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Job Summary:
As Senior Planner, you will supervise schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery plan development activities for small to medium size projects.
You will also support project organizational and administrative activities and supervise the development and integration of individual schedules into the total project plan, instrumental in ensuring projects stay on track and on time.
This role will be FIFO to Karratha on a 2:1 roster.
Major Responsibilities:
- Provides comments and recommendations for planning and scheduling requirements relative to staffing and project control.
- Reviews design scope criteria and quantities for completeness and reasonableness.
- Performs and/or coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan.
- Establishes milestones for the total project or major portions of the project.
- Responsible for preparing and presenting the Schedule Impact Report.
- Other responsibilities as designated.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, which include schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and the home office.
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel.
- Skilled in oral and written communication.
- Proficiency with PC operating systems, with proficiency in several basic software applications. Proficiency with multiple discipline specific software applications currently used in Bechtel (Primavera and Microsoft Office Applications, for example).
- Intermediate level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Bechtel.
- Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
Working Rights in Australia without employer sponsorship are required. We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer & commit to respond to every applicant.
Total Rewards/Benefits:
There are many reasons why choosing to join Bechtel is one of the best career decisions you will ever make. In addition to working with talented, dedicated people and having the opportunity to play an integral role in stimulating and challenging local and international projects, Bechtel is committed to offering you the benefits and resources to live a healthy life.
With a market aligned salary package and annual discretionary performance bonus scheme in place, employee wellbeing is also at the centre of our business - promoted through our strong health and safety focus and private health cover including access to a leading employee assistance program.
Diverse teams build the extraordinary:
As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.
We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.
Artwork credit: Jarrod Beezley, Kabi/Bundjalung, Reconciliation Action Plan story for Bechtel Australia (2022). Artwork commissioned in recognition of Bechtel Australia’s Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan.
