About this role
Our Business pxFairport (pxF) is a project delivery specialist offering full turnkey EPC and OEM solutions to the bulk material handling and plant processing markets. Our services cover the aggregates, processing, tunnelling, mining, quarrying, alternative fuels, waste-to-energy, ports, and food sectors, globally. With unrivalled industry expertise, pxF manages, specifies, engineers, designs, supplies, installs, operates, and maintains market leading equipment for complex material handling needs, guaranteeing performance excellence, reliability, and optimal operating costs. The Opportunity We are now recruiting for a Planner. You’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence. Support planning sessions and workshops with Project Managers to identify key deliverables, develop the work breakdown structure and agree appropriate schedule logic. Create, maintain and update detailed project schedules in line with agreed planning standards and project requirements. Work with Project Managers, Project Engineers, Department Managers and other stakeholders to obtain progress updates, activity durations, resource requirements and supporting information. Resource-load schedules using the shared resource pool and highlight potential resource conflicts, over-allocation or under-utilisation to the Planning Manager. Review schedule logic, constraints, critical and near-critical paths, raising gaps or inconsistencies for resolution. Update project progress accurately and support weekly and monthly schedule reviews, ensuring slippage, risks and emerging issues are clearly identified. Produce planning reports and schedule outputs, including look-ahead plans, milestone reports, S-curves and baseline variance information. Support the identification of corrective actions and recovery options where progress is behind plan. Maintain schedule baselines and assist with re-baselining following approved scope changes, ensuring change control requirements are followed. Prepare tailored schedule updates and planning information for project reports, client reports, meetings and presentations. Keep planning records, assumptions and supporting data accurate, current and auditable. More details can be found on the role profile