We are currently seeking highâperforming Scheduling professionals at Manager or Associate Director level to strengthen our growing Project Controls and Assurance capability in Sydney.
In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, leading the development and assurance of complex project and program schedules while working in an integrated costâscheduleârisk environment. You will contribute to major investment decisions, delivery confidence assessments and recovery strategies for some of Australiaâs most complex infrastructure programs. This role is suited to professionals who want to:
- Lead planning and scheduling on major, multiâbillionâdollar programs
- Operate at the interface of delivery, assurance and executive decisionâmaking
- Mentor and develop highâperforming scheduling and project controls teams
- Build a longâterm consulting career with a clear pathway to Director
Depending on level, your responsibilities will include:
Planning & Scheduling Leadership
- Lead the development, review and assurance of integrated master schedules across complex infrastructure programs
- Establish and manage schedule baselines, milestones, logic, critical paths, float and performance measurement frameworks
- Assess contractor and deliveryâpartner schedules for robustness, compliance and achievability
- Lead schedule updates, forecasting, trend analysis and recovery planning
Integrated Project Controls
- Work within an integrated costâscheduleâriskâcontingency framework to support informed decisionâmaking
- Support and/or lead Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and scenario modelling
- Integrate schedule outputs into business cases, investment submissions and assurance reviews
- Support change control, claimsâaware schedule assessments and timeâimpact analysis
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a trusted dayâtoâday advisor to senior client stakeholders
- Prepare and present clear, insightâdriven schedule reporting for executive and governance forums
- Collaborate closely with cost, risk, commercial and assurance specialists
- Support delivery partners while maintaining independence where required
Team & Practice Development (Manager / AD)
- Coach, mentor and technically lead schedulers and project controls professionals
- Contribute to the development of bestâpractice scheduling standards, tools and methodologies
- Support proposals, pursuits and client relationship development
- Help shape KPMGâs marketâleading project controls and assurance offering
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Demonstrated experience in planning, scheduling or project controls within major infrastructure programs
- Strong understanding of bestâpractice project controls frameworks (e.g. PMBOK, AACE TCM, PMI, ISO 21500/31000, RES Contingency Guidelines)
- Experience working in integrated costâscheduleârisk environments, ideally including QSRA
- Proficiency with industryâstandard tools, such as: Oracle Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis / Safran Risk / @Risk, Acumen Fuse / Acumen Risk, Microsoft Project
- Experience establishing WBS structures, baselines, performance measurement and resourceâloaded schedules
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into executiveâlevel advice.
- Experience in consultancy, clientâside advisory, deliveryâpartner or Tierâ1 contractor environments