Senior Scheduler Lead - Primavera P6 | Hybrid Role

Sydney Water; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Remuneration

Hybrid Work Environment

Continuous Professional Growth

24/7 Wellbeing Support

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Family First: parental leave & childca

Childcare allowance

Fitness Passport

Novated Leasing

Job summary

Sydney Water is seeking a Lead Scheduler to develop and maintain client-side schedules across major projects. You will lead a small team of schedulers, apply Primavera P6 and project controls best practice, and collaborate with project and contractor teams to deliver reliable schedules and robust governance.

You will drive schedule integrity, manage updates, and deliver insightful analyses to support informed decisions within a multi-year infrastructure program in NSW.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering or related discipline and recognised Project Management certification.
• Leadership experience in scheduling with ability to mentor and uplift scheduler teams.
• Expertise in Primavera P6 and scheduling principles with governance and controls.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills for senior leaders.
• Advanced Excel skills; knowledge of Power BI and SAP is desirable.
• Australian Citizenship or Permanent Resident status at time of application.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance and analysis of high-quality client-side schedules with robust logic and reliable forecasting.
• Manage end-to-end monthly schedule update cycle and contractor interfaces with governance compliance.
• Provide schedule analysis including critical path, float, interfaces and milestone variance with recovery options.
• Lead and coach a team of schedulers, embedding best-practice scheduling standards.
• Support integrated project controls by applying EVM, change control and data quality discipline.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical/problem solving

Education

Engineering degree or related discipline

Project Management certification

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

SAP

Excel

Job description

Sydney Water is seeking a Lead Scheduler to develop and maintain client-side schedules across major projects. You will lead a small team of schedulers, apply Primavera P6 and project controls best practice, and collaborate with project and contractor teams to deliver reliable schedules and robust governance.

You will drive schedule integrity, manage updates, and deliver insightful analyses to support informed decisions within a multi-year infrastructure program in NSW.