Principal Planner

At Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) we are leading the global energy transition by developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. Our large scale, low-cost hydropower, geothermal, solar and wind assets will support establishment of green energy and green product industries around the world. FFI is committed to building thriving communities by delivering social, environmental, and economic benefits.

Principal Planner

Work location: Perth

Roster: Monday to Friday

Reporting to the Manager Planning, this is a key role as part of the Project Services team at FFI.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a project planning database that can report at portfolio level on key planning parameters including people resources, power generation, production and materials requirements.
• Interface with the project, engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure adequacy, currency, and validity of reported planning data.
• Communicate analysis and insight from planning data to functional teams and the FFI executive.
• Develop, implement, and provide information into the lessons learned system to enhance retention and transfer of planning insight across FFI.
• Implement and maintain planning interfaces to manage integration of owner and contractor schedules.
• Document planning development requirements across all FFI functions and conduct/support project health checks against those requirements.
• Lead and support collaborative project planning across technical and project services functions.
• To ensure that planning activities have incorporated the requirements of project and appropriate regulation
• Present clear and concise planning reports, documentation on a regular basis, this would include bar charts and networks, man-hours loading, S-curves, productivity reports, basis of schedule and monthly reports
• Responsible for governance and assurance for the portfolio schedule and compliance with FFI planning requirements
• Ensure schedule change management is implemented across the portfolio
• Participate in schedule workshops and risk reviews etc.
• Leadership, support and development of less senior planners and schedulers

Qualifications and skills required:

• Degree qualification or equivalent in a construction, engineering discipline. There would also be significant benefit of trade/technician background with managerial experience, and/or have industrial/engineering operations expertise.
• Prior experience in a similar role preferably in the resources and renewable energy sector and complex construction and engineering environments.
• Minimum 15 + experience as a Principle, Lead and Senior Planner with a background in Project controls and estimating or similar.
• Experience of working for a multi-national (client-side) and for a main Tier 1 contractor.
• Strong negotiation, problem-solving, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment in collaboration with other like-minded team members and adjacent project teams (also delivering a variation of the system).
• A strong capability in adapting to multidisciplinary requirements communicating a range of engineering and commercial concepts to a range of expertise.
• Strong data management and manipulation skills, with excellent computer literacy skills.
• Strong team skills and willingness to travel

Candidates must be able to bring a flexible mindset, challenge traditional thinking, and be prepared to work outside of their comfort zone.

Our values drive our culture and performance through a strong focus on safety, family and determination. Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds 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 across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neuro diverse, 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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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified