PERSOL is one of Australia's largest and longest serving recruitment providers. Delivering both quality temporary and permanent options, we specialise in the recruitment of Professional, ICT, Government, STEM, Management and Executive talent.

Our Tier 1 Mining Client is looking for an experienced Senior Planner / Scheduler to support a portfolio of complex R&D; and technology development programs based in Perth.

Roster: 2/5 Perth CBD

Start date: ASAP

Duration: approx. 9 months - depending on client requirements

Pay Rate: $95.00 p/h + Super depending on experience

Please note that only people with relevant experience will be considered and contacted.

The Role

Working across multiple concurrent workstreams, you will develop, maintain and control integrated schedules spanning engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, testing, commissioning, operational readiness and handover.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong technical scheduling expertise, excellent stakeholder engagement and the ability to provide clear visibility of critical paths, schedule risks, progress and recovery strategies within a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

Develop, maintain and control integrated project and program schedules across complex technology development workstreams.Provide expert Oracle Primavera P6 planning and scheduling support, including WBS development, activity coding, logic linking, baselining and progress updates.Perform critical path, float and schedule health analysis and provide transparent schedule reporting.Develop and maintain schedules using Microsoft Project, including dependencies, milestones,



baselines and progress tracking.Build schedules from high-level program milestones through to detailed execution and short-interval lookahead plans.Integrate engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, installation, testing, commissioning and handover activities.Coordinate schedule inputs across project teams, contractors, vendors, OEMs and service providers.Identify schedule risks, delays, constraints, interfaces and competing priorities.Develop recovery plans, mitigation strategies and schedule scenarios to support delivery.Provide leadership with milestone reporting, critical path insights, lookahead plans, progress trends and key schedule risks.Support continuous improvement of planning standards, templates, reporting and schedule quality.

Relevant Experience

Significant experience as a Senior Planner, Scheduler or Project Controls professional within complex project, engineering, construction, commissioning, manufacturing, mining, energy, technology development or heavy industry environments.Expert-level Oracle Primavera P6 capability.Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project.Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining integrated schedules across multiple disciplines, workstreams and stakeholders.Strong knowledge of WBS development, milestone management, progress measurement, critical path analysis, schedule risk, change control and recovery planning.Robust analytical,



schedule control and reporting capability.Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Highly Regarded

Qualifications in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Planning & Scheduling, Project Controls or a related discipline.Experience within R&D;, technology development, pilot plant, laboratory, workshop, hydrogen, electrochemical systems, green iron, decarbonisation or technology scale-up programs.Experience with Power BI, SAP, PIMS or similar project controls and reporting systems.Experience integrating schedule information across Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Excel and other project reporting systems.

If you are interested in the role and fit the criteria, please apply online today! If you have any further questions before applying online, please email Holly Storor at [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE - only applicants with recent experience will be considered**

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📌 Senior Planner / Scheduler (Perth)
🏢 PERSOL APAC
📍 Perth