Field Senior Planner

North West Queensland; Cloncurry Shire; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel is delivering EPC scope for the Eva Copper Mine Project in Queensland, Australia. The role focuses on non-routine cost engineering, planning, and scheduling to synthesize project components for seamless execution.

You will coordinate inputs across functions, manage lookahead schedules, and monitor deviations, while maintaining effective communication with stakeholders and delivering schedule commentary for monthly reports.

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree and 10–17 years of relevant experience, or international equivalent.
• Experience directing project planning/scheduling across civil, SMP, E&I tasks with interfaces to operations & maintenance and owners teams.
• Proficient in using project controls software (Primavera P6) and Microsoft applications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate scheduling inputs from all functions to ensure a robust, achievable schedule.
• Set up and maintain weekly quantity-tracking metrics to meet schedule requirements.
• Integrate interdisciplinary schedule requirements to establish logical work sequences.
• Establish methods for determining activity durations provided by contractors.
• Develop commodity release and installation curves as applicable.
• Review schedule data and acquire information to complete work logics and interfaces.
• Identify activities and determine critical path and near-term critical paths.
• Develop and monitor 3-week lookahead schedules and monthly/quarterly reporting.
• Monitor schedule deviations and propose corrective actions/workarounds.
• Write the monthly schedule commentary for progress reports.
• Identify and report activities that impact the schedule and prepare CIARs.
• Conduct personnel performance reviews and interviews for staffing decisions.

Skills

Schedule optimization

Project controls

Risk analysis

Stakeholder communication

Earned Value Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

In this role, you will provide non-routine cost engineering/planning and scheduling needs to projects. You will establish stakeholder relationships, conduct schedule analysis and integrate activities, identify restraints, quantify risks, monitor cost and performance, recommend alternatives, and deliver training sessions and workshops. Your activities will synthesize project components into seamless execution.

Major Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate's scheduling and planning inputs from all functions to ensure a robust and achievable schedule is prepared.
• Co-ordinate the set-up of and maintenance thereafter of the specific quantity tracking metrics to ensure weekly quantities are meeting the project schedule requirements.
• Integrates interdisciplinary schedule requirements and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Establishes and implements methods for determining activity durations provided by contractors within assigned disciplines or specialties.
• Develops commodity release and installation curves as applicable.
• Review's schedule data and identifies and acquires the information needed to complete work logics to interface across all aspects of the project.
• Determines activities and identifies overall critical path (primary and secondary) together with near term critical path items.
• Develops and monitors short term 3 Week Lookahead construction schedules; along with monthly and quarterly reporting in alignment with the project requirements.
• Monitors schedule deviation for all scopes of work, disciplines or specialties including subcontractor submittals, and recommends corrective action/workaround solutions for project considerations.
• Develops and writes the schedule commentary that appears in the monthly progress and similar reports.
• Coordinates and is Owner of identifying and reporting activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule and prepares and controls the Schedule Impact Report (as well as the CIAR - Critical Items Action Report).
• Conducts personnel performance reviews when delegated. Interviews candidates and makes recommendations for employment decisions.

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Project Overview:

Bechtel helps customers deliver projects of purpose that create a lasting positive legacy globally. These large, complex, and multi-disciplined projects create jobs, grow economies, and provide opportunities for local and regional communities.

The Eva Copper Mine Project is a greenfield resource poised to become the largest new mine in Queensland, Australia. It is located in Cloncurry on the traditional lands of the Kalkadoon people. The Project is owned by Harmony, a world-class gold and copper mining and development company with assets in South Africa, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.

Bechtel is delivering the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) scope for the Eva Copper Process Plant and Non-Process Infrastructure. Bechtel is providing these EPC services across all disciplines and functions for this exciting capital project., For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond!

• Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth.

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About the Candidate

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience and demonstrated skill in completing and directing project planning / scheduling activities across a broad range of civil, SMP, E&I work tasks together with interfaces with approvals, operations & maintenance and owners team interfaces.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experienced in Level 1, Level 3 and Level 5 schedule development and integration.
• Proficiency in using Project Controls operating systems and multi discipline specific software applications (Primavera P6, Microsoft applications).
• Skilled in oral and written communication, with demonstrated ability to present Project Controls information to management/client.
• Demonstrated skill in identifying, analysing, and solving problems.
• Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and start-up work processes.
• Experienced in establishing and maintaining Earned Value Management Systems as they relate to progress and performance.
• Knowledge of current industry and technical developments.