Senior Planner – Major Projects | Flexible Work

Downer; Newcastle; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse projects

Career progression

Flexible working arrangements

Employee benefits

Job summary

Downer is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our Energy & Utilities team supporting Major Projects. You will own planning and scheduling across major utility and infrastructure projects, developing schedules in Primavera P6 and guiding delivery teams.

This role involves leading schedule reviews, delay analysis, risk identification and mentoring other planners, working with project, commercial, construction and client teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling across utilities/infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of Primavera P6 and CPM scheduling methods.
• Experience with delay analysis and earned value reporting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining project schedules in Primavera P6.
• Preparing tender, resource loaded and cost loaded schedules.
• Leading schedule reviews and critical path analysis workshops.
• Monitoring progress and identifying scheduling risks and delays.
• Undertaking delay analysis and supporting Extension of Time claims.
• Producing schedule reports and project performance updates.
• Reviewing subcontractor and supplier schedules.
• Supporting project controls, forecasting and earned value reporting.
• Mentoring other planners and schedulers.

Skills

Project planning

CPM scheduling

Scheduling

Delay analysis

Mentoring

Education

Engineering degree or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Visio

Job description

Downer is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our Energy & Utilities team supporting Major Projects. You will own planning and scheduling across major utility and infrastructure projects, developing schedules in Primavera P6 and guiding delivery teams.

This role involves leading schedule reviews, delay analysis, risk identification and mentoring other planners, working with project, commercial, construction and client teams throughout the project lifecycle.