Senior Planner

Turner & Townsend; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company seeking a Senior Planner to drive project schedules in line with PROCSA (SA) and RIBA (UK). You will prepare baseline and revised schedules, support bid teams, and collaborate with development and cost planning functions to align timelines and deliverables.

You will contribute to tendering exercises, use Primavera P6 and MS Project, and apply best practices to ensure schedule integrity, risk analysis, and performance reporting across

Qualifications

• BSc Degree in the relevant field is preferred.
• 8–10 years experience as Planner/Senior Planner in consultancy, contractor or client-side roles.
• Strong understanding of PROCSA (South Africa) and RIBA (UK) stages.
• Skilled in Primavera P6 & MS Project.
• Familiarity with tendering procedures in public & developer-led projects.
• Excellent communication, report writing and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and present preliminary project schedules aligned with PROCSA and RIBA stage definitions (Primavera P6/Ms Project).
• Produce tender & bid schedules to support new business acquisition (Primavera P6/MS Projects).
• Interpret RFP and tender documentation to extract scheduling & delivery requirements.
• Collaborate with business development, project managers & cost planning teams to align bid timelines.
• Support interviews and presentations to clients as the planning expert on bid teams.
• Develop & maintain baseline and working construction schedules (Primavera P6/MS Projects).
• Conduct schedule audits and integrity checks.
• Perform critical path and float analysis, progress updates and schedule performance reviews.
• Work closely with client project teams, contractors and consultants to ensure schedule alignment.
• Support Extension of Time (EOT) claims through forensic delay analysis.
• Prepare dashboards and reports for client presentations and project reviews.
• Attend and contribute to planning and progress meetings.
• Assist with risk analysis and what-if scenario planning.
• Apply Industry best practices, including DCMA 14-point checks and Acumen Fuse analysis.

Skills

CPM & schedule control

Stakeholder management

Public tender insights

RIBA PROCSA understanding

Education

BSc Degree in relevant field

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Acumen Fuse

DCMA 14-point checks

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.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and present preliminary project schedules aligned with PROCSA and RIBA stage definitions. (Primavera P6/Ms Project)
• Produce tender & bid schedules to support new business acquisition (Primavera P6/MS Projects)
• Interpret RFP and tender documentation to extract scheduling & delivery requirements
• Collaborate with business development, project managers & cost planning teams to align bid timelines.
• Support interviews and presentations to clients as the planning expert on bid teams.
• Develop & maintain baseline and working construction schedules (Primavera P6/MS Projects)
• Conduct schedule audits and integrity checks
• Perform critical path and float analysis, progress updates and schedule performance reviews.
• Work closely with client project teams, contractors and consultants to ensure schedule alignment.
• Support Extension of Time (EOT) claims through forensic delay analysis.
• Prepare dashboards and reports for client presentations and project reviews.
• Attend and contribute to planning and progress meetings.
• Assist with risk analysis and what-if scenario planning
• Apply Industry best practices, including DCMA 14-point checks and Acumen Fuse analysis.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience:

• BSc Degree in the relevant field is preferred
• Currently a Planner/Senior Planner with consultancy, contractor and/or client-side experience minimum of 8 - 10 years
• Strong understanding of PROCSA (South Africa) and RIBA (UK) stages
• Skilled in Primavera P6 & MS Project
• Familiarity with tendering procedures in public & developer- led projects
• Excellent communication, report writing and stakeholder management skills
• Strong knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM) and schedule control principles
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) systems and schedule performance metrics
• Knowledge of FIDIC, JBCC and NEC contracts
• Ability to work in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment with multiple concurrent bids

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both 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. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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