Job Name
Lead Planner
General Information
Date Published
28-Mar-2025
Advertising Ends
13-Apr-2025
Country
New Zealand
Location
Auckland, Canterbury, Hamilton & North Waikato, Taupo & Southern Waikato
Role Type
Engineering
Work Type
Permanent
ID#
9694
Position Description
Our Co-operative
Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini
We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.
As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.
When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.
About us | He kupu mō moto
Our Capital Projects team delivers one of New Zealand’s largest and most diverse capital programs with hundreds of projects delivered each year. Working alongside some of New Zealand’s smartest and reliable companies the team delivers end to end projects across diary manufacturing, logistics, energy, water and wastewater, buildings, and asset care. With investment value from one hundred thousand to over one hundred million there is opportunity abound for all project professionals to deliver value for our Co-operative.
About the opportunity | Mō tēnei tūranga
We are seeking a seasoned planner to join our team and take charge of the planning and timeline management for our capital works. This is a unique opportunity to lead the planning function for capital projects across our Global Engineering & Technical (GET) portfolios, which have a value of over $650M per year.
As the Lead Planner you will play a critical role in ensuring the timely management of milestones, efficient allocation of resources and the successful execution of projects that align with our long-term objectives. Your expertise will oversee the strategic alignment, resource optimisation and successful delivery of capital projects within the Global Engineering & Technical division.
This is a highly specialised role that requires extensive experience and knowledge of complex, high-value capital projects in the construction industry within New Zealand.
This role can be based in Auckland, Hamilton or Christchurch, however due to the nature of the role there will be a significant amount of travel required.
Key accountabilities include:
Portfolio Strategy and Planning:
- Manage COO's capital strategy into detailed, actionable plans with clear logic and links.
- Develop a comprehensive planning framework to guide portfolio/project prioritization and reduce slippage.
- Drive long-term planning initiative processes and system improvements, including visualization tools and hybrid ways of working.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to project teams to enhance their planning management skills and overall project management capabilities.
- Owner of project planning and timeline management standards.
- Management of external project planning resources.
- Review and challenge project baselines, Critical Paths and support risk reduction in delivery.
Project Integration and Co-ordination:
- Ensure projects are seamlessly executed across departments and stakeholders.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration to maintain project alignment.
- Co-ordinate resources and schedules to meet project milestones and deliverables.
About you | Mōu
To be successful in this role, here are some of the skills and experience we’re after:
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Construction Management.
- 10 years+ experience in project management and planning within a large-scale engineering environment.
- Experience with Primavera P6 (Highly desired).
- Highly developed effective communication and people skills.
- Fostering a culture of continuous learning by encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration among project teams.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate our capital strategy into a prioritised and financially feasible plan.
- Ability to present logical plans, baselines, and Critical Paths across level 1-5 planning.
- Ability to create and run scenarios for best value outcomes.
- Proficiency across all planning tools.
Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?
At Fonterra, we are committed to building a diverse workplace and, therefore, open to looking at applicants with excellent transferable skills. If that's you, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.
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The benefits of life at Fonterra | Ngā painga o te mahi ki Fonterra
Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location.
- We offer flexible working to ensure the job gets done whilst being there for life's important moments.
- With a global presence, a world of career opportunities awaits you.
- We support your health and wellbeing with events, discounts on wellbeing products, and employee assistance programs.
- We encourage lifelong learning and will help you develop your skills.
- Enjoy discounted health insurance based on your employment type and location.
- No matter your life stage or choices, we have leave options, including purchasing additional leave, enhanced parental benefits, and long-service leave.
Our story | Ō mātou kōrero
Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.
- Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose.
- Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do.
- Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
- Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.
Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.
Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let’s solve for better, together. You, me, us together. Tᾱtou tᾱtou.
Applications will close at midnight 13 April 2025.
