Senior Planning & Controls Lead - Tier 1 Infra

BMD Group; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Leave benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Employee rewards and recognition

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

BMD Group is seeking a Planning Manager to lead integrated planning and controls for a major Australian infrastructure program in South Australia. You will develop the integrated master program, baselines and milestones, and work with design, procurement and construction teams to confirm sequencing and delivery assumptions.

The role requires strong Primavera P6 capability, experience with multidisciplinary packages, and senior-level reporting to executives. Relocation to Adelaide is expected.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Planning Manager on major Australian infrastructure projects.
• Strong Primavera P6 capability and baseline development skills.
• Experience integrating civil, structural, building and multidisciplinary work packages.
• Experience operating at senior management level with reporting to executives.
• Willingness to relocate to Adelaide.
• Background with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 contractor or comparable major-project delivery organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integrated master program, baselines, staging plans and key milestones.
• Collaborate with design, procurement, commercial and construction teams to establish logic, sequencing and delivery assumptions.
• Monitor critical path, progress, productivity, schedule risk and recovery options.
• Establish project-controls reporting, including progress measurement, look-ahead planning, dashboards and performance trends.
• Support tender methodology, program narratives, risk reviews and handover from tender into delivery.
• Lead planning and controls reviews with senior project stakeholders and improve planning capability across the team.
• Manage a team of planners and project controls specialists.

Skills

Primavera P6

Planning management

Progress measurement

Forecasting

Team leadership

Education

Engineering / construction management or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

BMD Group is seeking a Planning Manager to lead integrated planning and controls for a major Australian infrastructure program in South Australia. You will develop the integrated master program, baselines and milestones, and work with design, procurement and construction teams to confirm sequencing and delivery assumptions.

The role requires strong Primavera P6 capability, experience with multidisciplinary packages, and senior-level reporting to executives. Relocation to Adelaide is expected.