Project Manager & Project Engineering - Titan Recruitment

Titan Recruitment; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular exposure to a major WA gold开发

Work directly within Owner's Team

Fixed-term project contract

Job summary

Titan Recruitment is seeking an experienced Project Planner for a major WA gold development project. Based in Perth with site travel, you will own the integrated master schedule across engineering, construction, commissioning and readiness.

You will monitor critical paths, review contractor schedules, and support cost-integrated reporting while partnering with the Owner's Team to drive on-time project delivery. This role offers a fixed-term contract and WA exposure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' experience in project planning and scheduling across mining, resources or major capital projects.
• Experience in Owner's Team, EPC or EPCM environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing integrated master schedules.
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis, progress measurement, schedule forecasting and baselining.
• Ability to independently review and challenge contractor schedules, sequencing and progress.
• Experience identifying schedule risks, delays and potential impacts on project delivery.
• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Previous mining construction experience, particularly across gold processing plants.
• Exposure to commissioning, operational readiness, schedule risk analysis and integrated cost/schedule reporting would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and oversee the integrated project master schedule.
• Coordinate scheduling across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational readiness.
• Review EPC contractor schedules, sequencing, assumptions and progress forecasts.
• Maintain schedule baselines and support project change control processes.
• Monitor critical paths, schedule float, dependencies and key project milestones.
• Identify schedule variances, emerging risks and potential delays.
• Review contractor progress and validate reported performance against actual project delivery.
• Develop schedule recovery and mitigation strategies where required.
• Prepare consolidated schedule reports, milestone forecasts and performance analysis.
• Work closely with cost control to support integrated cost and schedule reporting.
• Participate in contractor progress meetings, planning workshops and schedule reviews.
• Support the assessment of contractor delays, extensions of time and recovery proposals.
• Integrate commissioning, handover and operational readiness requirements into the overall project schedule.

Skills

Project planning

Integrated master scheduling

Critical path analysis

Schedule risk management

Contractor schedule review

Progress forecasting

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Engineering/Construction/PM qualification or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Job description

Role Opportunity

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Project Planner to join the Owner's Team on a major gold development project in Western Australia. Based in the Perth office with regular travel to site, this full-time Monday-to-Friday position will take ownership of project planning and scheduling across the development lifecycle, from engineering and construction through to commissioning and operational readiness.
Reporting to the Project Controls Manager, you will play a key role in maintaining the integrated master schedule, providing independent oversight of contractor schedules, identifying schedule risks and supporting successful project delivery.

Benefits

• Regular exposure to a major WA gold development project
• Opportunity to work directly within an experienced Owner's Team
• Fixed-term project contract

Essential Skills and Requirements

• Minimum 10 years' experience in project planning and scheduling across mining, resources or major capital projects
• Strong experience within an Owner's Team, EPC or EPCM environment
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing integrated master schedules
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis, progress measurement, schedule forecasting and baselining
• Ability to independently review and challenge contractor schedules, sequencing and progress
• Experience identifying schedule risks, delays and potential impacts on project delivery
• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
• Previous mining construction experience is highly regarded, particularly across gold processing plants
• Exposure to commissioning, operational readiness, schedule risk analysis and integrated cost/schedule reporting would be advantageous

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and oversee the integrated project master schedule
• Coordinate scheduling across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational readiness
• Review and challenge EPC contractor schedules, sequencing, assumptions and progress forecasts
• Maintain schedule baselines and support project change control processes
• Monitor critical paths, schedule float, dependencies and key project milestones
• Identify schedule variances, emerging risks and potential delays
• Review contractor progress and validate reported performance against actual project delivery
• Develop schedule recovery and mitigation strategies where required
• Prepare consolidated schedule reports, milestone forecasts and performance analysis
• Work closely with cost control to support integrated cost and schedule reporting
• Participate in contractor progress meetings, planning workshops and schedule reviews
• Support the assessment of contractor delays, extensions of time and recovery proposals
• Integrate commissioning, handover and operational readiness requirements into the overall project schedule

About Our Client

Our client is an emerging Australian gold development company progressing a significant, large-scale project in the Western Australian Goldfields.
With the project moving through an important stage of development, the business provides an opportunity to join an Owner's Team and make a genuine contribution to the successful delivery of a major mining project.

Titan Recruitment is an advocate for Equal Employment Opportunity, and we encourage applications from all interested applicants.