Planner

MCCONNELL DOWELL SOUTH EAST ASIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in Singapore is looking for a detail-driven Planner to support tender bids and project delivery in civil and marine infrastructure. The ideal candidate will develop schedules, manage forecasting, and analyze performance, while collaborating with various teams. A tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering and 3-5 years of relevant experience are essential, along with proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Office. This role offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to major infrastructure projects.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Impactful projects

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in planning and scheduling with a main contractor on civil or marine projects.
• Tender planning experience is an advantage.
• Able to read and interpret technical drawings and construction methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and optimise integrated construction, procurement and deliverables schedules.
• Build logic-linked programmes, update progress, and keep reliable forecasts.
• Provide key dates, milestones, critical path analysis during tendering and execution.

Skills

Planning and scheduling

Communication

Civil Engineering knowledge

Problem-solving

Education

Tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Job description

About the role

McConnell Dowell is seeking a detail-driven Planner to support both tender bids and live project delivery for our civil and marine infrastructure projects in Singapore and across SEA.

If you enjoy turning complex construction sequences into clear, actionable programmes – from bid stage through to commissioning – we’d like to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own the programme – Develop, maintain and optimise integrated construction, procurement and deliverables schedules for both tenders and projects, aligned to WBS and contract requirements.
• Run Primavera – Build logic-linked programmes, update progress, and keep reliable forecasts and reports for Bid Managers and Project Managers.
• Support bids & live jobs – Provide key dates, milestones, critical path analysis, what-if scenarios, and recovery options during tendering and execution.
• Track performance – Produce S‑curves, dashboards, and look-ahead programmes; highlight risks, slippages, and opportunities, and recommend mitigation or acceleration measures.
• Manage time impacts – Support change control, time‑impact assessments, earned value (EV) inputs and variation/time impact tracking with commercial teams.

What We’re Looking For

• Tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• 3-5 years’ experience in planning and scheduling with a main contractor on civil or marine projects; tender planning experience is an advantage.
• Competent in Primavera P6 and MS Office.
• Able to read and interpret technical drawings and construction methodologies.
• Confident communicator who can partner with bid, engineering and site teams.
• Willing to work an alternate Saturday work week when supporting the project on site.

If you are interested in adding value and contributing success to building a key infrastructure project, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity with McConnell Dowell.

About Us

McConnell Dowell – Creative Construction

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.

From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Why join us?

The work you’ll do will have a tangible positive impact on people’s lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and professional goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that. Because when you grow, we all grow.

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to have an influence on how we do things.

So join us, be you, and help us create better together

Apply now!

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.