Senior Project Planner

Neuplan Pty Ltd; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Neuplan Pty Ltd is seeking a mid-senior Project Planner to join our Project Controls team in Western Australia. You will work from Neuplan’s offices and client sites, delivering robust planning across mining, resources and civil construction projects.

You will develop detailed programmes, perform earned value analysis and support extensions of time, while collaborating with engineers, commercial teams and clients to ensure accurate progress tracking and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or higher qualification required or preferred.
• Experience in project planning and information analysis is essential.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Feasibility and tender planning and programming.
• Preparing detailed, costed and resourced programmes.
• Reporting and dashboarding for project controls.
• Update programmes regularly to reflect progress.
• Earned value calculations and S-curve modelling.
• Extension of time claim programming and delay analysis.
• Develop bespoke systems and procedures.

Skills

Written communication

Client communication

Project planning

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Excel

Education

Relevant degree or higher qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Excel

Job description

Neuplan’s project management capabilities are expanding! We need an experienced (mid-senior level) project planner with established P6 or growing P6 (and established MS Project) project planning & project management skills to join our passionate Project Controls team!

If you haven’t previously considered consulting, our model offers an outstanding way to hone your technical skills. Working closely with like-minded advisors not just in your field but including other technical/discipline engineering and commercial disciplines, consulting affords you the opportunity to shape and enhance your project planning skills across a truly diverse range of industry sectors – from within the nation's most thriving industries!

If you have civils, SMP, non-process and / or process infrastructure project planning experience, then we'd love to hear from you!

Who we are

Neuplan is a high performing construction & project management consultancy, consisting of around 50 professional consultants embedded into a larger team. Throughout each stage of the project life cycle, we consult to construction, mining and resources clients across contracts management, project delivery, project engineering, estimating and project controls, and legal advisory services.

Offering a diverse client base, we mostly work with principals/producers, tier 1 contractors and engineering companies in:

• mining and resources (including gold, iron ore, lithium and rare earths)
• oil and gas

We prioritise our longstanding industry-based networks and built on our commitment to provide clients with professional, well-educated and industry bespoke service delivery. So that our clients cannot just be satisfied of “a job well done” but get on with the business of delivering projects.

About the role

Gaining a deep knowledge of your craft, you will work from both the Neuplan corporate office and client offices. This may involve working from Neuplan on discrete tasks for varied construction, mining and resources projects, as well as working on secondment to metro area client teams (variable secondment lengths).

The Neuplan Project Controls Associate Director and fellow specialist planners will offer you ready input and support. This will see you work closely with leading project engineering, project management, commercial, legal, and project controls advisors, developing sound knowledge and seamlessly integrate into existing and forecasted client projects.

Depending on your technical discipline, your work may involve complex, varied information gathering, analysis and project planning tasks such as:

• feasibility and tender planning and programming
• preparing detailed, costed and resourced programmes
• reporting and dashboarding
• update programmes regularly to reflect progress
• earned value calculations / S-curve modelling
• extension of time claim programming and delay analysis
• participating in developing bespoke systems and procedures

Why Neuplan?

Something different from what you may be used to, Neuplan offers:

• interesting and varied work
• for an exceptional client base, working both contractor and client-side
• a modern CBD-based office on Mill Street (opp. Convention Centre)
• a truly friendly and collaborative work environment and broader Neuplan team
• ongoing learning and development – forming a key part of how we operate
• working with an experienced Associate Director, who places a significant focus on team dynamics and staff development

We prioritise teamwork and a great culture ... and therefore want interested in candidates who enjoy and prioritise a collaborative, knowledge-sharing approach, with a keen interest in consulting across diverse industry sectors!

What do you need to apply?

• Desired: Relevant degree or higher qualification
• Essential: Minimum of 5 to 8 years employment experience in project planning and information analysis

- Industry/sector project experience may include:

• mining or resources (process & non-process infrastructure)
• civil construction, SMP/fabrication, heavy industrial, automation

- Developed skills in:

• 1. Primavera P6 (and/or MS Project) - Intermediate or Advanced level user
• 2. MS Excel - Intermediate or Advanced level user
• 3. Written communication and
• 4. Client communication - client-facing experience will be highly regarded

We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. However, due to high application volume only those deemed suitable for shortlist will be contacted.