Lead Project Planner (EPCM/Minerals Plant)

Mississauga, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 9, 2026
1 position

$130,000–$160,000 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 8+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Establish, maintain, and report on project schedules across the full lifecycle of EP, EPCM, and EPC projects, including defining the WBS and developing schedule baselines for engineering, procurement, and construction. Provide planning expertise and procedures, support project managers and proposal teams, and coordinate integrated schedules with internal and external clients.

Job details

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world. Lycopodium is currently recruiting for a Lead Project Planner to join our growing Projects team in Mississauga, ON. Reporting to the Project Controls and Planning Manager the Lead Project Planner will be responsible for establishing and maintaining the project schedule to assist in the management and reporting on project activities in a timely and consistently accurate manner. The tasks you'll perform Support the Project Manager and the team to prepare the Project Schedules and provide up-to-date data to assist with the management of project activities to the highest quality, ethical and in line with Company, Client and regulatory requirements. Develop and maintain the various project planning specific procedures, work practices, plans, systems and protocols to enable efficient work and maintain a consistent approach and high standard of work. Provide specialist advice in designated areas of expertise. Work collaboratively with personnel across all business units. Prepare and effectuate overall project planning, for the entire project lifecycle, for EP/EPCM/EPC projects. Define Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and generate master schedule baseline for engineering, procurement, and construction activities. Develop a different level of schedule for the project as well as supporting the business development group during the proposal phase. Ability to work with an internal and external client to create integrated EPC/client schedules. The expertise you'll bring Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent is preferred. A minimum of 8 years experience in project-related scheduling and planning for Minerals Processing Must be experienced with Primavera P6 to an advance level Build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers. High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge of Project Planning and Management. Demonstrated ability to achieve consistently high standards within both budgetary and schedule constraints. The benefits we'll provide Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals. We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we: Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry. Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements. Provide employees with a variety of additional benefits such as coverage for professional memberships, RRSP matching, healthcare spending account, discount and rewards programs, and much more. The expected salary range for this role is $130,000 to $160,000. This range is based on the role’s job family and level and reflects a good faith estimate for the role at the time of posting. Your final offer will depend on factors such as market conditions, internal equity and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role. We believe in fair, competitive pay that reflects the value you bring to the team. Lycopodium is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and maintaining a discrimination free workplace, guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Diligence. We are committed to providing the best possible experience for every candidate by responding to every application. We do not use AI to screen, assess, or select candidates and to ensure fairness; every application is personally reviewed by a member of our team. If you require accommodation at any stage, please contact our Recruitment Team and we will work with you to provide the support you need.

What you’ll do

Requirements

A Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent is preferred, along with at least eight years of project scheduling and planning experience in minerals processing. Candidates must have advanced Primavera P6 experience and demonstrate strong planning knowledge, attention to detail, stakeholder relationship skills, and the ability to meet budget and schedule constraints.