Principal Project Planner

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Cookordination 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s 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).