Lead Planner / Scheduler – PMC
Core
Lead planning authority for a brownfield expansion within an operating nickel smelter, managing schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
Role type
Senior IC project controls lead (planner/scheduler)
Builds
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and project delivery for major capital projects
Domain
Mining, metals, and heavy industrial facilities (smelters, refineries)
Required skills
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) management, Critical Path Method (CPM), Earned Value Management (EVM), schedule risk analysis, resource-loaded scheduling, shutdown planning, SIMOPS coordination, Power BI, Primavera P6, advanced Excel modelling
Preferred skills
Brownfield expansion experience, shutdown/tie-in management, experience with Chinese EPC contractors, pyrometallurgical project exposure
Technologies
Primavera P6, Power BI, Primavera Analytics, Excel
Responsibilities
Develop and manage the PMC Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), review and validate EPC contractor schedules, monitor critical path activities and provide early warning of risks, analyze schedule performance and forecast completion dates, support recovery planning and acceleration strategies, coordinate brownfield interfaces and SIMOPS activities, track EPC milestones, conduct schedule risk assessments, monitor construction productivity and workforce deployment, prepare weekly/monthly schedule reports and executive updates, present schedule status and recovery recommendations to management teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC