Graduate - Scheduler

**Title**:
Graduate - Scheduler

**Your KBR future - delivering solutions and changing the world**

**About KBR**:
**We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers and dreamers who all share one goal — to improve the world.**

KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 34,000 people performing diverse, complex, and mission-critical roles in 33 countries.

For 65 years, KBR and its heritage companies are proud to have delivered some of Australia’s largest and most complex projects.

With around 2,000 employees in 6 primary offices throughout Australia, we are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset driving innovation within our business and for our customers.

We help ensure mission success on land, in the air, at sea, in space and cyberspace for our defence customers. From individual technologies and services to comprehensive project delivery and mission execution, no other company can match the breadth and depth of KBR.

KBR comprises a diverse team who provide a broad spectrum of capabilities across Australia and the Asia Pacific. Our proven project teams readily address complex and multi-disciplinary activities, providing low-risk and cost-effective solutions to the defence force.

Learn more about our business here.

**The Opportunity**:
Mission and Scope of the scheduler role are as follows:

- Ensures the development and completion of job progress milestones through scheduling and Coordinates with delivery team members.
- Contributes to forecasts and disbursements by performing schedule analysis.
- Under general direction, uses specialised knowledge or skills to solve complex and unique problems, or direct the daily activities of a business, technical support, or functional support within project controls.
- Establishes priorities for the completion of assigned tasks.

**Responsibilities**:

- Revise and update where necessary the Open Plan Professional (OPP) Project and Contract Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) so that they are in-line with appropriate industry standards including DEF (AUST) 5664
- Assist in the development and maintenance of CASG project Integrated Master Schedules across multiple Projects.
- Preparation of schedule reports and reporting meetings (PPRIP; HoG; Project Performance Review; and MPGR monthly meetings)
- Identification of potential risks, issues and opportunities in regard to project schedules
- Mentoring advice and assistance to CASG project management personnel in relation to the use of current industry best practice schedule tools and project schedule reporting methodologies
- Previous experience as a Project Scheduler, developing and managing Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
- Demonstratable skills in project scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project and/or Primavera and/or Open Plan Professional (OPP)
- Understanding of DEF(AUST) 5664 WBS for Defence Projects or equivalent
- Ability to create high level roadmaps from schedule data to inform various executive briefings
- Good understanding and ability to maintain Project Management artefacts such as schedule management plan.
- Ability to analyse schedule, identify and communicate schedule risks, issues & opportunities to the project team and stakeholders.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Suite of Products, in particular PowerPoint, Excel & Word
- Previous experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP Solution)
- Previous experience in rolling wave planning and schedule development or Agile project management.

**What we will offer you**:

- A workplace culture certified as a Great Place To Work
- Flexible working
- Competitive salary (including annual reviews)
- Paid parental leave
- Income protection
- Corporate rewards
- Salary packaging/Novated leasing
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Flu shots, skin checks and discounted private health insurance
- Career development: Online learning, mentorship and career pathways
- KBR acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connections to land, sea, community and culture. We pay our respects to Elders past and present._