Lead Planner

Wood is seeking an experienced and driven Lead Planner to join our Minerals and Metals Project Controls team in Perth. Reporting to the Project Controls Manager, this role is responsible for leading all project planning and scheduling activities across the project lifecycle, from studies and FEED through execution, commissioning and handover.

Wood APAC Minerals & Metals team is currently delivering critical metals projects, including Copper, Gold Nickel, Lithium, Vanadium, Rare Earths, and Base Metals. This portfolio of projects ranges from scoping studies through to EPCM packages working on developments in Australia and internationally. 

#LI-Hybrid or #LI-Remote

As the planning lead, you will provide leadership and technical direction for planning resources while developing and maintaining integrated project schedules that support effective forecasting, risk management, decision-making and successful project delivery.

Working in studies and projects, the focus of your role will be to create delivery excellence across any assigned project portfolio, provide certainty and confidence to the client(s) and maintaining robust control of project schedule, progress and risk. 

As a key part of our team, you will undertake the following duties, which will not be limited to: 

• Lead and coordinate all project planning and scheduling activities across assigned projects.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to planners within the project team.
• Develop, maintain and control integrated project schedules throughout all project phases.
• Consolidate contractor, subcontractor and vendor schedules into the master project schedule.
• Establish and maintain project planning procedures, standards and reporting frameworks.
• Conduct schedule quality reviews and schedule health assessments.
• Perform schedule forecasting, trend analysis and what-if scenario modelling.
• Develop mitigation and recovery schedules.
• Develop and maintain progress measurement systems and earned value reporting.
• Facilitate schedule risk workshops and support schedule risk analysis.
• Present schedule status, forecasts and recovery strategies to clients and senior leadership.
• Work closely with cost control, risk management and project management teams to provide integrated project controls reporting.

• Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling within mining, minerals processing, or energy sector.
• Demonstrated experience leading planning functions medium to large-scale capital projects. 
• Advanced Primavera P6 capability.
• Strong understanding of critical path methodology, forecasting and project controls principles.
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Valid working rights within Australia

Wood encourages women and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply

Benefits on joining #TeamWood

Wood is at the forefront of engineering solutions for a net zero future.  Being part of Team Wood, means you're in a community unified by our vision, values and behaviours that support how we work together. So much of our success depends on feeling part of a team with people around us that we can rely on.

Our Vision:   Deliver Solutions that transform the world.

Our Values:   Care Courage Commitment

We are committed to creating an inspired culture with diversity and inclusion permeating every corner of our global organisation. Wood provides a comprehensive, flexible, competitive benefit program for our employees.

• Work in the heart of Perth CBD, Access to free 24/7 state of the art Gym & end of trip facilities
• Wide range of benefits across Financial Health, Career Support, Wellbeing and Flexible working arrangements
• Global opportunities for career development, in addition to company supported education pathways for your career growth.
• Access to diverse and attractive projects working on our global industries most exciting developments, partnering closely with our clients on such developments.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business.
• Competitive renumeration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.