Senior Planner 

Location: Perth
Contract Length: 12 months 

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and monitor detailed project schedules for R&D activities, from concept through to delivery.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and technical specialists to identify key milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Prepare supporting documentation such as basis of schedules.
• Maintain schedule integrity, ensuring logical accuracy and sound sequencing.
• Conduct "schedule health checks" to meet the highest planning standards.
• Translate complex technical requirements into structured, achievable plans with clear timelines.
• Facilitate planning meetings and progress reviews, providing accurate reporting on status, risks, and variances.
• Diagnose and report project trends early, evaluate productivity, and benchmark performance.
• Issue accurate and timely weekly and month-end reports.
• Actively participate in schedule workshops, risk reviews, and change management processes.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve planning methodologies and workflows for R&D projects.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to gather information and ensure all scopes are defined to a high standard.

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience as a project planner (essential).
• Client-side experience covering the full project life cycle, from concept through execution, including stage gate processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-phase projects with multiple stakeholders and technical inputs.
• Proven experience in planning within a Research & Development environment, preferably in engineering, technology, or industrial projects (desirable).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both project and corporate stakeholders.
• Advanced skills in Primavera P6, MS Office Suite, and business intelligence tools such as Power BI.
• Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision as well as collaboratively within a team.

• Desirable: Tertiary qualification in engineering or an internationally accredited project controls certification.