Defence Project Scheduler — IMS & Sustainment Planning

First Nations Jobs; Australia; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Downer Professional Services in Australia is seeking a Project Scheduler to support complex Defence capability programs. You will partner with Product Managers and project teams to build and maintain integrated schedules across acquisition and sustainment activities.

You will translate multi-stream data into clear schedules, identify risks, dependencies and milestones, and provide actionable insights to guide decision-making and governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and maintaining complex project or program schedules.
• Strong understanding of integrated scheduling, milestones, dependencies, critical paths and schedule risk.
• Experience supporting acquisition, sustainment, engineering, Defence or similarly complex project environments.
• Confidence working with Product Managers, project managers and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify schedule impacts and communicate them clearly.
• Experience preparing scheduling information for project reviews, governance meetings and senior stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to keeping schedule information accurate and current.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review and maintain detailed schedules aligned with program priorities and delivery objectives.
• Keep schedules current through regular updates and progress monitoring, identifying potential impacts and emerging issues.
• Develop and manage Sustainment Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), including six-month and forward planning views.
• Create, maintain and report against the Sustainment IMS, providing a consolidated view of activities, milestones and interdependencies.
• Analyse schedule performance, critical paths, dependencies and emerging risks, providing practical recommendations to support delivery.
• Prepare scheduling reports, analysis and inputs for governance forums, project reviews, planning sessions and stakeholder briefings.
• Maintain accurate and current schedule information in line with project management and governance requirements.

Skills

Schedule development

Integrated scheduling

Schedule risk

Defence projects

Stakeholder communication

Governance reporting

Attention to detail

Project planning

Job description

Downer Professional Services in Australia is seeking a Project Scheduler to support complex Defence capability programs. You will partner with Product Managers and project teams to build and maintain integrated schedules across acquisition and sustainment activities.

You will translate multi-stream data into clear schedules, identify risks, dependencies and milestones, and provide actionable insights to guide decision-making and governance reviews.