Senior Planner

1 month ago


Melbourne, Australia Turner & Townsend Full time

Company Description

Are you interested in working on some of the world’s most exciting projects, with some of the world’s leading businesses?

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices and 47 countries worldwide.

At Turner & Townsend, we offer a wide variety of benefits to our staff to help them inside or outside of the work. We offer true work life balance, working from home arrangements, team events and much more. 

We are currently looking someone with a passion for Senior Planning across Aviation and Utility projects.  We are looking for someone with a great technical skill set but equally strong client management, also someone who we could mentor to become an industry leader. 

Job Description

Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development across Infrastructure projects to site based construction of individual projects, while helping the largest companies in the world. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use. 

In an  Senior Planning  role, you will have knowledge in:

Work in an integrated planning and cost environment within the project to optimise the use of available resources to complete work plan scopes within budget and time constraints. Ensure that the established planning and scheduling methodology is followed in developing project schedule. Develop Project Milestone and Progress tracking baselines. Assess subcontractor compliance with established scheduling methodology. Support the development of the Work Breakdown Structure to support project delivery. Perform analysis of schedule data; identify trends, issues, and areas requiring attention to the Lead Planner and the Project Team. Contribute to schedule reporting, including schedule forecast updates and schedule contingency management. Support schedule performance updates, analysis and reports in a timely manner. Ensure compatibility of contractors schedules with the integrated schedules/milestones. Analyse resource requirement and availability impacts on the schedule and recommend recovery options.

Qualifications

Must be in Australia with full working rights. Must have 10+ years of experience in planning or Project Engineering with some planning experience.  Experience in the infrastructure industry is essential (Aviation, Power, Utilities, Civil) A recognised Degree Qualification in a relevant field. Relevant industry experience ideally in a consultancy environment. Experience in planning & scheduling of capital projects. Practical exposure to network planning structures and techniques, basic understanding of Primavera Project Planner or above, and Microsoft Project. Excellent command of written and spoken English with excellent report writing skills. Collaborative and ability to work as part of a national team. Strong time management skills, quick thinking and resilience to deal with a fast paced environment.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

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Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 


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