Lead Senior Planner – Critical Infrastructure PPP

Clough Limited; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Clough Limited in New Zealand seeks a Lead Senior Planner to drive the integrated project schedule for a major infrastructure PPP venture in Canterbury. Based in Templeton, Christchurch, you will lead time management, governance, and decision-support across all lifecycle phases, ensuring contractually compliant, robust and cost-integrated schedules.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, manage critical path activities, forecast outcomes, and deliver timely reporting, risk-informed

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Construction Management or related discipline (preferred).
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in project planning, preferably in complex multi-discipline projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (or equivalent scheduling tools).
• Experience managing critical path and schedule performance.
• Forecasting, recovery planning, EOT, delay analysis, and claims support.
• Ability to operate in a governance-driven project environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation, and governance of the integrated project schedule.
• Maintain ownership of critical path and near-critical activities across the project.
• Define and enforce project-wide progress measurement and reporting standards.
• Validate subcontractor and discipline schedules, ensuring accuracy and alignment.
• Lead schedule forecasting, scenario analysis, and recovery planning activities.
• Communicate forecast completion dates, float utilisation, and schedule risks to senior leadership.
• Proactively identify schedule risks and drive mitigation strategies with project teams.
• Support and lead schedule risk assessments and integrate outcomes into project planning.
• Lead planning inputs for variations, Extensions of Time (EOTs), and delay/disruption assessments.
• Prepare Time Impact Analyses (TIA) and support claims and entitlement processes.
• Ensure all approved changes are captured and accurately reflected in the project schedule.
• Provide expert planning advice to support strategic project decision-making.

Skills

Project planning

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Schedule forecasting

Critical path

Cost integration

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Clough Limited in New Zealand seeks a Lead Senior Planner to drive the integrated project schedule for a major infrastructure PPP venture in Canterbury. Based in Templeton, Christchurch, you will lead time management, governance, and decision-support across all lifecycle phases, ensuring contractually compliant, robust and cost-integrated schedules.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, manage critical path activities, forecast outcomes, and deliver timely reporting, risk-informed