Planning & Scheduling Manager

About Lendlease

With a national delivery capability, Lendlease Construction provides innovative and industry-leading project management, design and construction services driven by sector focused knowledge and experience. We push boundaries and embrace challenges. Our clients come to us when it’s important to handle complexity, drive diversity, offer strategic and long-term value, and to create innovative and sustainable solutions.

About the role:

We are looking for a Planning and Scheduling Manager, you will play an integral role working on site with construction teams on one of our 3 Amazon Data Centre projects, based in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne. You will take ownership of the project from a planning point of view in this standalone position. You will develop and maintain integrated project plans and programs, whilst ensuring modifications to the schedule and their impacts are known & understood.

In this role on a day-to-day basis, you can expect to:

• Provide strategic & operational assistance in the analysis (e.g. risk, spreadsheet, resources, curves) and monitoring of programs, also contributing to the development of plans, programs and reports.

• Maintain and update the Project Master Schedule and other site schedules using your experience to identify opportunities at all levels.

• Regular reporting on program to Key stakeholders.

• Perform planning activities which may include undertaking research and document preparation to provide support within established planning guidelines.

• Operate as a subject matter expert, maintaining, updating and creating plans, reports, charts, schedules, databases and records to provide up to date and accurate information for decision making.

• Work collaboratively across a broad range of stakeholders, communicating critical information clearly & concisely.

About you:

• To be an Australian Citizen at the time of application.

• Hold a Government Security Clearance or have the ability to gain and maintain a one.

• Experience in building and/or construction project planning, scheduling, project controls and program benchmarking

• Must have experience planning complex building projects

• Experience utilising P6

• Be able to graphically represent the program methodology, and be confident to present and communicate the program

• Relevant tertiary qualifications

• High level of interpersonal, communication and people skills.

• High attention to detail, excellent organisational and time management skills with problem solving ability.

About Us:

We are committed to developing and retaining the best people and provide the best possible learning and development opportunities. We are a company who thrive on our employee’s wellbeing, and offer benefits including:

• Health & Well-being program, including well-being leave to relax and recharge, health assessments, and gym/exercise discounts.

• Balance your career and personal life with work flexibility, purchase additional annual leave and extensive family support benefits. ​

• 26 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer

• 3x extra Wellbeing days per year (on top of annual leave).

• Large pipeline of project work for career development and growth opportunities.

• Bonus scheme, Employee Share Acquisition program and options for salary sacrificing.

• Access to employee networks - First Nations Mob, Pride (LGBTQI+), EmbRACE (culturally diverse); GEN (gender).

At Lendlease we offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equitable treatment and equitable opportunity are just the norm. We remain committed to supporting under-represented groups and providing a wide range of inclusion initiatives, so that everyone is supported to thrive.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is reflected in our Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan, our Bronze Award with the Australian Workplace Equality Index by Pride in Diversity, and our generous parental leave policy of 26 weeks to any parent regardless of gender.

Lendlease welcomes applicants regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, people with a disability, sexual orientation, or life stage. If you do not meet all the criteria or require adjustments to proceed with your application, we encourage you to reach out for a further discussion.