Lead Planner & Scheduler, PMC — Industrial Projects

Turner; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 350,000,000 - 700,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner seeks a Lead Planner / Scheduler PMC to act as on-site planning lead for a brownfield expansion at a nickel smelter in Jakarta, Indonesia. You will own the Integrated Master Schedule, review EPC schedules, monitor critical paths, and drive recovery planning across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams.

With 10–15+ years in planning on major capital projects (>$300M) in EPC/EPCM/PMC environments, you will lead risk analyses, provide executive updates, and leverage

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, or Planning Manager position.
• Demonstrated experience on large-scale industrial projects exceeding USD 300 million.
• Strong background in EPC, EPCM, or PMC project environments.
• Experience in mining, metals, smelters, refineries, power plants, or other heavy industrial facilities preferred.
• Proven experience delivering brownfield expansion projects, shutdowns, tie-ins, and SIMOPS activities.
• Experience working in Indonesia/Southeast Asia and with Chinese EPC contractors and supply chains is highly desirable.
• Exposure to nickel, ferroalloy, steel, copper smelting, or other pyrometallurgical projects is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage the PMC Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Independently review and validate EPC contractor schedules, progress, and forecast assumptions.
• Monitor critical path activities and provide early warning 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 engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up milestones.
• 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 project updates.
• Present schedule status, risks, and recovery recommendations to PMC, Owner, and EPC management teams.

Skills

Primavera P6 scheduling

CPM scheduling

Earned Value Management

Project reporting

Dashboard reporting

Education

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

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Primavera Analytics

Excel modelling

Job description

Turner seeks a Lead Planner / Scheduler PMC to act as on-site planning lead for a brownfield expansion at a nickel smelter in Jakarta, Indonesia. You will own the Integrated Master Schedule, review EPC schedules, monitor critical paths, and drive recovery planning across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams.

With 10–15+ years in planning on major capital projects (>$300M) in EPC/EPCM/PMC environments, you will lead risk analyses, provide executive updates, and leverage