Senior Project Planner

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Position Summary

The Senior Project Planner / Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, analyzing, and optimizing integrated project schedules for large-scale capital projects, engineering, procurement, construction (EPC), maintenance, turnaround, and industrial projects. This role partners closely with project management, engineering, procurement, construction, cost controls, and client stakeholders to ensure project schedules accurately reflect scope, progress, risks, and resource requirements. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience utilizing Primavera P6, advanced scheduling techniques, critical path analysis, progress measurement, forecasting, and project controls best practices. The Senior Project Planner / Scheduler will serve as a key advisor to project leadership by identifying schedule risks and opportunities while driving schedule performance and project execution effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Scheduling

- Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules utilizing Primavera P6 and other project control systems.
- Create integrated Level 1 through Level 4 schedules for engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities.
- Establish work breakdown structures (WBS) and coding structures aligned with project objectives.
- Develop baseline schedules and monitor performance against approved project baselines.
- Prepare schedule narratives, milestone reports, look-ahead schedules, and executive-level presentations.
- Coordinate schedule development efforts with project managers, discipline leads, contractors, and clients.
- Ensure schedule logic, durations, constraints, and resource loading accurately reflect project execution plans.

Schedule Analysis & Reporting

- Perform critical path, float, earned value, and trend analyses to identify schedule impacts and risks.
- Monitor project progress and validate schedule updates from internal teams and contractors.
- Develop schedule recovery plans and mitigation strategies for delays or deviations.
- Conduct schedule risk assessments and what-if scenario analyses.
- Generate weekly and monthly schedule performance reports for project leadership and clients.
- Identify key milestones and provide forecasts for project completion dates.

Project Controls & Stakeholder Management

- Support integrated cost and schedule reporting activities.
- Collaborate with Cost Controls personnel to ensure alignment between project budgets, forecasts, and schedules.
- Facilitate schedule review meetings with project teams and stakeholders.
- Review contractor schedules for compliance with project requirements and industry best practices.
- Provide schedule guidance and mentorship to junior planners and schedulers.
- Assist project management teams with change management, claims analysis, and delay impact assessments.

Continuous Improvement

- Contribute to the development and standardization of scheduling procedures, templates, and best practices.
- Support implementation of project controls tools and reporting systems.
- Drive schedule quality initiatives and compliance with corporate project execution standards.
- Promote continuous improvement within project planning and controls processes.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or related field; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
- 8+ years of project planning and scheduling experience supporting industrial, energy, petrochemical, refinery, LNG, power generation, manufacturing, or EPC projects.
- Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6.
- Strong knowledge of CPM (Critical Path Method) scheduling principles.
- Experience developing and maintaining complex integrated project schedules.
- Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
- PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) certification through AACE International.
- Experience supporting owner, EPC, or contractor organizations.
- Knowledge of Primavera Risk Analysis (PRA), Acumen Fuse, Power BI, SAP, EcoSys, or similar project controls systems.
- Experience supporting large capital projects exceeding $100 million.
- Familiarity with earned value management (EVM) methodologies.
- Experience performing schedule risk analysis and forensic schedule reviews.

Key Competencies

- Critical Path Analysis
- Project Controls
- Schedule Forecasting
- Resource Loading
- Cost & Schedule Integration
- Progress Measurement
- Risk Management
- Contractor Schedule Review
- Change Management
- Delay Analysis
- Executive Reporting
- Stakeholder Management
- Leadership & Mentoring
- Problem Solving
- Strategic Planning

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.