Project Planner

About the role

Develop, maintain, review and control integrated project master schedules for utility-scale energy and infrastructure projects from development through engineering, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and handover. Establish the work breakdown structure, activity logic, milestones, baselines, calendars and progress measurement methodology in accordance with contractual requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate schedule inputs with project development, engineering, procurement, construction, commercial, grid interconnection, testing and commissioning teams
• Integrate key utility interfaces and approvals into the programme, including authority submissions, land and permitting activities, grid studies, utility shutdowns, energisation requirements and statutory inspections
• Monitor actual progress against the approved baseline, identify critical and near-critical paths, forecast completion dates and highlight emerging delays or interface constraints
• Perform schedule risk analysis, delay assessment, recovery planning and time-impact evaluation to support mitigation measures, extension-of-time submissions and management decisions
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, utilities, authorities, contractors and suppliers to align deliverables, access dates, outages, testing windows and interface milestones
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports, look-ahead schedules, milestone dashboards, S-curves, manpower histograms and management presentations
• Maintain schedule records, progress evidence, assumptions, change logs and supporting documentation for project controls, claims and audit purposes

About you

• Diploma or degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline
• Relevant planning and project-controls experience in utility-scale power, renewable energy, transmission, substation or infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, grid interconnection, testing, commissioning and energisation sequences
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, with strong capability in Microsoft Excel and project reporting tools
• Ability to develop and analyse baselines, critical paths, resource-loaded schedules, progress curves, look-ahead plans and recovery programmes
• Working knowledge of contract milestones, change control, delay analysis, extension-of-time requirements and schedule-related claims
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational and time-management skills with high attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication, including progress reporting and presentations to clients, management and project stakeholders
• Ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary teams and manage interfaces with utilities, authorities, consultants, contractors and suppliers
• Able to work independently and collaboratively under demanding project timelines; site or utility-project experience is an added advantage