Senior Planner (Mining / Engineering / Project Management / Construction / Commissioning) – Namibia

Senior Planner (Mining / Engineering / Project Management / Construction / Commissioning) – Namibia

Reference Number: AR033

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Job Description:

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Planner, responsible for the development, integration, maintenance, analysis, and control of the project schedule throughout the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover phases of a large-scale mining project. Acting as a key member of the Owner's Team, the incumbent will ensure that the integrated project schedule provides an accurate, logic-driven, and forward-looking basis for managing scope, priorities, interfaces, critical path activities, project progress, forecasting, and delivery commitments. The role works closely with EPC/EPCM contractors, engineering consultants, construction contractors, suppliers, and project stakeholders to support the successful delivery of project milestones and objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and manage the integrated master project schedule across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Review and assess contractor and consultant schedules to ensure alignment with project milestones, logic, sequencing, and execution strategies.
• Monitor critical path activities, schedule performance, key milestones, constraints, and potential delays, providing proactive mitigation recommendations.
• Facilitate planning, progress review, and schedule coordination meetings with project teams, contractors, and key stakeholders.
• Support procurement activities by reviewing tender schedules, contractor planning submissions, and long-lead equipment delivery schedules.
• Provide planning oversight during construction, verifying progress, identifying risks, and supporting recovery and acceleration plans where required.
• Develop and maintain commissioning, turnover, and handover schedules to ensure readiness and successful project delivery.
• Prepare schedule updates, forecasting reports, critical path analyses, and management reports to support effective project decision-making.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related project discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of project planning and scheduling experience within mining, minerals processing, infrastructure, or heavy industrial projects.
• Proven experience within Owner's Team, EPC, EPCM, or large-scale construction project environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, including critical path analysis, scheduling, forecasting, and progress measurement.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, earned value management, change control, contractor claims, and schedule risk analysis.
• Excellent analytical, stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and reporting skills.

Benefits and Contractual information:

• Permanent contract.
• Based in Namibia

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to [email protected].

Damaran Exploration (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd invites all Namibians who are qualified, committed, competent and appropriately skilled to apply.

Applicants should be Namibian citizens or Permanent Residents. Non-citizen applicants will be considered only where there are no suitable Namibians applying for the roles.

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Angelique Russell

Senior Executive Talent Consultant – [email protected]

CA Mining

CA Mining will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful, however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.

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