Lead Planner

Wood
Perth +1 more
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with advanced Primavera P6 skills and experience in mining or energy project planning, comfortable with leading integrated scheduling and cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with leadership experience in medium to large-scale mining or energy projects
    — “Demonstrated experience leading planning functions medium to large-scale capital projects.”
  • Professionals skilled in critical path methodology and schedule health assessments
    — “Strong understanding of critical path methodology, forecasting and project controls principles.”
  • Individuals who have managed cross-functional teams and consolidated multiple schedules
    — “Consolidate contractor, subcontractor and vendor schedules into the master project schedule.”

Things to consider

  • Must have valid working rights within Australia for this role
    — “Valid working rights within Australia”
  • The role involves close collaboration with risk management and cost control teams
    — “Work closely with cost control, risk management and project management teams”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in managing integrated project schedules across multiple phases
    — “Develop, maintain and control integrated project schedules throughout all project phases.”
  • Emphasize your ability to lead and mentor planning teams effectively
    — “Provide leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to planners within the project team.”
  • Showcase your track record in conducting schedule health assessments and risk analysis
    — “Conduct schedule quality reviews and schedule health assessments.”
  • Demonstrate your capability in presenting complex schedules to senior leadership
    — “Present schedule status, forecasts and recovery strategies to clients and senior leadership.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • leading project planning and scheduling activities
  • developing and maintaining integrated project schedules
  • providing leadership and technical guidance to planners
Typical background
extensive experience in project planning and scheduling within mining, minerals processing, or energy sector

Skills & requirements

Required

Project PlanningSchedulingProject ControlsPrimavera P6Critical Path MethodologyForecastingProject Controls PrinciplesLeadershipCommunicationStakeholder Engagement

Preferred

Risk ManagementDecision-making

Stack & domain

Primavera P6Critical Path MethodologyForecastingProject Controls PrinciplesLeadershipCommunicationStakeholder EngagementMiningMinerals ProcessingEnergy Sector

About the role

Original posting from Wood

Wood is seeking an experienced and driven Lead Planner to join our Minerals and Metals Project Controls team in Perth. Reporting to the Project Controls Manager, this role is responsible for leading all project planning and scheduling activities across the project lifecycle, from studies and FEED through execution, commissioning and handover.

Wood APAC Minerals & Metals team is currently delivering critical metals projects, including Copper, Gold Nickel, Lithium, Vanadium, Rare Earths, and Base Metals. This portfolio of projects ranges from scoping studies through to EPCM packages working on developments in Australia and internationally. 

#LI-Hybrid or #LI-Remote

As the planning lead, you will provide leadership and technical direction for planning resources while developing and maintaining integrated project schedules that support effective forecasting, risk management, decision-making and successful project delivery.

Working in studies and projects, the focus of your role will be to create delivery excellence across any assigned project portfolio, provide certainty and confidence to the client(s) and maintaining robust control of project schedule, progress and risk. 

As a key part of our team, you will undertake the following duties, which will not be limited to: 

Lead and coordinate all project planning and scheduling activities across assigned projects.

Provide leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to planners within the project team.

Develop, maintain and control integrated project schedules throughout all project phases.

Consolidate contractor, subcontractor and vendor schedules into the master project schedule.

Establish and maintain project planning procedures, standards and reporting frameworks.

Conduct schedule quality reviews and schedule health assessments.

Perform schedule forecasting, trend analysis and what-if scenario modelling.

Develop mitigation and recovery schedules.

Develop and maintain progress measurement systems and earned value reporting.

Facilitate schedule risk workshops and support schedule risk analysis.

Present schedule status, forecasts and recovery strategies to clients and senior leadership.

Work closely with cost control, risk management and project management teams to provide integrated project controls reporting.

Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling within mining, minerals processing, or energy sector.

Demonstrated experience leading planning functions medium to large-scale capital projects. 

Advanced Primavera P6 capability.

Strong understanding of critical path methodology, forecasting and project controls principles.

Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Valid working rights within Australia

Wood encourages women and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply

Benefits on joining #TeamWood

Wood is at the forefront of engineering solutions for a net zero future.  Being part of Team Wood, means you're in a community unified by our vision, values and behaviours that support how we work together. So much of our success depends on feeling part of a team with people around us that we can rely on.

Our Vision:   Deliver Solutions that transform the world.

Our Values:   Care Courage Commitment

We are committed to creating an inspired culture with diversity and inclusion permeating every corner of our global organisation. Wood provides a comprehensive, flexible, competitive benefit program for our employees.

Work in the heart of Perth CBD, Access to free 24/7 state of the art Gym & end of trip facilities

Wide range of benefits across Financial Health, Career Support, Wellbeing and Flexible working arrangements

Global opportunities for career development, in addition to company supported education pathways for your career growth.

Access to diverse and attractive projects working on our global industries most exciting developments, partnering closely with our clients on such developments.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business.

Competitive renumeration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement 

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

Source: Wood careers

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