Principal Project Planner

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Project Management or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience in project planning).

• 10 years of experience in project planning and scheduling on large capital projects.

• Strong working knowledge of EPC/EPCM project delivery.

• Advanced experience with Primavera P6 and other planning / project controls tools.

• Experience with schedule risk analysis forecasting and recovery planning.

• Confident communicator who can work with engineers construction teams project managers and clients.

• Comfortable working in structured safety-focused environments with strong quality standards.

Preferred

• Experience working on nuclear projects or in highly regulated environments (power energy infrastructure chemicals etc.).

• Professional certifications (PMP PMI-SP AACEI or similar).

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging connection and innovation. Were building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong can be themselves and are heard.

And were not just talking about it; were doing it. Were reskilling our people leveraging transferable skills and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in todays low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition theres a path for you here.

And theres no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons explore diverse opportunities and be part of delivering sustainable change.

About us

Worley is a global company of energy chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting engineering procurement and construction across the project lifecycle with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet todays needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

The Role

Were seeking a Principal Project Planner with experience supporting nuclear and large EPC/EPCM projects. In this role youll provide technical leadership for project planning and scheduling across complex high-value projects. Youll work closely with engineering procurement construction project controls and clients to make sure project schedules are realistic risk-informed and set up for successful delivery.

This is a senior hands-on technical role and is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex planning challenges and being a go-to expert for project teams.

What Youll Do

• Lead the development and management of project schedules covering engineering procurement construction commissioning and close-out.

• Guide and mentor project planners and schedulers helping grow capability across teams.

• Own schedule quality critical path analysis progress tracking and change management.

• Identify schedule risks early and develop recovery plans when projects fall behind.

• Integrate schedules with cost risk and resource plans.

• Work directly with clients and project leadership on schedule reviews reporting and delivery strategies.

• Coordinate with regulatory quality and safety teams to ensure key nuclear milestones are built into the schedule.

• Support planning for long-lead equipment vendor schedules modular construction and site execution.

• Help improve planning tools systems and ways of working across Worley.