Senior Scheduler

Why Austal
Austal is Australia's global shipbuilder, Defence prime contractor and maritime technology partner of choice, designing, constructing, and supporting defence and commercial vessels for the world's leading operators. The company operates in Australia, the USA, Philippines, and Vietnam.

Austal Australia is delivering multiple naval shipbuilding and sustainment programs for the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Border Force, and the Department of Defence, employing approximately 1,000 people in facilities in located Western Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.

About The Opportunity
Austal and the Commonwealth of Australia are currently negotiating a landmark Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement (SSA) that will support the Continuous Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Enterprise and the delivery of multiple new defence force shipbuilding projects, such as Landing Craft-Medium and Landing Craft-Heavy for the Australian Army.

Once signed, the SSA will drive significant growth across our industry and workforce, as we deliver both existing and new programs under a long-term partnership. It will also enable the design and construction of vessels at our Henderson shipyard and marks a major step forward in establishing enduring shipbuilding capability within the Henderson Defence Precinct and across Western Australia.

To achieve this, we are building a highly skilled team, to engage with local industry and supply chains, and work on complex, large-scale projects that reflect Austal's proven capabilities and trusted performance.

As a key member of the Enterprise Project Management Officer as the
Senior Scheduler
will be accountable for project schedule construction and baselining, aligning resource profiles and performance measurement.

What's Involved

• Build, maintain, and develop coherent, accurate master schedules in line with the Good Scheduling Practices Guide, while coaching and providing hands-on support to project schedulers
• Act as an expert advisor to project teams by assessing the impact of proposed or actual changes on project schedules and offering strategic guidance
• Conduct proactive reviews of schedules to validate accuracy, identify risks, and recommend improvements in line with scheduling best practice.
• Work closely and collaborate with project stakeholders, engaging in meetings and workshops to ensure alignment of scheduling activities and provide real-time support
• Establish and execute robust monitoring, forecasting, and reporting processes, including regular updates to the Contract Master Schedule
• Analyse the short- and long-term impacts of project changes on resource requirements, contributing to workforce planning and profiling
• Identify opportunities to enhance scheduling practices, tools, and standards, including readiness for Integrated Baseline Reviews in an EVMS environment
• Actively participate in the Enterprise PMO and Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement initiatives, supporting organisational change and long term planning

You'll Need

• Ability to obtain a Baseline Security Clearance
• 3-5+ years' experience in scheduling role in Shipbuilding, construction or Defence
• Primavera P6 literate with a minimum of 2 years' experience
• Knowledge of EVM and related disciplines to enable cost and schedule variance tracking and reporting of performance indicators, including Project forecasting and cost estimation
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills

Why Austal

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• A supportive and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation.

Our global team is guided by a universal set of values that describe the focus of our efforts. Our goal is for all our decisions and actions to reflect these core values. We believe that putting our values into practice creates the greatest benefits for our shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and communities in which we serve.

Excellence - Customer Focus - Integrity - Team Work

At Austal we are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply.