Senior Planner & Scheduler, Mining — Fixed & Mobile Plant

Gold Road Resources Limited; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent role

Rotating roster 4/3 on site

Bonus up to 10%

Health insurance allowance

5 weeks annual leave

Long service leave

Parental leave

Referral bonus

Job summary

Gold Fields Group Services (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Senior Planner & Scheduler to oversee maintenance planning across mobile and fixed plant in Perth, WA. You will drive advanced planning, optimisation and continuous improvement using the Work Management framework to ensure safe, reliable operations.

You’ll lead complex planning activities, refine task content and materials strategies, manage SAP master data, and collaborate with site teams to lift productivity, reliability and cost performance.

Qualifications

• Recognised trade or technical/tertiary qualification, with extensive mining/resources experience including time in planning and scheduling roles.
• Advanced SAP skills across planning, scheduling and master data, with strong analytical capability to interpret maintenance data, KPIs and execution feedback.
• Deep understanding of safety systems and demonstrated commitment to risk-aware, disciplined planning that supports effective hazard control.

Responsibilities

• Develop review and challenge complex job plans, govern weekly schedules, lead planning discussions and coordinate cross‑discipline resources.
• Optimise task lists and Bills of Materials, resolve planning inefficiencies, drive corrective actions and influence teams to lift Work Management KPI performance.
• Maintain accurate SAP master data, lead complex updates informed by strategy and reliability insights, and ensure alignment with GFA planning standards.
• Challenge vendor scopes and costs, improve utilisation of external service providers and provide performance feedback to support commercial decisions.
• Lead planning input into failure analysis, use data and KPIs to improve planning effectiveness, support budgeting and forecasting, and champion safe, disciplined planning practices.

Skills

SAP

Education

Trade or technical/tertiary qualification

Job description

Gold Fields Group Services (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Senior Planner & Scheduler to oversee maintenance planning across mobile and fixed plant in Perth, WA. You will drive advanced planning, optimisation and continuous improvement using the Work Management framework to ensure safe, reliable operations.

You’ll lead complex planning activities, refine task content and materials strategies, manage SAP master data, and collaborate with site teams to lift productivity, reliability and cost performance.