Senior Project Planner

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth office

Roster:  Mon to Fri

Fortescue are presently looking for a highly experienced Project Planner to join the Project Services team.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop master and detailed project schedule(s) to ensure timely delivery of works and meeting of project(s)
• Cost / resource loading of schedules
• Perform "What-if" scenarios as required, critical path and milestone analysis.
• Develop documents to support schedule such as basis of schedules.
• Maintain the integrity of the project schedule ensuring logic is sound.
• Perform "schedule health check" to meet the highest planning standards.
• Implement Earned Value Management, evaluate CPI & SPI and report on trends.
• Analysing contractor project schedules / progress and integration of contractor schedules into the master program.
• Early diagnosis / reporting of project trends, evaluation of productivity and benchmarking
• Accurate and timely issuing of both the weekly and month end reports.
• Active participation in schedule workshops, risk reviews and change management processes.
• Support quarterly capital planning process.

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering or international accreditation in project controls would be highly desirable
• Minimum of 10 years' experience as a project planner (essential)
• Client-Side experience to have exposure to full project life cycle, from concept through to execution, and the associated gate movements.
• Broad understanding of facilities engineering and Project Control issues.
• Strong communication skills, ability to interface with project and corporate stakeholders.
• Advanced skills Primavera P6, MS Office Suite, Business Intelligence tools like Power BI
• Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision, and within a team.
• Demonstrate awareness and compliance with safe workplace practices and duty of care.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.