Engineering Planner

Techforce Personnel; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Techforce Personnel in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Engineering Planner for a five-month contract to support delivery of a large-scale greenfield mining project. You will maintain the detailed engineering control schedule, manage engineering progress and earned value reporting, and align with scope, budgets and delivery requirements.

Based in Brisbane with partial telework, the role requires 3+ days in the office weekly and strong Primavera P6 skills, schedule development across Level 3/5,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 6-8 years of relevant experience, or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience developing Level 1, Level 3 and Level 5 schedules across at least two projects with an engineering consultancy or major project delivery organisation.
• Strong Primavera P6 skills, including resource loading.
• Experience in engineering progress measurement and earned value management.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts and construction work processes within mining or large-scale industrial projects.
• Experience working in EPC or EPCM environments.
• Experience reviewing subcontractor schedules and assessing the impact of execution plan changes.
• Australian working rights without employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Update and maintain the Level 3 detailed engineering control schedule.
• Run schedule status meetings and analyse progress and critical paths.
• Develop and maintain engineering progress and performance tracking tools.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary requirements, activity relationships and work sequences.
• Resource loading schedules in Primavera P6 and update actual/forecast hours.
• Prepare expenditure and forecast curves to support resource planning.
• Integrate engineering schedules into the overall project plan and support project controls reporting.

Skills

Primavera P6

Scheduling

Earned value management

Progress measurement

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Equivalent experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Join a Brisbane-based team supporting a major Queensland mining project.
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Planner for an approximately five-month contract, supporting the delivery of a large-scale greenfield resources project.

Working closely with engineering and project controls teams, you will manage schedules, measure performance and support project delivery.

About the role
You will maintain the detailed engineering control schedule and manage engineering progress and earned value reporting tools, ensuring they remain aligned with project scope, budgets and delivery requirements.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Updating and maintaining the Level 3 detailed engineering control schedule.
• Running schedule status meetings, analysing progress and reviewing critical paths.
• Developing and maintaining engineering progress and performance tracking tools.
• Coordinating interdisciplinary requirements, activity relationships and work sequences.
• Resource loading schedules in Primavera P6 and updating actual and forecast engineering hours.
• Preparing expenditure and forecast curves to support resource planning.
• Integrating engineering schedules into the overall project plan and supporting project controls reporting.

Engineering Planner | Brisbane

About you
You will bring:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent with 6-8 years of relevant experience, or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience developing Level 1, Level 3 and Level 5 schedules across at least two projects with an engineering consultancy or major project delivery organisation.
• Strong Primavera P6 skills, including resource loading.
• Experience in engineering progress measurement and earned value management.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts and construction work processes within mining or large-scale industrial projects.
• Experience working in EPC or EPCM environments.
• Experience reviewing subcontractor schedules and assessing the impact of execution plan changes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Australian working rights without employer sponsorship.

Location and work arrangements
This role is based in Brisbane, with partial telework available. A minimum of three days per week in the Brisbane office is required, with weekly arrangements agreed with your supervisor.