Field Planner - Process, MIA, C/Distribs

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Project Overview:

Now in execution, Kangwinan will establish a new bauxite production centre south-east of Rio Tinto’s Amrun mine, including a 15-kilometre conveyor to transport ore to expanded stockyard and wharf facilities at Amrun.Bechtel is working with Rio Tinto to deliver this significant project through to first ore in 2029.

Kangwinan is on the Traditional lands of the Wik & Wik Waya Peoples and carries a name given by the Wik Waya People. This is your chance to help build one of Queensland’s landmark resources projects, working respectfully on Country alongside Traditional Owners and local communities. You'll be part of a team that puts safety first, values strong relationships and takes pride in handing over a world-class operation.

Job Summary:

The Field Senior Planner Process, Pipeline and MIA is responsible for the implementation, monitoring and maintenance of Field Works Schedule,



as well as providing up-to-date data to assist with the management of the package activities. The role is responsible for providing reliable scheduling information to support the project controls reporting and analysis for presentation to project management and various internal/external stakeholders. Reporting to the Field Lead Planner the Senior Field Planner will be responsible for supporting the construction team with Level 4 integrated planning to deliver the project scope..

This role is offered on a 2:1 FIFO camp roster to Weipa (onboarding in Brisbane office, then transitioning to FIFO in Q3 2027).

Major Responsibilities:

- Performs and/or coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan. Reviews the representation of project scope in schedules. Establishes the conceptual scope of schedule studies. Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between the projects. Performs productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies. Establishes productivity basis to be utilized in estimates, as developed in concurrence with Construction. Reviews labor estimates for reasonableness.
- Establishes milestones for the total project or major portions of the project. Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones. Coordinates the timely,



systematic, and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data.
- Co-ordinates the development and integration of individual schedules into the total project plan. Reviews the performing organization’s and unit’s work logics and determines whether the schedules will adequately support the overall project schedule. Plans, coordinates, and establishes the level of quantification appropriate to the objectives of the effort and to the level of scope definition for each discipline or specialty and designates source data and/or reconciliations of quantities. Reviews completeness and reasonableness of quantities.
- Reviews and evaluates schedule durations for all disciplines’ activities relative to the support of project milestones. Supervises/directs the calculation of durations and other considerations affecting activity durations.
- Prepares and analyzes comparisons of scope, quantities, and cost data between projects. Develops bid evaluation cost and schedule criteria and prepares bid evaluations. May participate in discussions with vendors.
- Plans, organizes, and completes schedule resource loading and leveling. Coordinates development of bulk commodity release and installation curves. Integrates appropriate manpower requirements for each discipline/specialty relative to the overall project needs. Determines quantity and manpower levels in support of the project needs and schedule philosophy.
- Obtains required schedule information by disciplines. Identifies schedule restraints and their effects on the total project schedule. Works with departments to ensure an understanding of the total project schedule nee

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