CIMIC Group is seeking a Senior Manager Planning to join its Risk, Commercial and PreContracts team. This role provides strategic leadership, governance and technical expertise for planning activities across major bids and tenders, ensuring robust, accurate and risk-informed tender programmes are developed to support successful bid outcomes and effective project delivery.
About the Role
This role reports to the Head of Pre-Contracts & Risk and key responsibilities include:
Lead and oversee the development of robust, accurate and achievable tender programmes.
Ensure bid programmes fully reflect scope, methodology and delivery constraints
Identify key programme risks and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are developed
Undertake and/or oversee Schedule Reliability Analysis to assess programme maturity and confidence levels
Provide expert planning advice and support to bid teams across all major tenders
Provide functional leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to bid-level planners
Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including bid teams, legal and OpCo senior leadership
About CIMIC Group
CIMIC Group is a leading international contractor delivering major projects that shape communities, support economic growth and create long-term value.
Our mission is to generate sustainable returns for our shareholders while delivering outstanding results for our clients and providing safe, rewarding and fulfilling careers for our people. We live by our core principles—integrity, accountability, innovation and delivery—underpinned by safety.
Our people are highly valued and are committed to excellence across all aspects of our operations.
About You – Qualifications & Experience
To be successful, you will bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar
- Relevant planning or project controls certifications (desirable)
- Extensive experience in construction planning and programming on major projects
- Strong understanding of construction methodologies, sequencing and project delivery risks
- Significant experience in tender planning and development of complex project schedules
- Demonstrated leadership skills
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a leading global organisation delivering iconic projects
- Work within a high-performing and collaborative finance team
- Exposure to complex, large-scale financial operations
- Career development opportunities across the CIMIC Group
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or similar
- Relevant planning or project controls certifications
- Extensive experience in construction planning and programming on major projects
- Strong understanding of construction methodologies, sequencing and project delivery risks
- Significant experience in tender planning and development of complex project schedules
- Demonstrated leadership skills
What We Do
CIMIC Group is an engineering-led construction, mining, services and infrastructure development leader working across the lifecycle of assets, infrastructure and resources projects. CIMIC Group comprises our construction businesses CPB Contractors, Leighton Asia and Broad, our mining and mineral processing companies Thiess (joint control) and Sedgman, our services specialist UGL, and our development and investment arm Pacific Partnerships – all supported by our in-house engineering consultancy EIC Activities. Our mission is to generate sustainable returns by delivering innovative and competitive solutions for clients and safe, fulfilling careers for our people. With a history since 1899, and around 30,000 people in around 20 countries, we strive to be known for our principles of Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery, underpinned by Safety. CIMIC is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Australia Index and FTSE4Good. The principles of Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery underpin CIMIC’s operations. These principles provide a shared language and identity for CIMIC and guide its actions. Each of these principles is underpinned by a continual focus on safety which is fundamental to CIMIC’s operations.
