Project Planner – Delta Renewables

About Delta Group - Renewables

Delta Group is Australia's largest contractor of our type, with more than 35 years of experience delivering complex civil, piling, demolition, logistics, decontamination, and remediation solutions that shape tomorrow's urban and industrial landscapes. As we expand our renewables and energy capabilities, we are looking for an experienced Project Planner to join our team and play a key role in planning and delivering major projects supporting Australia's energy transition.

About the Role

Reporting to the Project Manager / Project Controls Lead, the Project Planner will be responsible for developing, maintaining and analysing project schedules to support the successful delivery of major renewable energy and infrastructure projects.

You will work closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Supervisors, Commercial teams, subcontractors and other key stakeholders to ensure project programs are realistic, achievable and aligned with project objectives.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining detailed project programs and schedules.
• Establishing project baselines, milestones and key delivery dates.
• Monitoring project progress against approved programs and identifying potential delays.
• Undertaking critical path analysis and identifying schedule risks and opportunities.
• Working with project teams to develop sequencing, resource requirements and delivery strategies.
• Integrating engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities into project schedules.
• Preparing regular progress reports, forecasts and schedule updates for project leadership.
• Supporting short-term and look-ahead planning with project delivery teams.
• Identifying program slippage and supporting the development of recovery strategies.
• Tracking key project milestones, deliverables and dependencies.
• Working collaboratively with subcontractors and suppliers to obtain accurate progress information.
• Supporting project reporting, forecasting and project controls processes.
• Contributing to risk identification, mitigation planning and continuous improvement.
• Providing project teams with clear, practical insights from schedule and performance data.

About You

We are looking for an experienced Project Planner who can work confidently in a complex project environment and engage effectively with both project and operational teams.

You will ideally have:

• 5+ years' experience in project planning, scheduling or project controls.
• Strong experience using Primavera P6 to develop, maintain and analyse complex project schedules.
• Experience working on major construction, civil, infrastructure, energy, resources or renewable projects.
• Strong understanding of project planning methodologies, critical path analysis and schedule management.
• Experience with progress measurement, forecasting and schedule reporting.
• An understanding of resource planning, project sequencing and schedule recovery.
• The ability to identify emerging schedule risks and communicate them clearly to project stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively with Project Managers, Engineers, Commercial teams, subcontractors and site personnel.
• A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or a related discipline will be highly regarded.

Experience in renewables, energy, resources, major civil infrastructure or brownfield projects will be advantageous.