Senior Planner - Tonkin Highway Grade Separations

About the role

NRW is recruiting a Senior Planner for its Tonkin Highway Grade Separations project, a $200M upgrade of Tonkin Highway between Hale Road and Welshpool Road East. The project involves widening the highway to six lanes, new bridges and underpasses, grade-separated interchanges and service relocations, on a live highway. The planner develops, monitors and updates project schedules, analyses scheduling data and reports on performance, working closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Supervisors and clients.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and update detailed construction programs using Primavera P6 and TILOS, built from first principles with the delivery team
• Work with engineers and supervisors on methodology, staging, traffic management and constraints to create practical schedules
• Walk the job and track real progress against approved programs and baselines
• Analyse trends to spot risks and opportunities early, and propose recovery and improvement options
• Run planning meetings, lookaheads and progress reviews, and maintain project controls, dashboards and performance metrics
• Review drawings, contracts and scope, and provide cause-and-effect analysis supporting time-related, delay and disruption claims
• Maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, mentor engineers and planners, and contribute to continuous improvement of planning, scheduling and controls

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline
• Solid planning or delivery experience on civil construction or infrastructure projects, ideally roads, bridges or interchanges
• Strong understanding of how civil works are built, including construction methods, sequencing, drawings, contracts and site processes
• Basic Primavera P6 skills
• Sharp analytical skills and a strong safety-focused approach to project delivery

What we offer

• Monday to Friday roster on metropolitan projects, home every night
• Remuneration, conditions and benefits, income protection insurance and paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program and discounted private health insurance
• Salary sacrifice options and employee discounts at more than 450 retailers
• Career development and progression opportunities within a long-term project pipeline