Lead Planner

Join a global leader in built and natural assets
- Work on real projects that improve the quality of life
- Lead and develop the Project Controls and Planning capability
- Join a truly diverse and inclusive culture and a firm that values it’s people

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

**Role description**:
We are seeking two Lead Planners who would like to be part of our Project Management and Construction Management Services group located ideally in our Brisbane office.

The Lead Planners will play a key role in growing and developing our Project Planning and Controls capability and help us deliver major infrastructure and transformational programs across seaports, airports, rail and road.

**Role accountabilities**:

- Leading and developing the Project Controls and Planning capability in alignment with the Project Management and Construction Management Services Group Strategy;
- Coaching and mentoring our next generation of Planners with passion;
- Designing and implementing project control systems for our clients;
- Participating in the design, development and operationalisation of sustainable solutions;
- Providing planning, scheduling, project controls services to project teams located within Arcadis offices, and other locations as required;
- Ensuring that approved AAP Project Planning and Scheduling principles and methodologies are applied and implemented;
- Working closely and communicating effectively with all internal and external stakeholder to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects;
- Participating and providing support to staff involved in project or integrated scheduling related reviews (e.g. Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs), subcontractor validations and internal/external quality audits; and
- Assisting in the assessment, selection and management of suppliers, sub-consultants and contractors associated with projects and ensuring risks are proactively identified, assessed and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project and implement mitigation strategies to manage slippage.

**Qualifications & Experience**:
Importantly, you will share our passion for improving the quality of life and being involved in city-shaping projects that influence the way people move between places. You will come to us with:

- A passion for planning and project controls;
- The ability to coach and mentor the next generation of Planners;
- The eagerness to innovate and develop smarter ways of working;
- Advanced user of Primavera;
- Experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and the supporting the development of detailed schedules within major and complex programs of work, ideally within the engineering or infrastructure. Rail experience desirable;
- Experience developing and implementing fit-for-purpose project control systems;
- Strong communication skills as well as strong negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships with a variety of people at different levels both internally and externally;
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or at least ten plus years’ experience in planning complex and major programs

**Why Become an Arcadian?**

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future