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Fulton Hogan•Richmond, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Life at Fulton Hogan is about making the most of opportunities, taking responsibility, and making it happen. We appreciate our peoples' courage, curiosity and unique perspectives, and look to collaborate as much as possible to explore safer, smarter and more efficient ways of working in a rapidly changing world. We don't stand still - there are always opportunities to do more and do better. Keen to progress your career? Take full advantage of our tailored training, leadership, and mentoring programs; or leverage our partnerships with industry association such as Engineers Australia, Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia, Infrastructure Sustainability Council, The National Association of Women in Construction, plus many more. Looking to enhance your wellbeing? We will encourage you to explore flexible working arrangements where possible. We offer great benefits, including corporate health and fitness programs, health insurance discounts, personal banking support, a range of retailer discounts, up to 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave and up to 10 days paid secondary carers leave, access to our Employee Assistance Program (including your immediate family), and the option to take more time for yourself throughout the year with our Purchase Leave Policy. Want to help us better the communities we live and work in? Our purpose of creating, connecting, and caring for communities is more than a saying to us - it's a way of thinking, working, and living because we're locals too, and seek to give back in ways that strengthen and build resilient communities. We do this because we genuinely care, enjoy what we do, and even manage to have some fun along the way! You'll find us partnering with local and national community groups, like Clontarf Foundation, Black Dog Institute, and Soldier On, in addition to indigenous groups and social enterprises, to ensure that our good work positively impacts and brings about sustainable change within our industry. Do we offer a 'competitive' salary package? Of course! Speak to our Talent Acquisition or People & Culture team to learn more. What's on offer? We are looking to hire a Junior Planner/Scheduler to join our Southern Region Pre-contracts Team, based in Richmond reporting to the Pre-contracts Planning Manager Predrag Draca. You will assist our Pre-contracts team in pursuit of (tendering) new infrastructure projects across a range of industry sectors, including wind farms, airports, roads and bridges, ports, water treatment plants, pipelines, etc. In addition, occasionally you will support our delivery teams as required. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to drive your career further, and gain industry relevant experience, with on-the-job skill development/coaching offered throughout. We offer excellent employee benefits and pathways for further growth.

Requirements

A relevant Engineering/Construction degree or equivalent
You must be an innovative Planning Engineer with an eye for detail, a problem-solving attitude, together with the ability to work efficiently under pressure
You must be a team player with excellent communication skills and abilities to work within a busy team environment, but yet someone who, when required, is capable of working on their own with minimum or no supervision
A basic understanding of planning and scheduling principles and software including MS Project and (potentially) Primavera P6
Your previous site experience as a site/project engineer in construction/delivery, planning project controls, forecasting and project management of a different infrastructure projects including roads and bridges, structures, light and heavy rail, airports, wind farms, etc will make you an ideal candidate for the job
Experience in developing and maintaining weekly and monthly lookahead programs and progress reports

Responsibilities

Actively contribute to the pre-contracts/delivery team efforts in development of construction methodologies, delivery/traffic strategies, staging/zoning, productivity rates, Inclement Weather Allowance, etc.
Prepare tender programs and supporting documentation as required.
Develop and maintain master/construction programs in either MS Project or Primavera P6
Participate and actively contribute to the identification of and response to project risks and opportunities
Advise bid/project teams on our methodology strategies to achieve program and budget requirements
Implement project planning & monitoring procedure, processes and systems, particularly focusing on time, cost, resources & quality (project controls & earned value)
Measure and report program/project performance based on KPI's and Earned Value Analysis
Assist Project Managers in report interpretation, analysis of project performance and development corrective actions
Assist teams in building custom reports to suit a number of key customers and contract deliverables
Proactively lead a planning and controls culture across the project based on best practice
Compile and collate reference and benchmarking data for future planning purposes in accordance with the Basis of Schedule.
Adopting and driving Fulton Hogan's Living Safely Culture.

Benefits

tailored training, leadership, and mentoring programs
partnerships with industry association such as Engineers Australia, Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia, Infrastructure Sustainability Council, The National Association of Women in Construction, plus many more
flexible working arrangements where possible
corporate health and fitness programs
health insurance discounts
personal banking support
a range of retailer discounts
up to 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave and up to 10 days paid secondary carers leave
access to our Employee Assistance Program (including your immediate family)
the option to take more time for yourself throughout the year with our Purchase Leave Policy