Scheduler - Power&Energy

Ventia; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ventia's Power & Energy business seeks a Senior Planner based in Australia who will develop, maintain and control schedules across our energy and renewables portfolio. The role is primarily tender-focused, building programmes for bids and guiding won projects into delivery, working with Project Managers, the Program Manager and SMEs to translate drawings into credible, logic-driven schedules.

You will read GA layouts and drawings, perform CPM updates, and support EOT, risk and variation

Qualifications

• Extensive CPM scheduling experience with large-scale energy projects.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings and GA layouts.
• Proven track record of stakeholder engagement and communicating schedule impacts.

Responsibilities

• Develop baselines from scope documents, drawings and SME input.
• Load resources with estimators and perform schedule updates.
• Conduct critical path, float analysis and forecasting.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Critical path

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Reading drawings

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Construction management degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

• Based in or willing to relocate to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney or Adelaide
• $150-210k inclusive of Super
• Wind Farm, BESS, HV Substation and Transmission Line projects
• Report directly to the Planning Manager Power & Energy

Ventia's Power & Energy business delivers large-scale energy infrastructure across Australia. We are looking for a Senior Planner to develop, maintain and control schedules across our Energy and Renewables portfolio. This role will work primarily in the tender space, building the programmes that underpin our bids and supporting the transition of won projects into delivery. You will work closely with Project Managers, the Program Manager and discipline SMEs, turning their input and the project drawings into credible, logic-driven programmes that support delivery and commercial outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Develop baseline schedules from scope documents, drawings and SME input
• Work with estimators to load resources into the schedule
• Run CPM-based schedule updates, progress assessments, critical path and float analysis, and forecasting
• Run schedule workshops, interview SMEs, and extract durations, sequencing, constraints and interfaces
• Read and interpret GA layouts, single line diagrams, civil/electrical drawings and route plans to build work breakdown structures and quantities-based durations
• Prepare programme reporting for Project Managers and the Program Manager, including look-aheads, variance analysis and risk-to-programme commentary
• Support delay analysis, EOT claims, variation assessments and tender programmes
• Adhere to Ventia Planning Procedure
• Demonstrated project planning experience on Wind Farm, BESS, HV Substation and Transmission Line projects (must have)
• Expert-level Primavera P6 (must have)
• Expert-level Microsoft Project (must have)
• Proven ability to read and interpret engineering and construction drawings
• Exceptional communication skills, with a track record of engaging SMEs, Project Managers and Program Managers and drawing out schedule-critical information
• Strong understanding of critical path methodology, schedule logic and best-practice scheduling standards
• Experience with Data Centre power infrastructure (HV connections, substations, backup power and electrical distribution, not building works)
• Experience with Australian grid connection processes (NEM, AEMO, NER)
• Experience with schedule risk analysis, earned value, or delay and EOT analysis
• Tertiary qualification in electrical engineering, construction management or a related field

About Ventia

As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand.

With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.

Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.