Planner

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is currently recruiting for an experienced Planner to join our growing Projects team in Melbourne. This role will suit a self-motivated team player who is passionate about leveraging their previous experience and expertise to take their career to the next level.

Reporting to the Manager of Projects, the Planner will be a key support to our study and/or project teams. This position will be responsible for the accurate, effective, and timely control of Project schedules to produce deliverables inline with Client’s and Project’s standards.

The tasks you'll perform

• Ensure overall schedules and plans are achieved to a consistently high standard. 
• Respond immediately to change to ensure projects are completed on time in accordance with the contractual scope of work and services. 
• Support the Project team to prepare the Project Schedules and provide up-to-date data to assist with the management of project activities to the highest quality and in line with Company, Client and regulatory requirements. 
• Develop and maintain the various project planning specific procedures, work practices, plans, systems and protocols to enable efficient work whilst maintaining a consistently high standard of work.  
• Analyse scope changes and schedule trends and recommend actions or alternate execution options to improve schedule or mitigate delays.
• Confirm all implementation approaches and controls are reasonable in their establishment and are met throughout the project.
• Communicate immediately with the client and Project Manager on matters that affect the project goals. 

The expertise you'll bring

• 5+ years planning experience in mineral processing/construction projects required.
• Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent preferred, but not essential.
• In depth knowledge of, and competence in, Primavera is required.
• Ability to prepare accurate, detailed schedules and reports to meet strict project deadlines.
• High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge of Project Planning and Management.
• Aptitude in building and sustaining positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision whilst consistently producing a high quality of deliverables.
• A self-starter who can readily adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Provide employees with a variety of additional benefits such as coverage for professional memberships, 18 weeks paid maternity leave + superannuation continuance, discount and rewards programs, and much more.   

Lycopodium is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and maintaining a discrimination free workplace, guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Diligence. 

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.

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