Programme Expert – Planning, Progress & Project Controls Lead (Rail Metro Projects)

Job Description Job Title: Programme Expert – Planning, Progress & Project Controls Lead (Rail Metro Projects) Job Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Join Us! We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon! This role requires to lead project planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, and project controls activities for Rail Metro Projects, ensuring delivery in line with contractual commitments, budget targets, resource plans, and project milestones while providing accurate reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis to support project decision-making. What will you do? Planning & Scheduling Develop, maintain, and control integrated project schedules from engineering through commissioning and handover. Establish project baselines, milestones, resource plans, and critical path activities. Ensure alignment of project schedules with contractual requirements and execution plans. Progress Monitoring & Reporting Monitor project progress against baseline schedules and key project deliverables. Analyze schedule performance, identify delays, and recommend corrective actions. Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, dashboards, and management presentations. Project Controls Management Lead project controls activities covering planning, scheduling, progress measurement, forecasting, and performance reporting. Track project KPIs, productivity, earned value, and schedule performance indicators. Ensure effective control of project timelines and deliverables. Risk & Change Management Identify schedule risks, constraints, and potential impacts on project completion. Support mitigation planning and recovery schedules. Assess schedule impacts arising from variations, claims, and change orders. Stakeholder Coordination Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Testing & Commissioning, and Project Management teams. Support project reviews, client meetings, and management reporting requirements. Act as the focal point for all planning and project controls matters. Project Closeout & Lessons Learned Support project completion reporting, schedule closeout, and lessons learned activities. Ensure project records and controls documentation are properly maintained. Experience, Education and other Required: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or equivalent discipline. 10–15 years of experience in Planning, Scheduling, and Project Controls. Minimum 5 years of experience in Metro Rail, Railway Electrification, OCS, Traction Power, Infrastructure, or EPC Projects. Proven experience managing large multidisciplinary project schedules. Technical Knowledge: Primavera P6 and MS Project, Project Controls & Earned Value Management (EVM), Progress, Measurement & Forecasting, Risk Analysis & Schedule Recovery Planning, Cost & Resource Planning, Claims and Delay Analysis. Preferred Industry Experience: Metro Rail, Railway Electrification, OCS, Traction Power Systems, Transportation Infrastructure, Power, and Large EPC Projects. ED&I: When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too. About Linxon Building the infrastructure to power the world with carbon-free energy. We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s leading technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon. Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects. As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you. To know more about Linxon : or watch our video: Building the infrastructure to power the world - we are Linxon! - YouTube Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.