Senior Project Planner | Defence & Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Project Planner to join our Infrastructure team in Adelaide. You will develop and maintain detailed construction programs, integrate scheduling with reporting, and coordinate with stakeholders across planning, pre-construction, construction and commissioning phases.

You will monitor schedule performance, perform critical path analysis, and present insights through dashboards.

Qualifications

• Australian citizenship with ability to obtain Australian security clearance or UK citizen with clearance.
• Willingness to be located in Adelaide.
• Proven experience as Project Planner on major infrastructure projects.
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and related tools.
• Experience in consultancy and client-side environments.
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn from Project Directors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed construction programs and the Master Schedule.
• Integrate scheduling with reporting and broader project controls functions.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across planning, pre-construction, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Monitor, analyse, and report on schedule performance, progress, and forecasts.
• Conduct schedule quality checks, critical path analysis, and delay/forensic reviews.
• Present schedule insights through dashboards and summary reports.

Skills

Primavera P6

Scheduling

Stakeholder coordination

Construction programs

Analytical skills

Power BI

Tools

Safran

Acumen Fuse

Primavera Risk

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

We are looking for experienced Project Planner'sto join our Infrastructure team in Adelaide. This role supports a critical infrastructure program as part of a nationally significant endeavour andwill play a critical part in planning and project controls.

As a Project Planner, you will:

• Develop and maintain detailed construction programs and the Master Schedule.
• Integrate scheduling with reporting and broader project controls functions.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across planning, pre-construction, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Monitor, analyse, and report on schedule performance, progress, and forecasts.
• Conduct schedule quality checks, critical path analysis, and delay/forensic reviews.
• Present schedule insights through dashboards and summary reports.

In order to be successful in your application, you will need:

• Australian Citizenship and the ability to obtain (or currently hold) an Australian Security Clearance OR be a UK citizen with current Security Clearance.
• Willingness to be located in Adelaide.
• Proven experience as a Project Planner, Scheduler, or Schedule Manager on major infrastructure projects (e.g. rail, utilities, aviation, civil, ports, transport).
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6, with exposure to tools such as Safran, Acumen Fuse, Primavera Risk, and Power BI.
• Experience working in both consultancy and client-side environments.
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to learn from Project Directors.

We're looking for people who are:

• Friendly, approachable, and relationship focused.
• Strong communicators who can simplify complex technical information.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/.

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