Master Scheduler

Peoplebank; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplebank is seeking 2 Master Schedulers to support a large Federal Government organisation delivering major technology programs. Hybrid working, preferred locations Melbourne, Canberra, or Sydney.

You will develop and maintain integrated master schedules and WBS, manage dependencies across delivery teams and vendors, and provide schedule and governance reporting to forums, with focus on clarity and alignment with delivery plans.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on scheduling experience on complex enterprise IT programs.
• Advanced Microsoft Project Professional skills.
• Proven dependency management (identifying, tracking, resolving cross-stream dependencies).
• Experience integrating schedules from multiple teams and/or external delivery partners into a single master schedule.
• Solid governance reporting capability (milestones, critical path, variances, RAID inputs) for senior forums.
• Ability to support financial tracking/reporting aligned to delivery plans.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 collaboration/reporting tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint) and ideally Power BI.
• Comfortable operating in a multi-vendor / multi-disciplinary environment and managing competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules and work breakdown structures.
• Manage inter-project dependencies across multiple delivery teams and vendors.
• Provide clear schedule, milestone and financial reporting into governance forums.

Skills

Scheduling experience

MS Project

Dependency management

Schedule integration

Governance reporting

Financial tracking

Stakeholder engagement

MS 365 tools

Power BI

Multi-vendor environment

Tools

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

• Preferred location - Melbourne / Canberra/ Sydney
• Security clearance requirements - baseline

Role : Master Scheduler

• Long term engagements
• 2 positions available
• Preferred location - Melbourne / Canberra/ Sydney
• Security clearance requirements - baseline
• Hybrid working

About the role

We are seeking 2x Master Schedulers to support a large Federal Government organisation delivering major technology programs (enterprise transformation and infrastructure uplift).

You will develop and maintain integrated master schedules and work breakdown structures, manage inter-project dependencies across multiple delivery teams, vendors, and provide clear schedule, milestone and financial reporting into governance forums.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on scheduling experience on complex enterprise IT programs/projects
• Advanced Microsoft Project Professional skills
• Proven dependency management (identifying, tracking, resolving cross-stream dependencies)
• Experience integrating schedules from multiple teams and/or external delivery partners into a single master schedule
• Solid governance reporting capability (milestones, critical path, variances, RAID inputs) for senior forums
• Ability to support financial tracking/reporting aligned to delivery plans
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 collaboration/reporting tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint) and ideally Power BI
• Comfortable operating in a multi-vendor / multi-disciplinary environment and managing competing priorities

closing 16th October

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