Lead Planner

Airswift; Perth; Sur place; AUD 120 000 - 180 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Airswift invites an experienced Lead Planner to Perth to drive integrated planning and portfolio scheduling across brownfield and offshore projects. You will work with project managers, engineers, and controls teams to optimise schedules and deliver critical insights for decision-making.

Candidates should have extensive Primavera P6 experience, strong SRA/IAP skills, and a track record in coordinating multi-project schedules in offshore environments.

Qualifications

• Years of experience in planning and scheduling within Oil & Gas, Energy, Resources, Offshore, or Major Capital Projects.
• Extensive experience using Primavera P6 in complex project environments.
• Strong experience in Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) and Integrated Activity Planning (IAP).
• Proven background supporting brownfield projects and offshore facilities.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness workflows.
• Demonstrated experience managing integrated schedules across multiple concurrent projects.
• Exposure to TIC-based project controls environments.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilités

• Lead strategic planning and portfolio scheduling activities across multiple projects.
• Develop, maintain, and optimise integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Facilitate schedule reviews, planning workshops, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Perform critical path analysis and identify schedule risks and opportunities.
• Support brownfield project execution and offshore operational activities.
• Develop resource forecasts and capacity planning models to support project delivery.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies.
• Monitor schedule performance and provide regular reporting to project stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Drive best-practice project controls methodologies and planning standards.
• Mentor and support planning team members where required.

Connaissances

Primavera P6

Scheduling

Schedule Risk Analysis

IAP

Brownfield

Stakeholder mgmt

Offshore

Description du poste

12-Month Casual Contract | Perth-Based

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Lead Planner to join a high-performing project delivery team supporting a portfolio of complex brownfield and offshore projects. This position will play a key role in driving integrated planning, project controls, schedule governance, and portfolio reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams.

You will work closely with project managers, engineers, project controls teams, and key stakeholders to develop, maintain, and optimise project schedules while providing critical insights that support decision-making and successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and portfolio scheduling activities across multiple projects.
• Develop, maintain, and optimise integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Facilitate schedule reviews, planning workshops, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Perform critical path analysis and identify schedule risks and opportunities.
• Support brownfield project execution and offshore operational activities.
• Develop resource forecasts and capacity planning models to support project delivery.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies.
• Monitor schedule performance and provide regular reporting to project stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Drive best-practice project controls methodologies and planning standards.
• Mentor and support planning team members where required.

About You

• Years of experience in planning and scheduling within Oil & Gas, Energy, Resources, Offshore, or Major Capital Projects.
• Extensive experience using Primavera P6 in complex project environments.
• Strong experience in Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) and Integrated Activity Planning (IAP).
• Proven background supporting brownfield projects and offshore facilities.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness workflows.
• Demonstrated experience managing integrated schedules across multiple concurrent projects.
• Exposure to TIC-based project controls environments.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Experience

• FPSO, LNG, offshore production facilities, or operating asset experience.
• Experience working within owner/operator integrated teams.
• Advanced knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies across engineering and construction projects.
• Previous leadership or mentoring experience within planning and project controls teams.

What's on Offer

• 12-month casual contract opportunity.
• Perth-based position.
• Exposure to major brownfield and offshore projects.
• Collaborative and technically challenging environment.
• Opportunity to provide planning leadership across a diverse project portfolio.

This opportunity is ideal for a seasoned planning professional who thrives in complex project environments and enjoys influencing project outcomes through strategic planning, schedule optimisation, and stakeholder collaboration.

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients.

With over 1000 employees and 9,000+ contractors operating in over 130 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure and expertise that the organization has is unparalleled.

Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered

(Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA)