Senior Planner - Decarbonisation Delivery & Assets

Senior Planner - Decarbonisation Delivery & Assets
Location: Perth CBD
Roster: 5:2
Contract: ASAP Start | Until June 2027

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Planner to support a major decarbonisation program involving renewable energy infrastructure, electrification initiatives, battery-electric mining fleets, OEM development programs and operational transition activities.
This role will be responsible for developing, maintaining and optimising integrated project schedules across a diverse portfolio of capital projects, ensuring successful delivery from concept and engineering through to commissioning, operational readiness and handover.
Working within a high-performing project services team, you will collaborate closely with project delivery, engineering, procurement, operations, contractors and OEM partners to provide schedule leadership, performance analysis and project controls support.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules and detailed project schedules across multiple decarbonisation projects.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, fleet readiness and operational transition activities within portfolio schedules.
• Develop resource, commodity and cost-loaded schedules.
• Perform critical path analysis, milestone tracking and "what-if" scenario planning.
• Maintain schedule integrity through logic reviews, schedule health checks and planning best practices.
• Implement Earned Value Management (EVM) and analyse schedule performance, including CPI and SPI reporting.
• Review and integrate contractor, supplier and OEM schedules into master project programs.
• Identify schedule risks, opportunities and emerging trends, providing proactive recommendations to project teams.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress, performance and forecasting reports.
• Participate in schedule reviews, risk workshops, change management processes and capital planning activities.

About You
Essential Experience

• Minimum 10 years' experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Proven client-side experience across the full project lifecycle, from concept through to execution and handover.
• Experience supporting major capital projects within mining, resources, energy, infrastructure or industrial sectors.
• Strong understanding of project controls, scheduling methodologies and project governance.
• Demonstrated experience integrating multiple contractor, supplier and operational schedules.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commitment to health, safety and environmental standards.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Primavera P6 experience.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills.
• Experience using Power BI or similar reporting and business intelligence tools.
• Sound understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and performance reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.

Desirable Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline.
• Project Controls, Planning or Scheduling certification.
• Experience in mining fleet electrification, OEM programs or decarbonisation initiatives.

What's on Offer

• ASAP start
• Long-term contract through to June 2027
• Perth CBD location
• Monday to Friday (5:2 roster)
• Opportunity to contribute to a significant decarbonisation and electrification program
• Collaborative and high-performing project environment
• Exposure to large-scale infrastructure, energy and mobile asset projects

If you are an experienced Planner with strong Primavera P6 expertise and a passion for delivering complex projects, we would like to hear from you.
 



At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, neurodiverse, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.

You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion.