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Engineering Project Coordinator job simulation

Join the project office of an electrical contractor: RAID log, critical path, earned value, change requests, a late vendor and an honest status report.

Engineering Project Coordinator job simulation
  • Free: days 1 to 5, about 10 h 40 min of tickets
  • Premium: days 1 to 20
  • Checked as you go
  • Reviewed 19 Oct 2026

The project

You join Corvane Engineering Projects Ltd (simulated company)

Corvane Engineering Projects Ltd (simulated company) is a electrical and automation contractor in Birmingham. You help its team deliver a project for Eastvale Power Distribution (simulated company), at Hartley 33/11 kV primary substation (protection and SCADA upgrade).

You join the project office of Corvane Engineering Projects in week 7 of a 17 week upgrade of the protection and SCADA at the Hartley primary substation. In the first week the panel vendor tells you it is ten working days late, the sponsor asks for an extra feeder in an email, two meetings decide different things about the site acceptance test, and every status report so far has been green while the figures say otherwise. Over four weeks you classify the risks, work out the critical path and earned value, write change request CR-007, re-baseline the plan, handle a drawing revision mix-up on site, a near miss and a sponsor who wants a green gate, and hand over a pack that another coordinator can pick up. The pressure is on the dates; your job is to be accurate, early and honest.

The people in the story are roles, such as Lead Engineer, not real people.

What you will do

By the end you will have

  • Classify and score risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies in a RAID log
  • Find the critical path and say what a late vendor does to the end date
  • Work out earned value, forecasts and status colours that follow the figures
  • Turn a sponsor's verbal request into a change request with cost, time and risk
  • Keep documents, actions and a handover register straight, and report honestly under pressure

Day by day

The plan, ticket by ticket

Self-paced. A day opens when you hand in the previous day's tickets.
Engineering Project Coordinator job simulation plan
DayTicketKindTimeEdition
1Induction: project controls, document control and the siteQuiz45 minFree
1Classify the kick-off items into the RAID logTable1 hFree
2Critical path and the effect of a late vendorCalculation1 h 30 minFree
2Check the document register before it goes to the clientDocument review1 h 15 minFree
3The sponsor adds feeder 7 over an emailDecision30 minFree
3Earned value at the end of week 6Calculation1 h 20 minFree
4Turn the notes into an action logTable1 hFree
4Minutes and confirmation email: two meetings, two decisionsWriting1 h 10 minFree
5Check the weekly status colours against the ruleTable50 minFree
5This week's status report, honestlyWriting1 h 20 minFree
6Forecast at completion: four waysCalculation1 hPremium
6Early-warning note to the Project ManagerWriting1 h 10 minPremium
7Budget tracker by cost codeTable1 h 30 minPremium
8Change request CR-007: the impact on one pageWriting1 h 40 minPremium
9Re-baseline to BL2Calculation1 h 30 minPremium
10A panel plate cut to a superseded drawingDecision40 minPremium
11RACI for the work, including the leave coverTable1 h 20 minPremium
12A near-miss report, and a visit tomorrowDecision40 minPremium
13Review the draft week 8 status reportDocument review1 h 30 minPremium
14Earned value at week 8 against BL2Calculation1 h 30 minPremium
15The sponsor asks for green at the gate reviewDecision40 minPremium
16Steering paper: recovering the vendor delayWriting1 h 40 minPremium
17Handover register: final status of every entryTable1 h 20 minPremium
18Capstone: the project control packHand-in4 hPremium
19Lessons learned and the closure summaryWriting1 h 20 minPremium
20A conversation about your own workViva50 minPremium

Real documents

The documents you will work with

Project documents
NumberDocumentRevEdition
HPS-CHR-001Project charter: Hartley primary substation protection and SCADA upgrade1.0Free
HPS-SCH-001Baseline schedule BL1 and how to read itAFree
HPS-MIN-001Kick-off workshop: items raisedAFree
HPS-PRC-002Document control procedure (extract)BFree
HPS-DCR-001Document register and transmittal log (extract)CFree
HPS-EVM-001Earned value reference and status at working day 30AFree
HPS-VND-003Panel vendor: revised delivery noticeAFree
HPS-MIN-004Notes of the two meetings on day 4 (raw, not yet minuted)AFree
HPS-RPT-001Status history and the RAG ruleAFree
HPS-RPT-006Weekly status report: format and last week's reportAFree
HPS-RAID-001RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies)AFree
HPS-FIN-001Cost codes, budgets and the purchase order logAPremium
HPS-CHG-007Change request CR-007: protection for existing feeder 7APremium
HPS-SCH-001Baseline schedule BL2 (after CR-007)BPremium
HPS-TRN-019Site report: panel plate cut to a superseded drawingAPremium
HPS-HSE-011Near-miss report: work started on a panel not isolatedAPremium
HPS-RACI-001Responsibility assignment (RACI) rules and who does whatAPremium
HPS-RPT-012Weekly status report, week 8: draft for reviewAPremium
HPS-EVM-002Earned value status at working day 40 (week 8) against BL2APremium
HPS-STC-003Steering committee: options to recover the vendor delayAPremium
HPS-DCR-002Handover document register: final statusAPremium

Tools

In the industry, and here

In the industryHere
Scheduling software (critical path, baselines)A network you calculate yourself from a CSV file
Spreadsheet or cost system for earned valueYour own spreadsheet on the downloaded work package files
Document management system with transmittalsA register you review and a handover list you finish
RAID log, change log and action trackerNumbered documents and tickets in the inbox

Standards

The standards the work follows

  • PMBOK 7 (principles and performance domains)
  • APM project life cycle
  • ISO 19650 (information management, as the model)
  • Earned value (ANSI/EIA-748 style)

Prepare

Labs and study materials

Free, and linked where a ticket needs them.

Study before you start

What you get

Free, certificate and Premium

Free

Days 1 to 5, every ticket checked, model answers, the 3D lab and a profile entry.

Free

Certificate (optional)

  • A graded, verifiable certificate with your score and band
  • A public verification page and QR code
  • One-click add to LinkedIn as a licence or certification
  • A Verified mark on your profile entry

₹499

Premium

Premium job simulation

  • The full four-week project: change requests, site work, faults and handover
  • A capstone deliverable reviewed by an engineer
  • An AI viva on your own work
  • The graded certificate and a work record PDF with your skill scores
  • Priority help from our team
₹1,499The certificate is included. If you bought it, its price is credited.

On your profile

How it shows on your profile

It shows on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation.

Work experience

Engineering Project Coordinator (job simulation)

Corvane Engineering Projects Ltd (simulated company)

10 h 40 min active hours logged · Your dates

Verified, with the certificate

A job simulation is a realistic training project at a simulated company. It is not employment, an internship or a work placement. Hours are active hours the learner logged on EDWartens.

Questions

Quick answers

Do I need project management experience?

No. Each task gives you the documents, the formulas and the rule. The study links point to free lessons on project management, scheduling and spreadsheets.

Is this a real project and real data?

No. Corvane Engineering Projects and its client are made-up and the schedule and cost data are synthetic. The documents and situations follow what a junior project coordinator meets.

How long does it take?

The free week is about ten hours over five days. The full Premium edition runs over twenty working days and roughly thirty to thirty-five hours, at your own pace.

Which tools do I need?

A spreadsheet is enough. The answers are checked as numbers and choices, so any scheduling or analysis tool works too.

What do I get at the end?

A work record with your scores by task and skill, which shows on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation.

Is the Engineering Project Coordinator job simulation free?

Yes, to start. Days 1 to 5 are free. The certificate and the Premium edition are optional and are priced on this page in your currency.

Does it count as work experience?

It shows on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation. It is not employment. A job simulation is a realistic training project at a simulated company. It is not employment, an internship or a work placement. Hours are active hours the learner logged on EDWartens.

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Last reviewed 19 October 2026.