Senior Planner - Mining & Metals Projects (Hybrid)

WOODplc; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym & end of trip facilities

Financial Health benefits

Career Support & Wellbeing

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Wood is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to head planning and scheduling for Minerals and Metals Project Controls in Perth. You will lead integration across studies, FEED to execution, ensuring robust control of schedules and risk management for critical metals projects in Australia and internationally.

You will mentor planners, consolidate schedules, develop procedures, and deliver accurate forecasts and EV reporting while collaborating with cost control and risk teams to support client

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling within mining, minerals processing, or energy sector.
• Demonstrated experience leading planning functions on medium to large-scale capital projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all project planning and scheduling activities across assigned projects.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to planners within the project team.
• Develop, maintain and control integrated project schedules throughout all project phases.
• Consolidate contractor, subcontractor and vendor schedules into the master project schedule.
• Establish and maintain project planning procedures, standards and reporting frameworks.
• Conduct schedule quality reviews and schedule health assessments.
• Perform schedule forecasting, trend analysis and what-if scenario modelling.
• Develop mitigation and recovery schedules.
• Develop and maintain progress measurement systems and earned value reporting.
• Facilitate schedule risk workshops and support schedule risk analysis.
• Present schedule status, forecasts and recovery strategies to clients and senior leadership.
• Work closely with cost control, risk management and project management teams to provide integrated project controls reporting.

Skills

Planning leadership

Scheduling capability

Stakeholder engagement

Project controls

Team mentoring

What-if scenario modelling

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Wood is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to head planning and scheduling for Minerals and Metals Project Controls in Perth. You will lead integration across studies, FEED to execution, ensuring robust control of schedules and risk management for critical metals projects in Australia and internationally.

You will mentor planners, consolidate schedules, develop procedures, and deliver accurate forecasts and EV reporting while collaborating with cost control and risk teams to support client