Senior Planner

b-g; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Indigenous Business Growth (IBG) is recruiting an experienced Senior Planner to join a major Australian civil infrastructure contractor delivering across NSW. Based in Sydney, you will develop and optimise construction programmes for transport, water, renewables and defence projects.

Ideal candidates will have 12+ years in planning and scheduling within civil construction, strong on-site delivery experience, TfNSW exposure, and advanced Primavera P6/MS Project skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years' planning and scheduling experience within civil construction.
• Strong on-site construction experience and understanding of practical delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated TfNSW or comparable civil infrastructure project exposure.
• Advanced Primavera P6 and MS Project capability.
• Ability to manage planning across multiple concurrent projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and optimise construction programmes across multiple projects.
• Tender programming, baselined, resourced and costed schedules.
• Progress monitoring, earned value reporting and delay analysis.
• Prepare extensions of time and contractual programming submissions.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Project coordination

Contractual awareness

Education

Civil Engineering qualification (preferred)

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

We are recruiting an experienced Senior Planner to join a well-established Australian civil infrastructure contractor delivering major projects across NSW, including transport, water, renewables and defence.

Indigenous Business Growth (IBG) is a majority Indigenous owned recruitment business registered with Supply Nation, specialising in civil engineering, infrastructure, construction and major project recruitment. We partner closely with contractors, engineering consultancies and delivery organisations to place high quality technical professionals. Our approach is relationship led and commercially grounded, built on practical industry experience and a clear understanding of how complex projects are delivered.

Based in Sydney, the Senior Planner will work closely with Project Directors, operational teams and senior planning personnel to develop, manage and optimise construction programmes across multiple infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities include tender programming, fully resourced and costed baseline schedules, critical path analysis, progress monitoring, earned value reporting, delay analysis, extensions of time and contractual programming submissions.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum 12 years' planning and scheduling experience within civil construction.
• Strong on-site construction experience and understanding of practical delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience on major TfNSW or comparable civil infrastructure projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 and MS Project capability.
• Experience developing complex tender programmes, costed baseline schedules and resource-loaded programmes.
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis, contractual claims, delays and extensions of time.
• Ability to manage planning responsibilities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience with water or wastewater treatment infrastructure advantageous.
• Civil Engineering or related tertiary qualification preferred but not essential.

Ideal Candidate:

A highly experienced Senior Planner with substantial civil construction and TfNSW project exposure, strong technical programming capabilities and the ability to support both major project tenders and live construction programmes.

Location:

Sydney, NSW

Employment:

Permanent, Full-Time