Capital Projects Risk & Cost Management Specialist – Bengaluru

Job Description: Capital Projects Risk & Cost Management Specialist

Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 7–11 Years
Qualification: B.E./B.Tech in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Mode: Work From Office (WFO)
Shift: Rotational
Skill Required: IX Intelligent Capital Project Operations – Low Carbon Grid Capital Projects

Job Summary

We are hiring a Senior Project Controls Analyst to support project scheduling, progress monitoring, performance measurement, and schedule risk analysis for large-scale capital infrastructure programs.

The role will focus on integrating project schedules, tracking actual progress against approved baselines, evaluating schedule variances, and generating actionable reporting for project leadership. The candidate will collaborate with project managers, scheduling leads, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to improve schedule predictability and delivery performance.

Experience in power utilities, transmission interconnections, hyperscale data centres, or other major infrastructure projects is preferred.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Support the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.

2. Establish and maintain project baselines, WBS structures, activity relationships, milestones, and schedule calendars.

3. Monitor actual progress against planned schedules and identify deviations from approved baselines.

4. Perform critical path and near-critical path analysis to identify activities that may affect project completion.

5. Conduct schedule health assessments and validate activity logic, progress percentages, constraints, and forecast dates.

6. Analyze schedule variances and identify the root causes of delays, productivity issues, and milestone slippage.

7. Support schedule risk assessments, recovery planning, time impact analysis, and scenario modelling.

8. Prepare project controls dashboards, schedule performance reports, variance summaries, and management updates.

9. Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to collect schedule inputs and validate reported progress.

10. Support earned value and schedule performance analysis where applicable.

11. Maintain schedule documentation, data integrity, revision history, and reporting standards.

12. Identify opportunities to improve scheduling processes, reporting quality, and project controls practices.

13. Coordinate with global project stakeholders and scheduling leads to resolve moderately complex issues.

14. Manage assigned work packages and deliverables in line with project timelines and management guidance.

Required Skills

• 7–11 years of experience in project controls, scheduling, or planning for capital infrastructure projects.

• Advanced practical knowledge of Primavera P6.

• Strong understanding of WBS, schedule baselines, critical path analysis, milestone tracking, and schedule forecasting.

• Experience in progress measurement, schedule variance analysis, and performance reporting.

• Knowledge of schedule quality standards and project controls methodologies.

• Understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data-driven reporting.

• Ability to analyze complex scheduling issues and recommend corrective actions.

• Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.

• PMP, PMI-SP, or Primavera P6 certification is an advantage.

• Experience in hyperscale data centres, energy infrastructure, transmission and distribution, or capital investment programs is preferred.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will combine strong Primavera P6 scheduling expertise with analytical project controls capabilities. They should be comfortable monitoring multiple schedules, investigating schedule deviations, preparing management-level reports, and collaborating with global teams in a structured project environment.

Work Arrangement: Full-time, Work From Office, Bengaluru, with rotational shifts.