Senior Planner

Infrastructure Business Growth Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Infrastructure Business Growth Pty Ltd in Sydney seeks a Senior Planner to lead planning across major civil infrastructure projects. You will develop, manage and optimise construction programmes with project directors and operational teams on multiple live and tender projects.

The ideal candidate has extensive civil construction planning experience, strong TfNSW exposure, and advanced skills in Primavera P6 and MS Project.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years' planning and scheduling experience in civil construction.
• Strong on-site construction experience and practical delivery methods.
• Experience on major TfNSW or comparable civil projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 and MS Project capability.

Responsibilities

• Tender programming and fully resourced baseline schedules.
• Costed baseline schedules and resource-loaded programmes.
• Critical path analysis and delay/extension assessments.
• Progress monitoring and earned value reporting.
• Contractual programming submissions and extensions of time.

Skills

Project planning

Critical path analysis

Tender programming

On-site execution

Progress monitoring

Education

Civil Engineering qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Infrastructure Business Growth Pty Ltd – Sydney NSW

Full time, Permanent

1d ago , from Infrastructure Business Growth Pty Ltd

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.