Lead Planner & Scheduler: Industrial Capital Projects

Turner & Townsend; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 400,000,000 - 900,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Indonesia seeks a Lead Planner / Scheduler to act as the PMC planning authority on site, managing IMS, reviewing EPC schedules, and reporting progress across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up for a brownfield expansion within a nickel smelter environment.

This role requires 10–15+ years in planning on major capital projects, with strong EPC/PMC background and experience working in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, and exposure to heavy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls or related discipline.
• 10–15+ years of planning and scheduling experience on major capital projects, including at least 5 years in a Lead Planner/Senior Planner/Planning Manager role.
• Experience on large-scale industrial projects exceeding USD 300 million.
• Strong EPC/EPCM/PMC background.
• Experience in mining, metals, smelters, refineries, power plants, or heavy industrial facilities preferred.
• Experience with brownfield expansions, shutdowns, tie-ins, and SIMOPS.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage the PMC Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Review and validate EPC contractor schedules, progress, and forecast assumptions.
• Monitor critical path activities and provide early warnings of schedule risks.
• Analyze schedule performance, progress trends, and forecast completion dates.
• Support recovery planning, acceleration strategies, and mitigation measures.
• Coordinate brownfield interfaces, shutdowns, tie-ins, SIMOPS, and operational readiness activities.
• Track milestones across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up.
• Conduct schedule risk assessments and support project risk management initiatives.
• Monitor construction productivity, workforce deployment, and workfront readiness.
• Support commissioning, energization, system turnover, and start-up planning.
• Prepare weekly and monthly schedule reports, variance analysis, and executive updates.
• Present schedule status, risks and recovery recommendations to PMC, Owner and EPC teams.

Skills

Lead Planner/Senior Planner experience

Schedule management

EVM (Earned Value Management)

Critical Path Method (CPM)

Stakeholder reporting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls

Tools

Primavera P6

Primavera Analytics

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Turner & Townsend in Indonesia seeks a Lead Planner / Scheduler to act as the PMC planning authority on site, managing IMS, reviewing EPC schedules, and reporting progress across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up for a brownfield expansion within a nickel smelter environment.

This role requires 10–15+ years in planning on major capital projects, with strong EPC/PMC background and experience working in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, and exposure to heavy