Lead Construction Planner

**Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.**

Wood is recruiting a hands-on Lead Construction Planner to join our Operations business in a pivotal role as we partner with a major player in the Oil & Gas industry on a major brownfields Engineering Service Contract. This is a contract role, based in the Perth CBD.

LI-Hybrid or #LI-Remote

**Designing the future. Transforming the World.**

Wood’s “Operations” APAC West business delivers brownfields engineering, procurement, construction, optimisation, and technical services to the Oil & Gas industry and enjoys long-term partnerships with some of the region’s most prominent producers located in Western Australia, Northern Territory and Southeast Asia.

**What we can offer**
- **Meaningful and interesting projects**delivered in partnership to leaders of industry across energy and materials markets
- **Global connections,**join an inclusive and diverse international community of inquisitive minds and recognised industry innovators, partnering to create new possibilities
- **Flexible working arrangements**balance client, team and individual needs with opportunities for hybrid and remote working
- **Commitment to your Wellbeing,**with discounted Private Health Insurance and free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program
- **Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- **Commitment to continued professional development;**development plans tailored to your individual needs and aspirations, access eligibility to education assistance and one paid annual professional membership
- **Join us in the heart of Perth CBD,**with free 24/7 access to an exclusive on-site gym, superb end of trip facilities, coffee machines serving on demand and plenty of spaces to get creative

The Lead Construction Planner shall support the project and business department through the preparation and progressing of construction schedules, ensuring that schedules are prepared and progressed to the required level of detail and accuracy in accordance with contractual requirements and Wood policies, procedures and standards.

**Responsibilities**:

- Will be Planning focal point for Construction Functional Activity Planning scopes
- To be responsible for the development, maintenance and monitoring of Construction schedules and associated documents
- Review and issue updates to project schedules and project manpower requirements
- Attend internal/external weekly progress and performance status meetings as required
- Assist, where necessary, with the development of subcontractor schedules
- Analyse and review Construction job card updates, forecast POB
- Work closely with Construction team on day-to-day schedule changes
- Review and incorporate subcontractor schedules into project master schedule.
- Development and maintenance of schedule forecast
- Identify and analyse potential project problems and recommends corrective action and follow up on recommendations
- Review and discuss the schedule analysis with Project Managers and Offshore superintendents
- Review and analyse look-ahead schedule and variance reports
- Review and endorse schedule impact related to change orders
- Assists in the preparation of the weekly progress reporting

**What makes you remarkable?**

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

**Expected**:
Ideally you will have proven experience working in a similar Lead Planner role, supported by 10+ years of relevant planning within the Oil & Gas Planning/Offshore experience.

In addition, you will:

- Experience in managing construction schedules essential
- Understanding of the use of norms & productivity measures
- Good IT knowledge, including Excel
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)
- Good supervisory skills
- Advanced knowledge of Primavera and other scheduling software and related tools and techniques
- Advanced knowledge of Project Execution Procedures for Scheduling
- Advanced ability to develop project schedules and plans
- Advanced ability to prepare resource loading, progress and staffing plans

It takes a diverse and inclusive community of inquisitive minds to unlock tomorrow’s solutions to the world’s most critical challenges. Wood encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

**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, c