Construction Planning and Scheduling Manager

Lendlease Corporation; Canberra; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Well-being leave

Family support benefits

26 weeks parental leave

Wellbeing days (3x extra per year)

Employee Share Acquisition program

Job summary

Lendlease is seeking a Construction Planning and Scheduling Manager to join our Canberra team and drive overall project planning, programming, and reporting for a major long-term project. You will work with the Construction Director and Managers to implement robust production controls, critical path analyses, cash flow, and labour forecasting, with emphasis on Primavera P6 mastery.

The role requires extensive experience in scheduling, risk analysis, and presenting plans to leadership, with a

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in construction planning and scheduling.
• Experience on building/construction projects (commercial, residential, healthcare, Government).
• Advanced Primavera P6 skills.
• Ability to communicate program to internal and external stakeholders.
• High level of interpersonal, communication and people skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project plans, schedules and reports for decision making.
• Analyze risks, resources and progress; generate histograms and progress tracking.
• Maintain and update the Master Schedule and site schedules; identify mitigation opportunities.
• Report program status to leadership and stakeholders on a regular cadence.
• Integrate multiple programmes to ensure the overall program is accurately tracked.
• Present program status to project leadership during reporting periods.
• Assess time related impacts and provide mitigations for leadership decisions.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Project controls

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Construction sequencing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering / Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

About Lendlease

Lendlease is a globally integrated real estate group with core expertise in Investment Management, Development, and Construction. For more than 60 years, we have created thriving places around the globe. We are dedicated to relationships, open and honest, true to our word, challenging in our approach, exceptional in everything we do, and one team. We live our values, respect, integrity, innovation, collaboration, excellence, and trust.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Construction Planning and Scheduling Manager to join our team in Canberra and support the delivery of a major, long-term project. Working closely with our Construction Director and Construction Managers, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of overall project planning and programming, including projects status updates, program reporting, implementation of production controls and critical path analysis, cash flow analysis, labour forecasting, and reviewing proposed construction sequencing and methodologies. Preferably, the candidate must be highly experienced in the use of Primavera P6.

Responsibilities

• Creating, and maintaining project plans, reports, charts, schedules, databases and records to provide up to date and accurate information for decision making.
• Providing in the analysis (e.g. risk, spreadsheet, resources, curves) and monitoring of project programs.
• This includes the generation of histograms, planned and actual tracking of progress.
• Maintaining and updating the Project Master Schedule and other site schedules using your experience to identify opportunities at all levels.
• Regular reporting on program to key stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Perform planning activities which may include undertaking research and document preparation to provide support within established planning guidelines.
• Integration of multiple programmes from the wider team to ensure the overall program remains accurately tracked, and ensure options for mitigations are worked through for key decisions to be made.
• Present program status to the project’s leadership team as well as to the wider business during reporting periods.
• The assessment of time related impacts, both downstream and upstream, understanding the risks associated and being able to provide options for mitigations, to be decided by the leadership team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience, in the construction industry, with experience on building/construction projects (commercial, residential, healthcare, Government).
• Experience in project planning, scheduling, project controls and program benchmarking.
• Advanced Primavera P6 skills.
• Be able to graphically represent program methodology, and present and communicate the program to internal and external stakeholders.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications.
• High level of interpersonal, communication and people skills.
• High attention to detail, excellent organisational and time management skills with problem solving ability.
• Understand construction sequencing and methodologies.

Benefits

• Well-being leave to relax and recharge, health assessments, and gym/exercise discounts.
• Balance your career and personal life with work flexibility, purchase additional annual leave and extensive family support benefits.
• 26 weeks paid parental leave.
• 3x extra Wellbeing days per year (on top of annual leave)
• Large pipeline of project work for career development and growth opportunities.
• Bonus scheme, Employee Share Acquisition program and options for salary sacrificing.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Lendlease we offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equitable treatment and equitable opportunity are just the norm.

We value the unique experiences, perspectives and aspirations that every candidate brings.

Lendlease remains committed to supporting under-represented groups and providing a wide range of inclusion initiatives, so that everyone is supported to thrive.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is reflected in a range of initiatives, including our Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan, which guides our partnership with First Nations peoples to advance reconciliation, create opportunities, and support thriving communities through First Nations-led city shaping.

Lendlease welcomes applicants regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, people with a disability, sexual orientation, or life stage.

If you do not meet all the criteria or require adjustments to proceed with your application, we encourage you to reach out for a further discussion.

About Lendlease

Lendlease is Australia's leading real estate business with an international investments platform. We're city shapers, asset creators and trusted partners. Our deep property experience and bold thinking delivers innovative real estate and investment solutions. Very few organisations can build cities from scratch, including the infrastructure to connect people, with skills to design, develop, fund, build and manage, but we can. We purposefully seek to hire people who share our values and passion to make a positive impact. Whether big or small, we make a difference and all of us have a part to play in our success. Together we make a difference.