SeniorFull TimeEN
About the role
As a Senior Planner & Controller within the JP9101 Program at Babcock, you will play a pivotal role in leading planning and controls activities across complex projects and programs.
Operating as a recognised subject matter expert in project planning and scheduling, you’ll provide strategic guidance to project teams and senior stakeholders while driving the development and governance of integrated project control frameworks, schedules, and reporting processes.
Working across a dynamic and highly collaborative environment, you will oversee integrated master schedules, resource and cost-loaded planning, schedule risk analysis, Earned Value Management (EVM), and advanced scenario modelling to support informed decision-making.
You’ll lead interactive planning workshops, coordinate closely with engineering, procurement, warehousing, and production teams, and ensure alignment between project schedules, budgets, risks, and change processes.
This role offers the opportunity to influence project outcomes at both program and portfolio level while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the broader scheduling community.
About you
You are an experienced planning and controls professional with extensive expertise delivering complex scheduling and project controls outcomes within large-scale programs or defence, engineering, infrastructure, or technical environments.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and competing priorities, you bring strong analytical capability, advanced planning systems knowledge, and the ability to translate complex project data into meaningful insights for stakeholders at all levels.
Your experience includes integrated scheduling, critical path analysis, cost and resource loading, forecasting, schedule risk analysis, and performance reporting within highly regulated or technically demanding environments.
A commitment to continuous improvement, governance, safety, and quality underpins the way you work, along with a strong alignment to organisational values and the ability to mentor and support more junior team members where required.
To be successful in this position you will bring:
Your future at Babcock – what we offer you
Who we are
Babcock International Group, the aerospace and defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services for over a century.
Across Australia and New Zealand, Babcock has grown to a team of over 1,700 talented people, and we are on a path of continued growth and expansion.
We operate across sectors such as defence, commercial marine, aviation, airports, communications, emergency services and engineering consultancy.
Some of the programs our team across Australia and New Zealand are proud to be a part of involve:
So, if you would like to join us and help create a safe and secure world, together, please apply via the ‘Apply Now’ button below.
To learn more about us visit www.babcock.com.au
We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experience however, due to the defence orientation of this role, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain an appropriate level of Commonwealth Personnel Security Clearance, as defined in the AGSVA guidelines.
Please note, should your application progress you may be required to complete pre-employment checks. These checks may include but not limited to, reference checks, police check, security check, qualifications and right to work.
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Req #73255
