Work options: On-site
This
Infrastructure Delivery Project role will also provide support to the Project Controls Manager and will assist in the establishment of Project planning and scheduling systems and procedures.
The Senior Planner and Scheduler will have key interfaces with Project Controls, Commercial, Finance, and Initial and Early works teams; with advisors, delivery partners, and contractors; and with wider government departments.
About The Role - Key Accountabilities
- Support the project to ensure delivery within specified scope, time, and budget.
- Provide input into tender documentation for all program and time-related matters.
- Undertake detailed review and evaluation of the construction Contractors’ tender programs for the various Rail Infrastructure projects and provide evaluation recommendations based on key selection criteria.
- Coordinate the provision of planning and scheduling expertise and support to project delivery team.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting is provided to meet the needs of the delivery team and consolidate into wider program reports; advise management on matters arising; and recommend improvements and mitigating actions.
- Leads in the identification of schedule trends and advise possible corrective actions.
- Integrates contractor plans and/or schedules into the overall project program and/or schedule.
- Monitors Contractors in ensuring project schedules are accurately recorded in scheduling platforms.
- Advises on the optimum delivery strategy for a project given its particular circumstances.
- Interface with other delivery team members and departments, advisors, delivery partners, contractors, and wider government participants to promote the effective cost management of the program.
About You - Key Selection Criteria Required
- A Bachelor (or higher) qualification in Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline would be well regarded.
- Expertise and/or experience using project controls systems namely EcoSys (Hexagon), Oracle platforms (Primavera), Deltek (Acumen Fuse), Turbo Chart, and Tilos.
- Proven achievement and extensive experience in schedule-related roles within large civil infrastructure projects.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills, including the demonstrated capacity to build and manage effective relationships and to discuss a broad range of challenging issues with all organizational levels including at a senior level.
- Highly astute analytical capability to understand and resolve complex and technical issues and provide clear, authoritative, and effective advice to senior decision makers.
- Experience in performing program risk analysis to estimate a range of likely program durations and completion dates.
- Experience with developing summary programs and diagrams as communication tools (e.g. time chainage diagrams, staging diagrams) to summarise detailed programs and communicate key information to a broad audience of stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to be part of multi-disciplinary teams and proven success in people management.
- Sound organizational skills with demonstrated ability to work within tight and often conflicting timeframes.
- Demonstrated ability to report on actual progress against the project baseline.
- Ability to review contractor plans and schedules to ensure adequacy, reasonableness, and comparison against the project schedule.