Senior Planner

Job Description

We are seeking a qualified Senior Planner to join our Mining team, based out of Leroy, SK. The Senior Planner will develop, integrate, control, and recover construction execution schedules for large, complex capital projects. Responsibilities include senior‑level leadership in construction‑driven planning, site sequencing, resource loading, productivity analysis, schedule recovery, ensuring integration with engineering and procurement, and providing expert planning guidance to project and client leadership throughout all phases of construction execution.

This role is camp‑based with a 14‑day on / 7‑day off rotation (10 hr.) or alternative rosters. This position is not eligible for a relocation subsidy or living‑out allowance.

• Lead the development and integration of construction execution schedules, sequencing, work‑face planning, and installation logic across all disciplines.
• Establish, analyze, and maintain construction milestones and ensure schedule logic supports site execution strategies and contractual requirements.
• Review construction activities to confirm schedules support safe, efficient, constructible work execution.
• Coordinate timely acquisition of scope definition, quantities, and field data required to support construction planning.
• Plan, organize, and supervise construction resource loading and leveling, including craft labor, supervision, and support personnel.
• Coordinate development of bulk commodity release and installation curves aligned with construction sequencing.
• Perform and validate construction productivity analyses and establish productivity bases in coordination with Construction Management.
• Review labor and staffing estimates for reasonableness and alignment with construction execution strategies.
• Monitor and report construction critical path and schedule performance for the total project.
• Lead construction‑focused schedule impact analyses and prepare Schedule Impact Reports.
• Develop, evaluate, and lead construction schedule recovery plans, including analysis of additional resources, resequencing, or shift work required to regain schedule.
• Identify schedule constraints arising from interdisciplinary, site, or access limitations and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure total integration of construction schedule activities across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Interface with Bantrel management and client counterparts on construction planning and schedule matters.
• Support proposal planning, bid evaluations, and vendor discussions with a focus on construction execution risk and schedule viability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and on‑the‑job training to construction planners and schedulers.
• Participate in performance reviews, interviews, and hiring recommendations when delegated.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of construction planning standards, procedures, and historical data.

• 12+ years of experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing construction planning and scheduling functions on large mining EPC/EPCM projects.
• 12+ years of experience on major capital construction projects, including site‑based execution in camp or rotational environments.
• Extensive experience in construction sequencing, field execution, productivity analysis, and schedule recovery techniques.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience directing and mentoring planning personnel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to present schedule information to construction, project, and client leadership.

• Experience in camp‑based or rotational construction environments.
• Advanced proficiency in construction scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6).
• Broad understanding of engineering, procurement, contracts, and construction workflows as they relate to site execution.

• Competitive compensation package.
• Comprehensive benefits providing extended health, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and flexible healthcare and personal spending accounts (no waiting period).
• Employer Group RRSP plan with no matching required.
• Earned Day Off program (alternate Fridays off).
• Hybrid remote work program (up to 52 days per year, based on eligibility).

Bantrel is committed to an inclusive workplace that welcomes and values Indigenous perspectives. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and provide accommodations upon request.