Planner

Saunders; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration package

Additional paid leave days

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Supportive workplace culture

Years of Service rewards

Job summary

Saunders in Melbourne is seeking a Planner to maintain current programmes across multiple live projects in civil, water and wastewater works. You will develop look-ahead plans, monitor milestones, and update schedules to reflect changes, coordinating with design, procurement and construction teams.

You will bring ~5 years' experience in project planning and scheduling, with proficiency in Primavera P6 or Oracle Primavera Cloud and Microsoft Project, and a strong focus on delivering on time and

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Experience on live construction projects in civil, water or utilities.
• Knowledge of critical path, float, milestones, and schedule forecasting.
• Experience coordinating across design, procurement, construction and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Develop tender, baseline, construction and recovery programmes for civil, water and wastewater works.
• Build and maintain activity logic, durations, calendars, milestones, constraints, coding and interfaces in line with project requirements.
• Update schedules at agreed reporting intervals using progress, actual dates, remaining durations and forecast information.
• Monitor upcoming work, milestones, critical path activities and constraints; identify potential delays and forecast impacts.
• Prepare look-ahead programmes, milestone trackers, progress reports and schedule extracts for project teams and management.
• Record approved changes and extensions of time (EOTs) in the relevant schedule where instructed, ensuring impacts are visible.
• Coordinate programme information across design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and external interfaces.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Resource coordination

Progress tracking

Team collaboration

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle Primavera Cloud

Microsoft Project

Job description

Saunders is an Australian integrated infrastructure services business. We engineer, build and maintain critical infrastructure across Defence & Government, Water, Energy, and Resources & Industrials.

We partner with leading organisations to deliver high-compliance projects and long-term asset support in operationally sensitive environments.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Planner to maintain current and accurate programmes across multiple live projects. Working closely with project teams, you will help to develop practical look-ahead plans, monitor construction activities/key milestones and update programmes to reflect project changes.

As a Planner, you will:

• Assist in developing tender, baseline, construction and recovery programmes for civil, water and wastewater infrastructure works.


• Build and maintain activity logic, durations, calendars, milestones, constraints, coding and interfaces in accordance with project requirements.


• Update schedules at agreed reporting intervals using validated progress, actual dates, remaining durations and forecast information.


• Monitor upcoming work, milestones, critical path activities and constraints; identify potential delays and forecast impacts.


• Prepare look-ahead programmes, milestone trackers, progress reports and schedule extracts for project teams and management.


• Record approved changes and extensions of time (EOTs) in the relevant schedule where instructed, ensuring associated impacts are visible.


• Coordinate programme information across design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and external interfaces.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You will bring practical experience in project planning/scheduling and driveproject success by developing and managing project schedules, coordinating resources and activities, and keeping teams aligned to deliver projects safely, on time and within budget.

• Approximately 5 years' experience in project planning and scheduling within construction, engineering, utilities or a related project delivery environment.


• Demonstrated experience maintaining and updating schedules for live projects and coordinating progress information with delivery teams.


• Working knowledge of construction sequencing, programme logic, critical path, float, milestones and schedule forecasting.


• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) and Microsoft Project is advantageous.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Experience on water infrastructure projects, including pipelines, pump stations, treatment plants, storage tanks, sewerage or drainage works.


• Exposure to tender programmes, baseline submissions, resource or capacity planning, cash-flow forecasts and schedule risk analysis.


• Familiarity with construction contracts, approved EOTs, variations and delay documentation.

THE BENEFITS

• A competitive remuneration and rewards package.


• Additional paid leave days.


• Paid parental leave.


• Access to an Employee Assistance Program.


• A supportive workplace culture.


• Years of Service recognition and rewards.

Our 'One Team' culture is built on collaboration, trust and shared accountability, creating an environment where people at every stage of their career can contribute and make a meaningful impact.

Saunders embraces the values of an innovative and diverse workforce and recognises that inclusion sets us all up for success. We encourage applications from people of all ages, individuals with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, ADF veterans, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and other culturally diverse backgrounds. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment experience and supportive workplace. All suitably qualified or experienced applicants will be considered.