Planner

Competitive Salary + Benefits + Wellbeing Days

BESIX Watpac is an Australian multi-disciplinary construction company, backed by a century of global expertise and financial strength. A wholly owned subsidiary of the award-winning international contractor BESIX Group, we specialise in complex construction across all sectors, including building and infrastructure projects.

Today the Group has more than $7B work in hand and is operating in 25 countries, employing 11,000 people globally. The world’s tallest tower, the iconic Burj Khalifa, showcases our innovation and engineering distinction. With international hubs located in Australia, Europe, and the Middle East, we are united by one common purpose - we excel in creating sustainable solutions for a better world.

BESIX Watpac have an exciting opportunity for a Planner to join our construction team. This role is to be based in Brisbane or Townsville. The purpose of this role will be to plan, develop and implement construction scheduling and programming.

The key responsibilities of this position will include:

• Develop the Comprehensive Programme as well as target programmes.
• Interpret and communicate essential sequences of activities.
• Regularly monitor and status report to the project leadership team on project progress and assisting in the development of strategies to mitigate identified risks.
• Identify and communicate issues and opportunities to the Project teams.
• Assist the project team in the use of planning and programming systems.
• Assist the project teams with the preparation recording and presentation of extension of time claims.
• Review and update project programmes during project execution.
• Record progress on productivity rates, resource usage, project performance, contingencies and construction methods.

The incumbent in this role will require the following qualifications and experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in Construction, Engineering or relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in project planning on building or infrastructure projects.
• Advanced skills in project planning systems.
• Excellent presentation, negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate, influence and build effective relationships at all levels of the business with a particularly strong internal customer focus.
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously using initiative, sound reasoning, listening and decision making skills.

Along with a competitive remuneration package and long-term opportunities for career development, our employees enjoy access to the following benefits:

• Wellbeing Days - three additional leave days per year.
• Awards and Recognition Program, rewarding employees who bring our values to life.
• Access to a wellbeing program including annual skin checks and flu vaccinations.
• Corporate discounts to gym memberships, meal subscriptions and more.
• Social events and Family Days.

At BESIX Watpac, we are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone is valued, supported and respected. By embracing all ages, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, education and appearance, our people feel safe, empowered, and motivated to be their best. If you’re excited about this role but don’t tick all the boxes, we encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills and believe you would be a great fit with BESIX Watpac.

Join our talented and passionate team delivering once-in-a-generation projects.

BESIX Watpac acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging.

Watpac is a leading national contractor and property development company, Our four operating divisions comprise construction, civil and mining, property development and specialty services.

Our collaborative approach with clients enables us to deliver a broad range of mining and civil works tailored to each unique operating environment, encompassing a range of commodities including iron ore, gold, mineral sands and coal, as well as various local and Government agency projects. This is underpinned by a skilled workforce with expertise in long-term remote project delivery, supported by a large plant fleet, best-practice safety and management systems, and our common sense approach to deliver excellent project outcomes.

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website

Watpac is a leading national contractor and property development company, Our four operating divisions comprise construction, civil and mining, property development and specialty services.

Our collaborative approach with clients enables us to deliver a broad range of mining and civil works tailored to each unique operating environment, encompassing a range of commodities including iron ore, gold, mineral sands and coal, as well as various local and Government agency projects. This is underpinned by a skilled workforce with expertise in long-term remote project delivery, supported by a large plant fleet, best-practice safety and management systems, and our common sense approach to deliver excellent project outcomes.

Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website

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