Mining Project Planner—FIFO & Growth

North West Queensland; Cloncurry Shire; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FIFO roster

Full camp accommodation

Live Local, FIFO & DIDO

Career development

Discounts

Novated leasing

Annual bonus

Job summary

Thiess is recruiting a Project Planner for the Eva Copper Mine Project in North West Queensland. Based on site, you will manage on-site construction planning, ensuring alignment with engineering, procurement, and construction teams.

You will report to the Technical Services Manager and contribute to a major greenfield copper operation while supporting safe, efficient execution and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven experience +5 years in engineering planning and scheduling on bulk earthworks and infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of planning and project management methodologies.
• Background in large multi-disciplinary projects with milestone and dependency management.

Responsibilities

• Prepare schedule data for proposal or contract negotiations
• Establish schedule for a specific discipline area
• Develop WBS, workflow logic, and job expenditure
• Maintain critical path schedule reports and performance metrics
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and mitigate
• Provide forecasting, reporting, and performance analysis
• Develop planning input for Power BI reports

Skills

Primavera P6

MS Office

Scheduling

Engineering knowledge

Education

Engineering/PM qualification

Job description

Thiess is recruiting a Project Planner for the Eva Copper Mine Project in North West Queensland. Based on site, you will manage on-site construction planning, ensuring alignment with engineering, procurement, and construction teams.

You will report to the Technical Services Manager and contribute to a major greenfield copper operation while supporting safe, efficient execution and continuous improvement initiatives.