Senior Planner

Fusion People; Sydney; Vor Ort; AUD 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Fusion People is seeking a Senior Planner to oversee planning, scheduling and programme controls across major civil infrastructure projects in Australia. You will work with executive leadership, pre-contracts and delivery teams to ensure robust programme development and successful tender submissions.

You will lead planning governance, delay analysis and change management, integrating subcontractor schedules and coordinating multiple fronts on active projects.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive planning experience in civil construction or infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of scheduling, sequencing and project staging
• Experience creating tender programmes and supporting bid submissions
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills for programme performance
• Stakeholder engagement with executive leadership and delivery teams

Aufgaben

• Develop and maintain detailed construction programmes across tender, delivery and handover phases
• Lead critical path analysis and ensure programme integrity
• Prepare monthly as-constructed programmes to track progress
• Coordinate subcontractor programmes and multiple work fronts
• Support change management, delay claims and EOT assessments

Kenntnisse

Planning leadership

Civil infrastructure

Delay analysis

Program governance

Ausbildung

Engineering/Civil degree

Construction Management qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Asta Powerproject

Jobbeschreibung

Are you a high-performing Planner looking to play a key role across major civil infrastructure projects from tender phase through to project delivery and close out?

Our client is a highly respected and rapidly growing civil construction contractor delivering complex infrastructure, transport, urban development, utilities and major earthworks projects across Australia. With a strong reputation for project delivery, technical excellence and long-term client relationships, they continue to secure a significant pipeline of work across both public and private sector markets.

Due to continued growth, an opportunity now exists for an experienced Senior Planner to join a high-performing team and take ownership of planning, scheduling, programme controls and project support across a diverse portfolio of civil infrastructure projects.

This is a strategic role that will work closely with executive leadership, pre-contracts, estimating and project delivery teams to ensure robust programme development, successful tender submissions and effective project controls throughout the project lifecycle.

The Role:

As Senior Planner, you will be responsible for the development, management and review of construction programmes across tender, pre-construction, delivery, commissioning and handover phases.

You will provide critical support to project teams through planning leadership, programme governance, delay analysis, change management and claims support while helping to establish best-practice planning capability across the organisation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining detailed project programmes across all stages of the project lifecycle
• Producing high-quality tender programmes that align with project methodologies and winning bid strategies
• Working closely with estimators to review and validate tender programmes prior to submission
• Preparing monthly as-constructed programmes to accurately track project performance and progress
• Supporting project teams with month-end programme updates and reporting requirements
• Developing and maintaining resource-loaded schedules and commodity/resource curves
• Leading critical path analysis and ensuring programme integrity throughout project delivery
• Identifying programme risks, constraints, opportunities and recovery strategies
• Preparing forecasting and recovery programmes to support project outcomes
• Undertaking delay, disruption and time impact analysis to support project controls and contractual requirements
• Supporting change management processes, claims preparation and extension of time assessments
• Demonstrating and substantiating EOT, variation and claims entitlements through robust programme analysis
• Integrating subcontractor programmes and coordinating multiple work fronts across active projects
• Preparing professional programme narratives and supporting documentation for tender submissions, client reporting and contractual purposes
• Providing planning guidance, coaching and support to Project Managers and Senior Project Engineers
• Driving consistency in planning standards, programme governance and reporting across the business
• Collaborating with operational stakeholders to improve project delivery outcomes and programme certainty

Project Exposure:

You will have visibility across a portfolio of significant civil and infrastructure projects including:

• Urban development and subdivision projects
• Major road and transport infrastructure works
• Utilities and services infrastructure
• Bulk earthworks and remediation projects
• Water and wastewater infrastructure
• Industrial and resource sector developments
• Government and local council projects
• Design and construct projects
• Civil structures and integrated infrastructure packages
• Large-scale infrastructure upgrades and renewals

About You:

To be successful, you will ideally possess:

• Extensive planning experience within civil construction, infrastructure or engineering contracting environments
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, methodology development and project staging
• Advanced Primavera P6 capability with proficiency across additional planning platforms such as Microsoft Project or Asta Powerproject
• Proven experience developing and managing programmes for complex civil infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated experience undertaking time impact analysis, delay analysis and extension of time assessments
• Strong understanding of claims, variations and contractual programme obligations
• Experience producing resource-loaded programmes, productivity assessments and forecasting outputs
• Ability to prepare professional programme narratives and supporting technical documentation
• Experience supporting tender teams throughout bid development and submission processes
• High-level stakeholder engagement skills across executive leadership, pre-contracts and project delivery teams
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capability
• Ability to influence project teams and drive programme discipline across multiple projects
• Relevant qualifications in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline

Why Join?

• Join a highly respected civil infrastructure contractor with an enviable project pipeline
• Strategic role with influence across both pre-contracts and project delivery functions
• Exposure to major civil, infrastructure and urban development projects
• Opportunity to shape planning standards and programme governance across the business
• Work directly with senior leadership and key project stakeholders
• Diverse mix of tendering, project controls, claims and delivery support responsibilities
• Long-term career progression opportunities within a growing organisation
• Collaborative and high-performing team environment
• Strong project security with a healthy backlog of work
• Attractive salary package aligned with experience