What is the role of a planning engineer?
Planning engineers are critical to several industries because practically every organization and company needs expert planners. Their primary focus is on developing comprehensive project plans and schedules, ensuring the timely and efficient execution of projects while meeting all quality and safety standards. Planning engineers coordinate with multiple stakeholders, including project managers, contractors, and other engineering teams, to facilitate seamless project delivery.
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Application Engineer
Location: Oakville
Branche: Life Sciences
Expertise: Production & Manufacturing
Experience: 3 years
Develop solutions to customer challenges in creative ways. Work with Sales teams and directly with customers, their engineering representatives, our WTS teams to review existing facilities, identify unique constraints at site, and identify options that will solve the customers' challenge. Evaluate and respond to internal and external customer inquiries (technical requests, product availability, pricing, etc.) by reviewing specifications, drawings and other documents to prepare budgets, bids, or proposals. Prepare detailed budget and firm proposals by gathering details and compiling data to estimate all engineering and production costs according to customer specifications. Determine material, assembly and commissioning estimates utilizing quotations, vendor contact, catalogues, cost standards and historical data. Determine freight cost to the jobsite from the expected fabrication location. Work in conjunction with Supply Chain on schedule and forecasting. Establish and maintain files and records on cost and specifications of equipment, products, and components. Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of common changes at customer sites and share lessons learned and best practices globally. Prepare documentation and participate in contract kickoff meetings to transfer projects to the execution group.
Service Engineer
Location: Lachine
Branche: Mining
Expertise: Production & Manufacturing
Experience: 3 years
Create and verify Repair & Overhaul (R&O) documentation including: Repair Schemes Parts Cleaning and Inspection (PCI) Special Inspection Procedures (SIP) Engine Management Programs (EMP) Interpret technical drawings and component specifications to create clear documentation. Apply engineering knowledge to define appropriate inspection and repair methods for gas turbine components. Collaborate with internal teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with established repair standards. Deliver documentation based on shifting priorities throughout the year; adapt to evolving engineering needs. Utilize multiple platforms to manage and author documents, including MS Word, Adobe Acrobat, and SharePoint. Ensure deliverables meet quality expectations and align with documented repair engineering processes.
Industrial Engineer
Location: Charlottetown
Branche: Life Sciences
Expertise: Production & Manufacturing
Experience: 3 years
Responsibilities Assist in the planning, execution, and monitoring of capital and infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with project goals, timelines, and budgets. Lead process and equipment validation ensuring regulatory compliance and consistent high-quality products. Monitor production data and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to highlight trends and opportunities for improvements. Ensure that all manufacturing processes and equipment meet the required standards and specifications through rigorous testing and validation. Follow IQ, OQ, PQ methodologies when applicable. Develop and manage qualification documentation for new equipment, processes, and systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness. Track the status of qualification activities and provide regular updates to stakeholders on progress and issues. Conduct assessments of packaging materials and processes to ensure they meet quality, safety, and compliance standards. Provide recommendations for packaging improvements and partner with suppliers and internal teams to implement changes. Identify and implement strategies and methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma) for continuous improvements, efficiency gains, and waste reduction including tracing performance of implemented changes.
Project Controls Manager
Location: Toronto
Branche: Mining
Expertise: Controlling
Experience: 5 years
Guide and direct resolution of project difficulties and complex project control issues. Strong analytical skills required to review all project controls information and ensure accuracy as well as identify issues, concerns, and potential mitigations. Interact with the Project Management team and Corporate management team and participate in regular project meetings. Gather information and prepare reports and presentations of information as needed on the project. Identify and communicate design changes, scope changes and schedule slippages and potential impacts and participate in the identification of mitigations. Ensure trends of cost and schedule are identified, manage change management process, communicate and suggest corrective actions. Coordinate with cross functional team in project setting, ensure project controls team members are interfacing with engineering, procurement, contracts and construction on concepts and relationships to the scope of work and ensure adherence to safety and quality standards. Oversees project baseline process for cost, schedule and progress and ensure all project systems are implemented according to process and company standards and procedures. Ensure full implementation of company processes and procedures as well as industry best practices with regards to project controls on the project following the company project stage gate process. Establish a risk management protocol which includes identification, documentation, mitigation and tracking of potential risks on the project. In addition, determine potential cost and schedule/progress impacts of potential risks as they are identified. Ensure the accuracy of reported progress percentage based on the rules of credit established within the project. Develop progress measurement process for required scopes of work. Establish and manage project schedule development, review and update processes and ensure accuracy and alignment with the overall master schedule. Manage and ensure all project required reporting is pared and submitted as per approved reporting schedule for the project. Mentor and lead a large staff of project controls team members, ensure the project is staffed appropriately, conduct regular staff performance reviews and manage any staffing issues that may arise.
Contracts Lead
Location: Vancouver
Branche: Mining
Expertise: Planning & Testing
Experience: 5 years
Be a courageous safety leader, leading by example and fostering a proactive safety and sustainability culture based on the common values of health, safety, environment, and communities shared by the asset owners As a member of a multi-disciplinary project team, collaborate and influence Project activities to provide the best commercial value for the Project Lead preparation of the Contracting Strategy, policies and procedures documents Enable Project success by identifying and evaluating contracting strategies, and facilitating the selection of the commercial strategy that best supports the Project objectives Work with internal groups, particularly Legal, Risk and Insurance, and the Manager, Project Services to develop, integrate and deliver best-practice Project contracting practices, procedures, and templates. Lead the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, including: Plan, prepare, and manage the RFP documents and process Analyze and evaluate commercial proposals Lead the technical evaluation process and consolidating inputs Support and provide input to the selection process, based on overall best value. Negotiate commercial and legal terms on behalf of Ensure all records are managed and retained Coordinate agreements post-award in close collaboration with Project Management, Project Controls, and contract scope owners, including evaluating pre-mobilization deliverables, reconciling invoices, negotiating / resolving disputes, negotiating changes, implementing change management procedures, and closing contracts Ensure all Contractor and Consultant personnel align with all relevant requirements, policies, industry best practices, and project-specific requirements Build and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders and external service providers Promote commitment to sustainability, the environment, and health and safety, through leading by example, and demonstrating honesty, sincerity, and openness to feedback Review existing contracting processes and lead improvements aimed at enhancing efficiencies, as necessary, working collaboratively with team members and external service providers, driving continuous improvements Foster a culture of open communication, focus on building relationships across the organization, with the partners and external audiences, and invest in developing talent within the organization by providing recognition, challenge, and mentorship
Senior Project Cost Control Specialist
Location: Vancouver
Branche: Mining
Expertise: Controlling
Experience: 0 years
Responsible for developing and/or reviewing project cost controls management plans, both internal and from service providers. Responsible for preparation and application of the project specific procedures and guidelines for project cost controls in alignment with the Project Procedures Manual (PPM) and project set-up requirements. Responsible for ensuring the Projects Group Cost Standard is properly applied and followed on the project with respect to project cost control. Responsible for managing the project budget, project accruals, and maintaining the project cost data in the cost management system. Responsible for aligning the project work breakdown structure (WBS), code of accounts (COA) and project cost elements (CE), as applicable. Responsible for invoice review on project scopes. Responsible for Appropriation Request (AR) review and the creation of commitment, incurred cost, and cash flow graphs for inclusion in the document. Responsible for project commitment authorization in advance of PO or contract awards, or any change orders impacting a PO or contract. Responsible for developing project forecast information and maintaining the data in the cost management system. Responsible for the change management of costs, trending against the project baseline Responsible to develop and maintain project commitment, incurred and cash flow data. Responsible for applying productivity performance and earned value measurement methodology in project analysis. Responsible for development, application, and reporting of the project contingency strategy. Responsible for developing monthly reports and presentations. Responsible for providing support and interface with Project Accounting and/or Business Unit Finance groups, including assistance with project capitalization. Responsible for the completion and gathering of all project stage information for inclusion in the in-house project database. Assist with the development, modification and/or implementation of project cost controls techniques and methods. Transfer learning from actual project cost control implementation into the improvement of company guidelines and procedures.
Managing Director
Location: Greater Toronto Area
Branche: Medical devices
Expertise: Marketing & Sales
Experience: 5 years
Define short, medium and long-term strategies in the region, considering products, local market, investment, etc. The goal being to achieve business objectives, increased profit and market share, and to direct team activities to achieve set strategies. Identify actual and future business opportunities and support the regional leadership. Lead regional P&L management, including region's finance plan, forecasting and reporting financial reviews/presentations to leadership. Develop and calculate a budget to meet organizational goals. Forecast future needs including human and material resources and capital expenditures. Determine and establish organizational structure and supervisory relationships to regional leadership. Develop and execute operational decisions with a strategic perspective. Maintain consistent contact with major suppliers, key customers, industry associations and government representatives to achieve the objectives of the division Actively seek, identify, analyze, and present new business opportunities and improvement ideas to senior management Provide general direction to Country and functional areas, groups and/or operations. Keep the organizational vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action. Demonstrate effective change leadership. Build strategic internal and external partnerships to further departmental and organizational objectives. Interact with senior/executive level management, outside regulatory agencies, government officials, customers, vendors, partners and/or suppliers. Coordinate across functional areas, business units, and/or geographies in order to achieve company or area goals. Develops and/or identify new work processes that will have broad applicability throughout the company. Contribute ideas for improving work processes and achieving organizational goals. Investigate and solve problems that impact work processes or personnel in multiple units or departments. Active distributor management. Ensure execution to a high degree of performance in achieving business objectives and maximize performance using appropriate goals and KPIs Plan and drive work towards achieving Company's vision, objectives as well as Division mission and strategies. Establish territory sales plans/quotas together with local and regional teams. Recruit, coach, and develop organizational talent. Fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives. Provides direction, coaching and guidance to personnel; evaluates performance of and assists in career development planning for subordinates. Partnering with other regions on product launches with a focus on segmentation, pricing and contracting strategies. Lead the Market Model implementation across the region. Support with the analysis and execution of main takeaways Provide as needed information regarding market, competition, political/ social/economic conditions. Oversee, manage and utilize product management systems to analyse and manage regional business Participation in local region and other region-specific cross division meeting.
Business Development Manager
Location: Timmins
Branche: Mining
Expertise: Marketing & Sales
Experience: 4 years
Identify and pursue new business opportunities in Manitoba (Winnipeg and Red Lake, Ont.) Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including engineers, project managers, and procurement teams. Collaborate closely with our mechanical team to ensure seamless delivery and implementation of engineered pump solutions. Achieving and exceeding sales targets, with a commission structure that rewards high performance Provide market feedback to the Sales Director and help shape our regional strategy. Represent the company at Mining at industry events, trade shows, and client meetings
Director of Regulatory
Location: Canada
Branche: Life Sciences
Expertise: Research & Development
Experience: 3 years
Responsible for preparing client proposals and generating new business, including leading presentations to potential RA clients, and participating in multifunctional presentations Prioritize and manage multiple simultaneous projects to meet budget (including invoice review), timelines and client expectations; anticipate and resolve emerging issues Responsible for development and implementation of RA activities including assessments, strategies, submissions and agency interactions, applying expert knowledge in core area of regulatory practice (e.g., CMC, Medical Devices, CTAs, US etc.) and at least basic knowledge outside of core area Maintain target billables by obtaining new business Creates opportunities to build agency relationships by participating in professional activities such as offering industry training, conference presentations, publications and webinars Leads client and agency interface, with responsibility for strengthening relationships and growing the business. Responsible for the quality of deliverables, by ensuring compliance with the company and client review and approval processes; identifies and implements opportunities for process improvement Develop and maintain partnerships with senior decision-makers to build the business, resolve significant issues, and create opportunities Analyze data, the regulatory environment and business objectives to make and implement recommendations, using judgement to identify innovative solutions while managing uncertainty. Lead and advise clients and cross-functional teams on agency interactions Leads decision-making and conflict resolution surrounding regulatory issues within cross-functional teams Proactively identifies, shares and interprets regulatory intelligence Manage multiple simultaneous projects to ensure that they are on budget, meet timelines and client expectations. Engages in continuous learning activities in order to provide effective consulting services and be a sought-after resource. Develop and manage 0-2 regulatory direct reports at Manager level or below, as assigned including but not limited to assignment delegation, time and budget management, skill and knowledge development
Project Controls Manager
Location: Toronto
Branche: Mining
Expertise: Controlling
Experience: 5 years
Project Controls Manager Remote with Travel to Site (every 4-6 weeks) Introduction Brunel is currently seeking a Project Controls Manager to support our client on the Lynn Lake Project, one of Canada's premier high-grade open-pit gold deposits located in northern Manitoba. As the project transitions from exploration to production, it presents a significant opportunity for growth, underpinned by robust existing infrastructure. The Project Controls Manager will be pivotal in overseeing key project control functions, including planning, cost control, schedule management, and scope management. This leadership role will be essential in ensuring the successful execution of the project during its construction phase and in preparing for its transition into production. The Project Controls Manager will lead a team of 7-8 professionals, guiding them to ensure alignment with project objectives, timelines, and budgets while maintaining a focus on safety, quality, and efficiency. Responsibilities Lead a team of 7-8 project controls professionals to develop, implement, and manage robust project control systems and procedures for the Lynn Lake Project, ensuring alignment with overall project objectives. Collaborate closely with accounting teams to ensure accurate and timely reporting of accruals, forecasts, and project status updates, maintaining financial transparency and accountability. Proactively identify and address deviations and variances from the project baseline schedule and budget, providing timely notification to stakeholders and implementing corrective actions as required. Deliver weekly and monthly reports to the project team, summarizing cost, scope, and schedule status, and ensuring that project progress is in line with established targets. Compile and review cost reports, ensuring they reconcile with site financial reports and reflect accurate project performance. Oversee the Change Management process, ensuring all project changes are documented, evaluated, and managed according to established project controls procedures. Lead and manage risk assessments and maintain a comprehensive project risk register to mitigate potential issues before they impact the project. Work closely with the Contracts team to assist in the development of construction and procurement contracts, ensuring consistency with project controls and objectives. Monitor and compare physical progress against contractor reports, accruals, and invoices to ensure that project work is completed as planned and within budget. Support contractors and vendors in the implementation of project controls procedures, ensuring their alignment with project expectations and standards. Monitor and manage scope growth in engineering, procurement, and construction contracts to prevent budget overruns and schedule delays. Review and analyze contractor schedules, ensuring accurate updates are integrated into the overall project schedule. Perform other tasks as required to support the project's successful execution and ensure alignment with overall objectives. Requirements 8-10 years of proven experience managing projects and/or project controls, with a focus on large-scale mining or heavy industrial construction projects. Strong working knowledge of accounting principles, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and managing accruals and financial reports. Expert proficiency in project management software (Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Prism), with advanced skills in SAP and Power BI. Demonstrated experience leading and managing project controls teams and working collaboratively across departments to deliver successful projects on time and within budget. Excellent planning, leadership, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization. Proven ability to proactively manage risk and control scope growth in complex projects, ensuring all activities are aligned with the project's goals. Strong ability to analyze and interpret project data, identify variances, and implement corrective actions to maintain schedule and budget adherence. Willingness and ability to work in a rotational schedule with regular site visits (every 4-6 weeks), demonstrating a commitment to both office-based and field-based project management. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced construction environment, with high autonomy and accountability for ensuring successful project delivery.
What do planning engineers do?
Planning engineers are responsible for several key tasks throughout the project lifecycle. They meticulously analyze project requirements and objectives to create detailed plans, encompassing timelines, resource allocation, and budget estimates. These professionals collaborate with project managers to set achievable milestones and deadlines, allowing for efficient project monitoring and progress tracking.
Moreover, planning engineers continuously assess project risks and implement risk mitigation strategies to minimize potential delays and disruptions. They monitor the project's progress, identify any deviations from the original plan, and propose corrective actions to ensure the project remains on schedule.
Planning engineers utilize various project management tools and software to create and manage Gantt charts, critical path analysis, and resource utilization charts. These tools aid in effective project planning and resource allocation, allowing for the optimization of manpower and equipment utilization.
What are the required skills for a planning engineer?
To excel as a planning engineer, individuals must possess a diverse skill set. Exceptional organizational skills are essential for managing complex project plans and multiple timelines effectively. Planning engineers should be adept at problem-solving, as they often encounter unforeseen challenges that require quick and efficient resolution to keep the project on track.
Communication skills are crucial for successful collaboration with project stakeholders and team members. Planning engineers need to convey complex technical information and project updates clearly and concisely. Additionally, they should have a strong understanding of project management methodologies and techniques to develop efficient and realistic project schedules.
Where do planning engineers work?
Planning engineers find employment opportunities in a variety of industries, especially in construction, infrastructure development, manufacturing, and large-scale project management. They may work for construction companies, engineering firms, government agencies, or any organization involved in project planning and execution.
Common planning engineer responsibilities
Develop comprehensive project plans and schedules, considering project requirements, objectives, and available resources;
Collaborate with project managers and other stakeholders to set realistic milestones and deadlines for project completion;
Continuously monitor project progress, identify potential delays, and implement corrective measures to keep the project on track;
Conduct risk assessments and develop risk mitigation strategies to minimize project disruptions;
Utilize project management tools and software to create Gantt charts, critical path analysis, and resource utilization charts;
Coordinate with engineering teams, contractors, and suppliers to ensure timely and efficient project execution;
Optimize resource allocation and manpower utilization to maximize project efficiency;
Provide regular project updates to stakeholders, keeping them informed of project status and any changes to the plan;
Comply with safety regulations and quality standards throughout the project;
Maintain detailed project documentation, including plans, schedules, and progress reports.
Qualifications for planning engineers
To become a planning engineer, candidates should possess at least a Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field. Additional certifications in project management or relevant software proficiency can be advantageous.
Other essential qualifications include:
- 2-4+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling;
- Proficiency in project management tools and software;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities;
- Extensive experience with project management methodologies;
- Detail-oriented and highly organized;
- Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams;
- Dedicated to completing projects on time and within the budget.
