Senior Planner - Upstream Oil & Gas IMCS Lead

NES Fircroft; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to lead planning and scheduling for a major upstream oil and gas project. You will collaborate with the Project Controls Lead and multidisciplinary teams to develop and maintain the Integrated Master Control Schedule (IMCS), ensuring activity coordination, risk identification and accurate progress reporting.

You will contribute to schedule integrity and project performance across engineering, procurement, construction and operations

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling, ideally in upstream oil and gas.
• Experience with EPC contracts and managing integrated project schedules.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple projects or capital works within brownfield environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage the Integrated Master Control Schedule (IMCS).
• Incorporate contractor schedules, deliverables and WBS into IMCS.
• Manage baselines, recovery plans and alternative scenarios for change control.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions across project teams and contractors.
• Identify scheduling risks, critical path changes and potential delays.
• Perform schedule risk and sensitivity analyses for contingency planning.
• Monitor planned vs. actual progress, EV and forecast completion.
• Prepare scheduling docs, progress reports and leadership presentations.
• Review contractor schedules and planning performance against contracts.
• Support cost forecasting, change management and project controls.

Skills

Primavera P6

Excel

Stakeholder management

Critical path analysis

Scheduling risk

Education

Engineering degree

Project Management certification

Job description

NES Fircroft is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to lead planning and scheduling for a major upstream oil and gas project. You will collaborate with the Project Controls Lead and multidisciplinary teams to develop and maintain the Integrated Master Control Schedule (IMCS), ensuring activity coordination, risk identification and accurate progress reporting.

You will contribute to schedule integrity and project performance across engineering, procurement, construction and operations