Project Scheduler

**Introduction**:
**What's on offer**:
A front row seat in Australia's energy transition.
Flexible work arrangements including WFH.
Attractive salary plus excellent benefits.
Opportunities for growth and development with a generous training budget.
Part of a successful and growing business.
Paid parental and partner leave.
Energetic and friendly team culture.
Well-being program and EAP.
Diverse work environment.
Ethical client base.

**Note**: NGH have offices in city centres and regionally across Sydney, Wagga, Newcastle, Bega, Wodonga, Canberra, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville and Melbourne.

**Description**:
**The role**:
The purpose of the role is to assist Project Managers, Business Manager, and the People & Capability (P&C) team, with resource management, scheduling, project, and process set up, and project delivery. Sitting in the Project Management Office (PMO), the Workforce Scheduler works with the PMO and P&C to identify resources required at a project level. This role is responsible for scheduling Construction Ecologists and Fauna Spotter Catchers (FSC) for all projects. The Scheduler develops rosters as well as resourcing to ensure our FSC's meet service delivery needs. When not scheduling, this role is responsible for supporting the PMO to ensure projects are planned and executed in line with project management processes.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support decision making on current and future business requirements by providing timely and accurate real time planning and forecasting for Fauna Spotter Catcher (FSC) resource management.
- Liaise with the Project Managers, to establish the resources needed to perform the work.
- Generating rosters and ensuring the schedules are well planned, communicated, and balanced, considering both our service delivery needs, as well as staff availability.
- Proactively plan, forecast, and manage the FSC scheduling requirements, including roster changes, leave and absence planning to ensure coverage of shifts.
- Communicate rosters and roster changes to relevant staff and managers through reporting.
- Monitoring and reporting of project progress, expenditure and forecast to complete.
- Support to the project risk and opportunity management including contingency management.
- Produce and update detailed work programs in collaboration with Project Officers and Project Managers and enter in Vantage Point, ensuring compliance with NGH processes, systems, and procedures.
- Play an active role in identifying and implementing workforce planning improvements, cost reduction and efficiency initiatives where possible.
- Continuously develop depth and breadth of skills and knowledge in scheduling, and resourcing by engaging in learning through formal development, coaching, mentoring, and seeking feedback.

**Skills and Experiences**:
**About you**:

- Previous experience as a Project Controller / Scheduler.
- Demonstrated experience in a workforce management or resource planning role.
- Demonstrated experience in workload forecasting, creation and maintenance of staffing rosters, and capacity planning within multi-job role operational channels.
- Strong experience in Project planning and Controls and Project Management.
- Excellent understanding of the Microsoft Office suite including advanced Excel.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

**About NGH**:
Drawing on diverse and innovative experience of 30 years, NGH provides sustainable knowledge-based solutions to a variety of private and public sector clients. The breadth of our experience is as diverse as the Australian landscape. Founded in regional NSW, NGH is considered an industry leader in renewable energy, having worked in this sector for around 20 years. Our key strength is our people and as an employer we provide flexibility in the workplace, generous professional development budgets and work hard to create a positive and supportive work culture.

Please note we do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies.