Project Scheduler

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Project Scheduler. Terms and conditions vacancy

• 2 month contract
• Project scheduler opportunity
• Brisbane CBD location

About the company

This organisation supports the largest integrated workforce management and payroll solution in the Queensland public sector. They contribute to improving the provision of health, science and medical services across Queensland.

About the role

As the Project Scheduler, you will support a large scale, complex multi stream delivery project; scheduling activities by delivering a high level of scheduling/ reporting documentation and support that meets business and project requirements. You will be part of an ICT enabled business change project, enhancing this organisations workforce management capability.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large scale product based master schedule with dependency and milestone integration with individual rollout schedules maintained by Project Managers, using Microsoft Project or other tools as required.
• Provide expert support to Project Managers and Stream Leads to ensure schedules contain the required structure and level of detail, and are maintained up to date to ensure accurate project reporting.
• Develop specialised/customised charts and views that ensure the scheduling of implementation activities are responsive to customer and project needs and sustainable in a state-wide implementation environment.
• Provide critical path reporting to Project Leadership and proactively identify schedule exceptions and engage with project managers to ensure mitigating activities are captured.
• Provide scheduling services contributing to the achievement of successful and effective team outcomes.
• Ensure scheduling deliverables are managed in accordance with best practice guidelines and formal project management approach and methodologies to enable the achievement of consistent and quality project outcomes.
• Undertake complex scheduling development and improvements, developing formal and comprehensive project artefacts, templates, setups, guidelines and training manuals around the scheduling component.
• Develop, review and manage a range of project schedules by ensuring the content is correct and is consistent with the approved project management approach.
• Develop and maintain strong and effective working relationships, including coaching and mentoring,
  of internal and external stakeholders (including project managers) on scheduling related matters.

Skills and experience

• Extensive experience in scheduling and administration for large complex projects with Microsoft Project is mandatory.
• Expertise with other scheduling and project collaboration tools is highly desirable.
• PRINCE2 project management qualification would be highly regarded
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management methodologies with scheduling tools and experience through all stages of the project life cycle, with the ability to develop and adapt schedules to meet business objectives.
• Experience in building schedules (preferably product based) for large complex projects with a central master schedule maintaining the overall source of truth through milestone and dependency integration with separate specialist schedules providing lower level detail.
• High levels of knowledge of project management methodologies (preferably PRINCE2).
• High level oral and written communication skills for use in a project team environment.

Culture and benefits

• 2 month contract - potential for fixed term extension
• Brisbane CBD location
• Attractive rates on offer

How to apply

For further information please contact Brodie McIntyre on 07 3232 2303 or email your Word resume to [email protected]