Senior Planner
John Holland
- Brisbane, QLD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Implement planning strategies and audits / reviews for projects.
- Ensure project planning activities are conducted in accordance with JH policies and procedures
- Ensure monitoring and reporting of Project Controls processes are successfully set-up and implemented on projects.
- Highlight any issues that may impact the effective, efficient and professional planning resources and support to the project including implementing standard processes and reports
- Interface with project team, partners, clients, stakeholders, consultants, designers, vendors, subcontractors for management of the planning function in accordance with established procedures
- Proactively lead a planning and controls culture across the project based on best practice and with a focus on risk management, cost control and SQE.
- Early identification and communication of issues and opportunities to the Projects team
- Identify the need for training and provide guidance to subordinates and colleagues in the use of planning and programming systems, project monitoring & controls and the interpretation of data and information generated
- Supervise staff undertaking planning & controls activities, exercising functional control over all onsite staff with planning / scheduling responsibilities, including performance through subcontractors
- Compile and collate reference and benchmarking data future planning purposes in accordance with the John Holland Basis of Schedule
- Implement project monitoring systems, particularly focussing on time, cost, resources & quality (project controls & earned value). Ensure that planning & controls reports generated across project(s) provide maximum cost and time forecasting certainty for project(s).
- Advise Project Managers in report interpretation, analysis of project performance, forward planning and development of corrective actions to maximise project delivery outcomes
- Perform all duties in accordance with John Holland policies, processes, systems and procedures
- Bachelor of Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture or similar
- Demonstrated experience in construction, engineering, planning and project controls
- Demonstrated application of the principles of planning
- Use of planning software & tools such as Primavera Project Planning, Time Chainage Charts, Program Forensic Analysis, Earned Value and Cash Flow Analysis
- Experience in the planning process and the use of risk management on tenders and projects
- Experience in implementing a planning process, and a system of audits and reviews.
- Ability to contribute to the development and revising strategic direction for projects
- Ability to use software such as 4D Modelling, BIM & other digital engineering packages, Schedule Risk Analysis