Senior Project Scheduler

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Tasks and Qualifications:

What You'll Be Doing:

Develop and maintain detailed project schedules aligned to Dematic standards and project delivery requirements.

Partner with Project Managers, engineering teams, subcontractors and customers to ensure schedules accurately reflect project progress and delivery commitments.

Analyse schedule performance, identify emerging risks and provide proactive recommendations to recover delays or improve project outcomes.

Challenge assumptions, dependencies and progress updates to ensure project reporting remains accurate and representative of reality.

Apply project controls techniques including Critical Path Analysis, Earned Value Management (EVM), PERT and schedule risk analysis.

Evaluate actual progress against forecast performance and support accurate schedule and financial forecasting.

Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, reduce risk, optimise resource utilisation and enhance project margins.

Support the preparation of project reporting packs, executive updates and customer-facing schedule reviews.

Analyse schedule variations and support extension-of-time claims, change orders and contractual discussions with customers and suppliers.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of project controls, scheduling standards, templates and PMO processes across the business.

Coach and support Project Managers in scheduling best practice and project controls disciplines.

What We're Looking For:

We are particularly interested in candidates who have previously held Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager or Project Controls roles and are looking to leverage their delivery experience in a specialist scheduling position.

Essential Experience:

Significant experience delivering complex engineering, automation, construction, manufacturing, oil & gas or industrial projects.

Experience owning and managing large, complex project or programme schedules.

Previous experience as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager, Project Controls Manager, Lead Planner or Senior Scheduler.

Strong understanding of project delivery, project life cycles and the challenges faced by frontline project teams.

Proven ability to influence stakeholders and challenge project teams to drive better project outcomes.

Extensive experience using Microsoft Project and Project Server.

Experience applying Earned Value Management (EVM), Critical Path Analysis, schedule recovery planning and forecasting techniques.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends and propose practical solutions.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Desirable:

Engineering or scientific background.

Experience within warehouse automation, intralogistics, material handling, construction, manufacturing or process industries.

PMP, PMI-SP, APM PMQ, APM Planning & Controls, or equivalent qualification.

Experience supporting contractual claims, change management and extension-of-time assessments.

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