Overview
Austal is Australia’s global shipbuilder, Defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner of choice, designing, constructing, and supporting defence and commercial vessels. Austal operates in Australia, the USA, Philippines, and Vietnam. The Senior Scheduler will contribute to major naval shipbuilding programs and strategic initiatives at the Henderson shipyard.
As a key member of the Enterprise Project Management Office, the Senior Scheduler will be accountable for project schedule construction and baselining, aligning resource profiles and performance measurement.
What’s Involved
- Build, maintain, and develop coherent, accurate master schedules in line with the Good Scheduling Practices Guide, while coaching and providing hands-on support to project schedulers
- Act as an expert advisor to project teams by assessing the impact of proposed or actual changes on project schedules and offering strategic guidance
- Conduct proactive reviews of schedules to validate accuracy, identify risks, and recommend improvements in line with scheduling best practice
- Work closely with project stakeholders, engaging in meetings and workshops to ensure alignment of scheduling activities and provide real-time support
- Establish and execute robust monitoring, forecasting, and reporting processes, including regular updates to the Contract Master Schedule
- Analyse the short- and long-term impacts of project changes on resource requirements, contributing to workforce planning and profiling
- Identify opportunities to enhance scheduling practices, tools, and standards, including readiness for Integrated Baseline Reviews in an EVMS environment
- Actively participate in the Enterprise PMO and Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement initiatives, supporting organisational change and long term planning
You’ll Need
- Ability to obtain a Baseline Security Clearance
- 3-5+ years’ experience in scheduling role in Shipbuilding, construction or Defence
- Primavera P6 literate with a minimum of 2 years’ experience
- Knowledge of EVM and related disciplines to enable cost and schedule variance tracking and reporting of performance indicators, including Project forecasting and cost estimation
- Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
Why Austal
- Competitive compensation and perks package
- Professional development and training opportunities
- A supportive and dynamic work environment
- Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation
Our global team is guided by a universal set of values: Excellence, Customer Focus, Integrity, and Team Work. We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment and actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with disability to apply.
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