Planner / Scheduler - Planning Engineer

Senior Planner / Scheduler – Asset Retirement

Location: Perth, Australia

Contract Duration: until May 2027

About The Role

Airswift is seeking an experienced Senior Planner / Scheduler to join a major capital projects team supporting a high-profile asset retirement programme in Australia. This role will take ownership of developing and maintaining an integrated schedule across all phases of the decommissioning lifecycle, from mobilisation through to execution and remediation.

This is a key position within a small, collaborative team and offers the opportunity to contribute to a complex, large-scale programme with significant industry visibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6
• Establish schedule baselines and track project progress across multiple workstreams
• Identify and monitor critical path activities, risks and constraints
• Produce schedule updates, forecasts and progress reports for stakeholders
• Coordinate closely with project teams, discipline leads, production and support functions
• Support resource planning, manning profiles and schedule optimisation
• Work alongside cost teams to ensure alignment between schedule and cost reporting

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Planner / Scheduler within major projects environments
• Strong proficiency inPrimavera P6 scheduling
• Demonstrated experience in decommissioning, shutdowns, brownfield or major maintenance projects
• Ability to manage integrated schedules across complex, multi-disciplinary scopes
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• High attention to detail with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Power BI or data visualisation tools
• Knowledge of resource levelling and manning histogram reporting
• Exposure to cost integration, assurance processes and lessons learned activities

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients.

With over 1000 employees and 9,000+ contractors operating in over 130 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry and the level of experience, exposure and expertise that the organisation has is unparalleled.

Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered. (Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA)

If you would like to be considered for the position, please apply directly to this advertisement or send your application via email to ***email_hidden*** with your updated CV/resume & contact details. Alternatively, you may contact Susan at +61 (08) 6187 6167 for more information.