Lead Planner

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Lycopodium is seeking an experienced Lead Planner to join our Brisbane team on a full-time onsite basis. You’ll establish and maintain project schedules across all phases, read and interpret design deliverables such as flow sheets, P&IDs and equipment lists, support study and project teams, respond quickly to change, and monitor progress to keep projects on time within budget and quality standards. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of planning experience in mineral processing or construction, strong Oracle and Primavera skills, and a proven ability to produce accurate schedules and reports under tight deadlines. In your application tailor your CV to highlight relevant projects, change management outcomes, stakeholder collaboration, and readiness to work with minimal supervision, and submit via the Apply button.

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is currently recruiting for an experienced Lead Planner to join our growing team in Brisbane. This role will suit a self-motivated team player who is passionate about leveraging their previous experience and expertise to take their career to the next level.

Reporting to the Group Manager Projects & Studies, the Lead Planner will be a key support to our study and/or project teams. This position will be responsible for executing and monitoring the project schedule, as well as providing up-to-date data to assist with the management of project activities to the highest quality, in line with Company, Client and regulatory requirements.

The tasks you'll perform

• Establish and maintain Project schedules to support all phases of the project including project definition and development, planning approvals and permitting, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, transport, construction and commissioning.
• Read and interpret all typical design deliverables such as flow sheets, P&ID’s drawings, equipment lists and other data required to prepare and maintain a Project Schedule. 
• Support the Project team to prepare the Project Schedules and provide up-to-date data to assist with the management of project activities to the highest quality.
• Respond immediately to change to ensure projects are completed on time in accordance with the contractual scope of work and services. 
• Analyse scope changes and schedule trends and recommend actions or alternate execution options to improve schedule or mitigate delays.
• Confirm all implementation approaches and controls are reasonable in their establishment and are met throughout the project.
• Evaluate project progress to ensure that it is meeting budgetary and deadline objectives.
• Recognise progress concerns and report immediately to the Project Managers to ensure projects are completed within both budgetary and schedule constraints.

The expertise you'll bring

• 10+ years planning experience in mineral processing/construction projects required.
• Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent preferred, but not essential.
• In depth knowledge of, and competence in, the use of Oracle and Primavera.
• Ability to prepare accurate, detailed schedules and reports to meet strict project deadlines.
• High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge of Project Planning and Management.
• Aptitude in building and sustaining positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision whilst consistently producing a high quality of deliverables.
• A self-starter who can readily adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Provide employees with a variety of additional benefits such as coverage for professional memberships, 18 weeks paid maternity leave + superannuation continuance, discount and rewards programs, and much more.   

Lycopodium is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and maintaining a discrimination free workplace, guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Diligence. 

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.

Please submit your CV by clicking the 'Apply' button.