Principal Project Planner; Minerals Processing - EPCM

Position: Principal Project Planner (Minerals Processing - EPCM)
With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.
Lycopodium is currently recruiting for a  Principal Project Planner  to join our growing Projects team.
Reporting to the  Project Controls and Planning Manager , the  Principal Project Planner  is responsible for establishing and maintaining the Project Schedule and to lead the management and reporting on project activities in a timely and consistently accurate manner.
The tasks you'll perform   Support the Project Manager and the Planning team to ensure the Project Schedules are put in place and maintained and that they provide quality up-to-date data to assist with the management of project activities.
Develop and maintain the various (project specific and Company) procedures, work practices, plans, systems and protocols to enable efficient work and maintain a consistent approach and high standard of work.
Provide specialist advice in designated areas of expertise.
Work collaboratively with personnel across all business units
Prepare and effectuate overall project planning, for the entire project lifecycle, for EP/EPCM/EPC projects.
Define WBS and generate master schedule baseline for engineering, procurement, and construction activities.
Conversion of study schedule to the Project Schedule using the project approved software package.
Creation, implementation and maintenance of Project Schedule.
Develop a different level of schedule for the project as well as supporting the business development group during the proposal phase.
Coordination of Project Reporting in accordance with project, Company and Client requirements.
Ability to work with an internal and external client to create integrated EPC/client schedules.
Timely identification, notification, optimization, and recording of schedule scenarios supporting trends items that have the potential for future impact within project scope.
Create, adjust, and assess resource loading / leveling.
Ensure overall schedules and plans are achieved to a consistently high standard. Respond immediately to change to ensure projects are completed on time in accordance with the contractual scope of work and services
Confirm all implementation approaches and controls are reasonable in their establishment and are met throughout the project.
Responsible and accountable for all Project planning functions carried out on designated Projects, whether handled personally or delegated to subordinate staff members.
Ensure the quality of output of the allocated Planning team, and that it is aligned with the needs of the project / study, the company’s objectives and meets the requirements of the client.
Communicate immediately with the client on matters that affect the project goals.
Manage all members of the planning team in compliance with applicable project / study specific requirements and current industry work codes and standards.
Perform critical path analysis and advise the Project Manager and the Commercial Manager immediately on matters that negatively affect project goals.
Provide project support and input to proposals, customer presentations, and other marketing / business development activities as required. Prepare schedules for written proposals as requested.
Collate and compile project reporting requirements in accordance with company and Client standards to a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
Register and file all relevant project…