Planner

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Work from home options

Career development programs

Parental leave

Job summary

Ausenco, a global engineering and project delivery firm, is seeking a Senior Planner to join the Project Execution Team for the Newmont STSFX project in South Brisbane. You will develop and maintain integrated schedules, forecast progress and support multi-discipline interfaces to ensure on-time delivery.

You will collaborate with project managers, discipline leads and contractors, perform critical path analysis, and provide clear schedule reporting and insights to leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning, scheduling and project controls within major capital projects, mining, minerals processing, resources or consulting engineering environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing, managing and maintaining execution schedules across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning phases.
• A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline is highly regarded.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Sound understanding of project execution methodologies and multidisciplinary engineering interfaces, including Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Process, Electrical and Controls.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse project performance, identify schedule risks and opportunities, and provide practical recommendations to Project Managers and Project Leadership Teams.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate across client, contractor and project delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage integrated execution schedules for the Newmont STSFX Project, aligning across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Establish and maintain detailed schedules reflecting scope, resources, milestones and delivery priorities.
• Monitor schedule performance, track baselines, identify risks and opportunities.
• Conduct critical path analysis, schedule health checks, progress validation, look-ahead planning and recovery planning.
• Support management of changes by assessing schedule impacts and incorporating approved scope variations.

Skills

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Project controls

Engineering degree

Stakeholder management

Mining experience

Education

Engineering degree

PM certification (e.g., PMP)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Ausenco is a fast-growing company with big ideas. We redefine what’s possible in some of the world’s most complex projects and toughest environments. Delivering innovative, value-add consulting, project delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions is what we do. From 21 offices in 9 countries, with projects in over 80 locations worldwide, we create sustainable outcomes for our people, clients and communities.

We are looking for a Planner to join our Project Execution Team supporting the Newmont STSFX Project, based in our joint Newmont-Ausenco Project Office in South Brisbane. This role will be responsible for providing planning and scheduling services throughout the execution phase of the project, ensuring accurate forecasting, effective performance monitoring, and successful project delivery outcomes. This role would suit someone with strong experience in project execution, brownfield capital projects, and multidisciplinary project delivery within the mining and resources sector.

About the role

• Develop, maintain and manage integrated execution schedules for the Newmont STSFX Project, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational readiness activities.
• Establish and maintain detailed project schedules that accurately reflect project scope, resource requirements, key milestones and delivery priorities.
• Monitor and control schedule performance, tracking progress against approved baselines and identifying schedule risks and opportunities.
• Conduct critical path analysis, schedule health checks, progress validation, look-ahead planning and recovery planning activities.
• Support the management of project changes by assessing schedule impacts and incorporating approved scope variations into the execution schedule while maintaining baseline integrity.
• Work closely with project managers, discipline leads, contractors and Newmont stakeholders to ensure schedule alignment and delivery certainty.
• Support shutdown and outage planning activities associated with brownfield construction and project execution works.
• Provide clear, concise and insightful schedule reporting, including progress analysis, earned value inputs, variance reporting, forecast completion trends and mitigation strategies for project leadership.

About You

• Experience in project planning, scheduling and project controls within major capital projects, mining, minerals processing, resources or consulting engineering environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing, managing and maintaining execution schedules across engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning phases.
• A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline is highly regarded.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Sound understanding of project execution methodologies and multidisciplinary engineering interfaces, including Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Process, Electrical and Controls.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse project performance, identify schedule risks and opportunities, and provide practical recommendations to Project Managers and Project Leadership Teams.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate across client, contractor and project delivery teams.

Why Ausenco?

We support individual growth and aim to allow you to work in a way that plays to your strengths. In addition to a competitive remuneration package, we offer:

• Career advancement - Be supported in your ongoing development with technical training, mentoring programs and frequent networking opportunities.
• Work Life Balance – Be empowered to enjoy your life outside of the office with flexible working hours, work from home arrangements and modern leave policies including paid parental leave and floating public holiday programs.
• Holistic approach to wellness – Take a proactive approach to your overall wellbeing. Access confidential services as a courtesy of Ausenco including online health and fitness programs, financial coaching, and confidential counselling services.
• Accessible leadership team – Work with highly reputable market leaders who value your contribution.

Ausenco is a leading global provider of engineering, consulting and project delivery services for the minerals & metals and industrial sectors.

As a member of our team, you’ll be encouraged to embrace challenges and discover innovative solutions to each and every project. For that, you’ll receive a competitive remuneration package and the opportunity to pursue your career path.

Working as part of the Newmont STSFX Project team, you will play a key role in delivering one of Newmont’s significant sustaining capital programs while collaborating within an integrated client-contractor project environment.

We’re proud of the work we do, and we do it within a culture that is open, honest, and cooperative. We have a history of attracting visionary people who embrace challenges and deliver creative solutions for every project, and your voice is an important part of the conversation.

As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense – gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability. Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.