Lead Planner - Mining & Brownfield Projects

Ausenco; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career advancement

Work Life Balance

Holistic wellness program

Accessible leadership team

Job summary

Ausenco in Brisbane seeks an experienced Planner to join the Project Execution Team for the Newmont STSFX Project, based at the South Brisbane Project Office. You will provide planning and scheduling services, ensuring accurate forecasting, performance monitoring and successful delivery across the execution phase.

The role suits individuals with strong experience in brownfield capital projects, multidisciplinary delivery, and mining/Resources sectors, with advanced MS Project and Primavera P6

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, scheduling and project controls for major capital projects.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Project and Primavera P6.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage integrated execution schedules across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Monitor schedule performance, baselines, risks and opportunities, with regular reporting.
• Conduct critical path analysis, look‑ahead planning and recovery planning activities.
• Assess schedule impacts of changes and incorporate variations while preserving baselines.
• Collaborate with project managers, discipline leads and stakeholders to ensure delivery certainty.
• Support shutdowns and outage planning for brownfield construction and project execution.
• Provide clear schedule reporting including earned value inputs and forecast trends.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Project controls

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Ausenco in Brisbane seeks an experienced Planner to join the Project Execution Team for the Newmont STSFX Project, based at the South Brisbane Project Office. You will provide planning and scheduling services, ensuring accurate forecasting, performance monitoring and successful delivery across the execution phase.

The role suits individuals with strong experience in brownfield capital projects, multidisciplinary delivery, and mining/Resources sectors, with advanced MS Project and Primavera P6