Project Planner

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW- Job Category: Projects- Job Location: Macquarie Park, NSW, AU, 2113- Job Ref No: 71528- Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time- Salary Range: $138670.0-$155309.0**About us**

Transport for NSW keeps our State moving by providing safe, integrated and efficient transport systems. We put our customers at the centre of everything we do - and we do a lot. We connect people, communities and industry and manage how they use our road, rail and maritime networks and services, and even active modes like walking and cycling. The work we do connects the journeys you take every day.

We are a state government organisation made up of more than 28,000 people and we're in the middle of delivering the largest transport infrastructure program in Australia's history. We work across planning, policy and procurement, harnessing data and technology to develop smarter and more adaptive transport solutions.

That means job opportunities in metropolitan and regional areas right across NSW - you have the chance to be part of creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

**About the team**

At Transport, we’re passionate about making NSW a better place to live, work and visit. Our vision is to give everyone the freedom to choose how and when they get around, no matter where they live. Right now, we’re delivering the largest infrastructure program that Australia has ever seen - to keep people and goods moving, connect communities and shape the future of our cities, centres and regions. At Transport, we’re also committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce, which reflects the community and the customers we serve.

Our organisation - Transport for NSW - is comprised of numerous integrated divisions that focus on achieving community outcomes for the greater good and on putting our customers at the centre and our people at the heart of everything we do.

**The opportunity**

The primary purpose of the role is to develop and maintain project schedules for a portfolio of projects/programs to monitor key activities and assess impacts to achievements of key milestones for the full lifecycle of projects/programs.

The role will also develop an integrated control schedule for the whole program-project lifecycle by phase in-line with the Schedule Management Procedure. Monitor the project/program schedule through the development and delivery phases, including working with the detailed contractor schedule.

This role will develop and maintain schedules for a portfolio of projects/programs to monitor key activities and assess impacts to achievements of key milestones for full lifecycle of projects/programs and you can choose to be based in our Sydney, Newcastle of Grafton offices.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Participate in the design and constructability review meetings and workshops to gather intelligence to support the construction activity project schedules.
- Review and evaluate tender project schedules and make recommendations to project team on preferred tendered schedule during the procurement phase.
- Responsible for schedule integrity to ensure schedules are compliant with TfNSW standards and procedures and maintained to the highest quality.
- Develop and implement Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) including alignment with Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in accordance with TfNSW standards and procedures with TfNSW project management team in Development phase.
- Provide support in development of master integrated schedule for portfolio of programs/projects in order to monitor key activities and milestones.
- Engage with Project Managers to review impacts, test scenarios and develop solutions for scheduling demands Conduct the required schedule baseline management including validation of logic, critical path analysis, health check and quantitative risk analysis.
- Prepare appropriate milestone and schedule report for various stakeholders including the executives to help them in decision making.
- Gather the supporting document to augment the progress evidence and report the duration-based progress against that of the current project baseline profile at phase / packages / project level.
- Analyse and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order raised to enable clarity on change effects.

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**About you**

This role would suit someone who is highly motivated and loves thinking outside the box. No two days in this role would be same and therefore you would need to be ready to put on multiple hats and be a team player. Additionally, we would be looking for:

- Demonstrated experience in the preparation and maintenance of the schedules in various infrastructure projects/programs in development and/or delivery phases across multi-disciplinary industries.
- Must have sound knowledge of construction methodologies and demonstrate good understanding of first principle planning practices, processes and syste