Project Planner (Mining)

Recruiter

The Hiring House

Job Ref

JHB000811/LM

Date posted

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Location

Secunda, South Africa

SUMMARY

We are seeking a Project Planner to support the successful planning, scheduling, monitoring, and coordination of multiple projects by assisting Project Managers in developing and maintaining integrated project schedules, managing planning related documentation and reporting, monitoring progress and schedule risks, and ensuring effective time-based project control throughout the full project lifecycle.

POSITION INFO

Responsibilities

• Assist the respective Project Managers to compile a roadmap for each project;
• Assist the respective Project Managers to compile project schedules (level 3 or 4), with feasibility phase being at level 2;
• Attend project progress meetings and execute own next steps from meeting;
• Assist Project Managers with cost estimate reviews from a time phased cash flow point of view;
• Ensure planning requirements are included in all Request for Quotation (RFQ) documentation;
• Attend RFQ bid clarification meetings with a focus on submitted schedules and execute own next steps from meeting;
• Attend feasibility study kick-off meeting with appointed consultants and execute own next steps from meeting;
• Review Consultants accepted schedules (level 4 or 5);
• Integrate Consultants accepted schedules (level 3 or 4) into master project schedule;
• Assist with schedule progress updating & forecasting;
• Assist with schedule reviews;
• Perform schedule documentation revision management;
• Review & incorporate schedule delays into the project schedules, assess Potential
• Variation to Plan (PVP) submissions, process Variation to Plan (VP), re-baseline of the schedule as necessary;
• Attend project risk review sessions with Consultants and execute own next steps from meeting;
• Support project management team (PMT) through close out process of projects; and
• Assist with the document management of one specific project.

Qualification

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Primavera P6 certificate
• MSP certificate

Experience

• 10 years of mining project scheduler experience within an EPCM environment
• Primavera & MS Projects Skills
• Time phased cash flow / cost & schedule integration
• Document management / revision control
• Schedule risk range analysis

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NB: Should you not hear from us in 6weeks please consider your application unsuccessful.