Project Scheduler

• 12 month initial contract
• Maximum $100 per hour
• Australian citizenship required

The role:

The ICT Scheduler will play a pivotal role in orchestrating and optimizing the scheduling processes to ensure efficient and effective project execution. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent organizational and communication skills, as well as a deep understanding of project management principles.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project and program schedules, incorporating input from various stakeholders, project managers, and team leads.
• Collaborate with project teams to understand project scope, objectives, and dependencies to create realistic and achievable schedules
• Utilize industry-standard scheduling tools and software to build and update project and program timelines.
• Monitor and allocate resources effectively to ensure optimal project performance.
• Work closely with project managers and branch managers to identify resource constraints and recommend solutions.
• Conduct resource planning and analysis to optimize team efficiency.
• Identify and analyse critical paths within project schedules, highlighting potential risks and proposing mitigation strategies.

 

Skills:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience creating schedules, managing resource constraints in a large enterprise (preferably ICT).
• Strong understanding of resource scheduling, and project management with the ability to create pragmatic schedules highlight issues for resolution such as resource constraints and dependencies on different skillsets.
• Experience of portfolio and project management tools such as MS project, Clarizen and Jira.
• Relevant industry scheduling related qualifications.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting master scheduling for digital transformation projects, with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement and drive change.

Please contact Jaela Smith on 02 6129 6302 for more information and to apply.