Outage Scheduler

UGL is a diversified services company delivering critical assets and essential services that sustain and enhance the environment in which we live.  Our capabilities extend across a broad range of services and whole-of-life solutions for diverse industries, utilising world leading, sustainable and innovative technologies. We partner with some of the world's largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprise and public institutions.

We are seeking a skilled Outage Scheduler to join our team for a planned Outage at a Power Station just south of Newcastle, NSW. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the planning and execution of the outage schedule, ensuring effective resource management, daily progress tracking, and reporting. This role requires proficiency in Microsoft Project, a strong understanding of resource allocation, and the ability to create and manage data-driven reports.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Outage Scheduling: Develop, maintain, and refine detailed outage schedules using Microsoft Project, ensuring alignment with outage plans, resources, and milestones.
• Resource Management: Coordinate and allocate resources, assigning the appropriate labour, tools, and materials to efficiently meet outage requirements.
• Daily Updates: Collaborate with supervisors and team leads to collect, validate, and update daily outage progress and activity status.
• Earned Value Reporting: Generate and analyse reports to track performance indicators, including Earned Value (EV), and provide insights to ensure project success.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Liaise with project teams, engineers, contractors, and management to ensure all stakeholders have visibility into the project timeline and critical path items.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks or delays in the schedule and provide mitigation strategies to minimize impact on overall project delivery.
• Compliance Monitoring: Ensure adherence to safety regulations and industry standards throughout outage planning and execution processes.
• Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and improve scheduling processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

About You:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Project: Hands-on experience in creating, editing, and analysing complex schedules, including resource allocation and critical path analysis.
• Strong knowledge of earned value metrics and the ability to produce clear, actionable reports.
• Demonstrated experience in project scheduling for complex outage projects, preferably in a power station, energy, or industrial environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with supervisors, team members, and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise workloads, and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Strong analytical skills combined with attention to detail to ensure accurate scheduling and reporting.

What we offer:

• A chance to join a 6,000+ strong organisation owned by the CIMIC Group, one of the world's leading international contractors

What makes you right for UGL

• You have a can do attitude
• You want to be part of a high performing team
• You believe success and value are driven by real teams where everyone has a role to play

About Us:

UGL Pty Limited is a leading provider of end-to-end engineering, construction and maintenance services. We are active across rail and transport, communications and technology systems, oil and gas, power, renewables and resources, water and defence markets. UGL partners with some of the world's largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprises and public institutions. We are a member of the CIMIC Group of companies.

As a diversified services organisation, UGL appreciates the diversity and richness of its people, and seeks to create inclusive environments that promote your talent and skills.

Please note a rigorous pre-employment medical including drug and alcohol screening will be conducted for short-listed candidates.

If you are confident you have the skills, knowledge and experience to fulfill this role then please apply now via the button below.

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at UGL, so we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability or ethnicity.  Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people with a multicultural background are strongly encouraged to apply.