Site Planner

Job summary

The Site Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining the erection schedule for the electrical and mechanical scope of the Snowy 2.0 project, including Turbines, Generators, Hydraulic Steel Structures, BoPe, and BoPm. The role ensures clear and up-to-date status of all related activities and interfaces required to construct, commission, and hand over the hydropower plant in accordance with the project schedule and contractual obligations.

The Site Planner proactively identifies deviations from the plan, notifies relevant stakeholders, and proposes mitigation measures to keep the project on track. In this position you need to understand and follow the global project scheduling and site scheduling directives of Voith Hydro under coordination of VHH master scheduling.

This position will be based in LobsHole on a 14/7 roster.

Reports to

SH 2.0 Lead Planner /General Site Manager

Key Responsibilities

During the field preparation phase (off-site)

• Develop and maintain a detailed Field Service Baseline Schedule in Primavera for the complete E&M site install scope and activities, to meet agreed internal and external / contractual milestones and timeline
• You support the team with deriving the site work related cost to complete by resource and cost loading of the Field Service schedule
• Overall coordination of Field Schedule with all parties involved; drive upstream functions to provide deliverables as per the site requirements

During the site installation phase (on-site)

• Maintain the Field Service Schedule updated and ensure Primavera Field Service Schedule is always synchronized with the Master Time Schedule, the Integrated Programme shared with the customer, the site management software and actual work progress at site.
• Monitor in coordination with the SPM and other supervisors the progress of site execution
• Close follow up to the interface milestones of customer, civil works, deliveries and/or other interfaces related to the site project execution
• Incorporate updates of Subcontractors and assess their progress reports against plan
• Provide transparency and visibility on critical path and interfaces risks to other parties
• Monitor and report Earned Progress, Float/Buffer Consumption
• Identify deviations from plan and notify the site production manager / site manager / master scheduler
• Analyze and propose mitigations or recovery plans for delays, as well as suggestions of acceleration actions as preventive measures to avoid delays in the key milestones of installation, commissioning and units' operations including start and end dates.
• Development of preventive actions and different scenarios / alternatives to reduce impacts to the critical path.
• Provide overview of upcoming activities and milestones and assist the site team to perform rolling look- ahead planning with the Site Production Manager, follow up on actual physical progress against plan
• Support a schedule focus / mindset together with the site manager / site production manager
• Act as a partner to Field Supervisors and Site Production Manager

Education
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• Engineering degree (Civil, Mechanical or Electrical)
• Project Management degree (MBA, P. Eng. or similar)

Skills

• HSE and Quality Mindset
• 10+ years in scheduling/planning, including 5+ years as a Site Planner in large hydro power or similar construction projects.
• Sound technical and operational knowledge of hydro-power equipment installation and commissioning
• Solid contractual knowledge
• Proficient in Primavera P6 and Power BI, and SAP knowledge is a plus
• Strong analytical skills & structuring
• Extensive experience in mega projects, preferably in resource, oil & gas, or energy sectors, and with non-civil contractors
• Customer-focused, accountable, and solution-driven
• Team player with strong leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; additional languages are a plus

Project Information:

Snowy 2.0 is the next generation of the iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, and construction of this major pumped-hydro project is well underway. Once complete, the Scheme will provide 2000 megawatts of dispatchable, on-demand renewable power and approximately 350,000 megawatt hours of large-scale energy storage to the Australian National Electricity Market. Voith is the awarded Sub Contractor. The above role is in connection to this project.