Field Planner - Process, MIA, C/Distribs - Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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Project Overview:

Now in execution, Kangwinan will establish a new bauxite production centre south-east of Rio Tinto’s Amrun mine, including a 15-kilometre conveyor to transport ore to expanded stockyard and wharf facilities at Amrun. Bechtel is working with Rio Tinto to deliver this significant project through to first ore in 2029.

Kangwinan is on the Traditional lands of the Wik & Wik Waya Peoples and carries a name given by the Wik Waya People. This is your opportunity to help build one of Queensland’s landmark resources projects, working respectfully on Country alongside Traditional Owners and local communities. You'll be part of a team that puts safety first, values strong relationships and takes pride in handing over a world-class operation.

Job Summary:

The Field Senior Planner Process, Pipeline and MIA is responsible for the implementation, monitoring and maintenance of Field Works Schedule, as well as providing up-to-date data to assist with the management of the package activities. The role is responsible for providing reliable scheduling information to support the project controls reporting and analysis for presentation to project management and various internal/external stakeholders. Reporting to the Field Lead Planner the Senior Field Planner will be responsible for supporting the construction team with Level 4 integrated planning to deliver the project scope..

This role is offered on a 2:1 FIFO camp roster to Weipa (onboarding in Brisbane office, then transitioning to FIFO in Q3 2027).

Major Responsibilities:

1. Performs and/or coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan. Reviews the representation of project scope in schedules. Establishes the conceptual scope of schedule studies. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between the projects. Performs productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies. Establishes productivity basis to be utilized in estimates, as developed in concurrence with Construction. Reviews labor estimates for reasonableness.
2. Establishes milestones for the total project or major portions of the project. Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones. Coordinates the timely, systematic, and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data.
3. Co-ordinates the development and integration of individual schedules into the total project plan. Reviews the performing organization’s and unit’s work logics and determines whether the schedules will adequately support the overall project schedule. Plans, coordinates, and establishes the level of quantification appropriate to the objectives of the effort and to the level of scope definition for each discipline or specialty and designates source data and/or reconciliations of quantities. Reviews completeness and reasonableness of quantities.
4. Reviews and evaluates schedule durations for all disciplines’ activities relative to the support of project milestones. Supervises/directs the calculation of durations and other considerations affecting activity durations.
5. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between projects. Develops bid evaluation cost and schedule criteria and prepares bid evaluations. May participate in discussions with vendors.
6. Plans, organizes, and completes schedule resource loading and leveling. Coordinates development of bulk commodity release and installation curves. Integrates appropriate manpower requirements for each discipline/specialty relative to the overall project needs. Determines quantity and manpower levels in support of the project needs and schedule philosophy.
7. Obtains required schedule information by disciplines. Identifies schedule restraints and their effects on the total project schedule. Works with departments to ensure an understanding of the total project schedule needs. Responsible for the integration of schedule activities. Identifies schedule considerations and problems resulting from interdisciplinary or group restraints and interfaces.
8. Verifies consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility. Responsible for issuing reports required by Bechtel management and project procedures.
9. Performs project schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine criticality of schedule activities. Recommends alternatives for schedule improvement to project team for discussion and/or decision.
10. Responsible for preparing and presenting the Schedule Impact Report items. Responsible for preparing schedule recovery plans, including evaluation of additional resources/costs required to affect such plans.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Project/Construction Management or related fields and 10+ years of relevant experience; or 14+ years of relevant work experience. High level of proficiency with Primavera P6 and MS Suite.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, which include schedule development, control, and analysis, in the field and the home office.
• 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.

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