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Turner & Townsend

Senior Planner | Rail

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Senior level
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Hiring Remotely in New Zealand
Senior level
Develop and maintain detailed construction and master schedules for rail infrastructure projects. Integrate scheduling with project controls, coordinate stakeholders across project phases, monitor and report schedule performance, conduct quality checks, critical path and delay/forensic analysis, and present insights via dashboards and summary reports.
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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, defence, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. 

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com 

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Project Planner to join our Infrastructure team in Brisbane.

As a Project Planner, you will:

  • Develop and maintain detailed construction programs and the Master Schedule.
  • Integrate scheduling with reporting and broader project controls functions.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders across planning, pre-construction, construction, and commissioning phases.
  • Monitor, analyse, and report on schedule performance, progress, and forecasts.
  • Conduct schedule quality checks, critical path analysis, and delay/forensic reviews.
  • Present schedule insights through dashboards and summary reports.

 

    Qualifications

    In order to be successful in your application, you will need:

    • Experience in Rail Possessions Planning is essential
    • Proven experience as a Project Planner, Scheduler, or Schedule Manager on major infrastructure projects (e.g. rail, utilities, aviation, civil, ports, transport).
    • Strong proficiency in Primavera P6, with exposure to tools such as Safran, Acumen Fuse, Primavera Risk, and Power BI.
    • Experience working in both consultancy and client-side environments.
    • A collaborative mindset and willingness to learn from Project Directors.

     

    We're looking for people who are:

    • Friendly, approachable, and relationship focused.
    • Strong communicators who can simplify complex technical information.

    Additional Information

    Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

    We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

    Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

    Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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    It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

    Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

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