Planner

SUMMARY:
Planner
📍 Burgersfort Area
💰 Salary: Negotiable based on experience and suitability
Our client in the mining sector is seeking an experienced Planner to join their project team in the Burgersfort area. The successful candidate will play a key role in planning, scheduling, reporting, and coordinating brownfield and SIB capital projects within live mining operations.

POSITION INFO:

Minimum Requirements

• Degree / Diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, or Project Management
• Formal training in project planning and scheduling
• Advanced proficiency in MS Projects (non-negotiable)
• 8–10 years’ relevant experience

Advantageous

• PMI-SP / PMP certification
• PSP / CCP – AACE International certification
• ECSA Registration (Candidate or Professional)

Required Experience

• Proven project planning experience within mining environments
• Strong track record on brownfield / SIB capital projects in live operational environments
• Extensive MS Project experience across multidisciplinary scopes including Mechanical, Electrical, C&I, and Civil
• Demonstrated experience in shutdown planning and execution environments
• Experience working within Owner’s Teams / PMOs

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Schedule Development

• Develop and maintain integrated Level 2–4 schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning
• Build logic-driven, resource-aware schedules aligned with site constraints and shutdown requirements

Portfolio Integration

• Consolidate multiple SIB projects into a single master schedule
• Identify resource conflicts, shutdown overlaps, and production interface risks

Progress Measurement & Reporting

• Implement quantity-based physical progress measurement systems
• Produce weekly and monthly reports including S-curves, variance analysis, and recovery plans

Critical Path & Risk Management

• Continuously monitor critical path and near-critical activities
• Perform scenario analysis and quantify schedule impacts resulting from risks and project changes

Shutdown Planning & Execution Support

• Develop detailed shutdown schedules down to task level where required
• Align execution sequencing with operational, safety, and access constraints

Contractor & Stakeholder Coordination

• Review and challenge contractor schedules to ensure logic integrity and realism
• Act as the central point of truth for schedule status across stakeholders

Governance & Controls

• Maintain schedule baselines and enforce change control procedures
• Apply schedule quality standards, including DCMA checks and client PMO governance requirements