Functions and Responsibilities** * Structure and manage project planning based on **WBS**, integrating engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning. * Apply **FEL (Front End Loading)** concepts to ensure engineering maturity prior to execution. * Implement and control the **AWP (Advanced Work Packaging)** methodology, structuring work packages and releasing work fronts according to readiness. * Apply **LPS (Last Planner System)** practices for field production management, increasing predictability and productivity. * Develop and maintain the integrated schedule, performing critical path analysis, variance analysis, and trend analysis. * Manage cost control (CAPEX), including budgeting, forecasting, physical\-financial progress curves, and variance analysis. * Conduct constructability analysis, ensuring planning aligns with actual execution conditions. * Develop and monitor performance indicators (KPIs), using **Business Intelligence (BI)** tools to support decision-making. * Identify risks and opportunities, proposing mitigation plans and recovery strategies for schedule and cost. * Report project execution status clearly and objectively to internal and external stakeholders. * Collaborate integrally with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring alignment between planning and execution. **Requirements and Qualifications** **Basic Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, with active registration at CREA. * Proven experience in planning and control of large-scale industrial projects. * Proficiency in methodologies and tools: WBS, AWP, LPS, FEL, and constructability analysis. * Experience in cost control (budgeting, forecasting, physical\-financial curve, and variance analysis). * Proficiency in planning tools (Primavera P6\) and Business Intelligence (Power BI or similar). * Advanced English proficiency. **Preferred Qualifications:** * Postgraduate degree in Project Management. * Strategic and integrated vision of the full project lifecycle. * Strong analytical capability and data-driven decision-making skills. * Fluent English for interaction with clients and international contracts. **Additional Information** **Job Characteristics:** * Employment Type: Regular Office * Work Location: São Gonçalo do Amarante/CE * Working Hours: 44 hours per week **Benefits Included in This Position:** * Health insurance * Dental insurance * Life insurance * Transportation allowance * Meal allowance * TotalPass membership Discounts and partnerships with various educational institutions * At Timenow, we believe in the power of ideas — and even more so, in the ability to turn them into reality. We are a global company with three decades of history, dedicated to imagining a possible world and engineering it with intelligence, innovation, and purpose. #### **If you seek a place where your creativity finds space, your development is taken seriously, and your work delivers real impact, join Timenow.** We are a community of over 2,500 people distributed across Brazil, the United States, and Portugal. We are united by a shared mission: transforming complexity into shared achievements. Here, you will work on challenging projects alongside recognized specialists, in an environment that values knowledge, collaboration, and continuous innovation. It does not matter where you are in your career journey — what matters is your willingness to make a difference. **\#VemSerTimenow!**