Address• Leading mining client
• Perth location
• Monday to Friday roster - Initial 12 month duration with potential for extension
About the client:
Rio Tinto Operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets. These assets include a world-class, integrated network of 15 iron ore mines, four port facilities, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure. Rio Tinto are expanding operations in the Pilbara to epic proportions while introducing next generation technologies to deliver greater efficiency, lower production costs and improved health, safety and environmental performance.
About the role:
WorkPac are seeking an experienced Project Planner for our leading client in Perth. This role will report to the Superintendent Project Controls and provide planning support for the Integrated Schedule (IS) within the Integrated Scheduling and Planning division. The Planner will be expected to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders and form relationships with those they support.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Preparation of requests for schedule updates: confirm assumptions and activity dependencies represent the projects value chain and ensure taxonomy and naming maintained.
• Collection of updated schedule information from MS Project, P6, Excel, Power BI and Powerpoint.
• Ingestion of the collected schedule information into P6.
• Alignment of the ingested schedule information.
• Publishing of the schedule.
• Reporting the schedule information to various stakeholders: Includes critical paths and understanding stakeholder reporting requirements.
• Actioning requested schedule variations.
• Running and communicating scenarios for impact assessments.
• Resource loading and levelling select activities.
• Engage with stakeholders as required to maintain IS insightfulness.
• Be proactive and bold to raise areas of concern to the Specialist Project Controls and Project Lead/Manager to avoid surprises.
Skills and Experience:
• Proficient in Primavera P6 project management and scheduling software.
• Relevant site construction experience, certification, diploma or degree acceptable to a recognised and relevant professional body.
• Professional certification or planned pathway to professional certification with a relevant professional body.
• 5+ years of experience in project controls delivery.
• 5+ years of overall professional experience, preferably in mining or large-scale studies within a matrix organisation.
About WorkPac:
WorkPac is Australia's largest privately owned workforce services business with over 1.3 million registered candidates. We offer tailored solutions in recruitment, skills and career development across Mining, Construction, Healthcare and more. Our consistent promise to both candidates and clients is that choosing WorkPac is always a "Good Move".
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Click on the Apply button or for a confidential discussion please contact:
Principal Consultant: Kayla Royal via Contact Number (07) 4979 8*** quoting the below Reference Number
RioTinto Professional Job Reference Number: 7469J20245004
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This role will report to the Superintendent Project Controls and provide planning support for the Integrated Schedule (IS) within the Integrated Scheduling and Planning division. The Planner will be expected to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders and form relationships with those they support.
