An established national organisation operating across mining, electrical infrastructure, engineered products and manufacturing is seeking an experienced Project & Production Scheduler to join its Orange operations.

This is a key planning role sitting between Project Delivery and Manufacturing, responsible for ensuring project milestones, engineering deliverables, procurement requirements and workshop capacity are aligned to meet delivery commitments.

The Role

Working closely with Project Managers, Workshop Managers, Engineering and Procurement, you will:

- Develop and maintain integrated project and production schedules
- Coordinate project milestones with engineering, procurement, manufacturing and workshop capacity
- Maintain 2, 4, 8 and 12-week look-ahead schedules
- Monitor workshop loading, labour requirements and production capacity
- Track critical milestones and identify potential delays, bottlenecks and scheduling risks
- Monitor engineering releases, drawings, BOMs, material availability and procurement lead times
- Provide clear visibility of schedule changes and their impact across the business
- Assist with recovery planning when projects or production fall behind schedule
- Maintain accurate master schedules, forecasts and progress reporting
- Support continuous improvement of scheduling systems, processes and reporting

About You

You may currently be working as a Project Scheduler, Project Planner, Production Planner,



Production Scheduler, Maintenance Planner or Project Controls Planner/Scheduler. Ideally, you will bring:

- Experience within project scheduling, production planning, workshop planning, project controls or manufacturing
- Exposure to mining, electrical infrastructure, engineered products or workshop-based environments
- Strong understanding of critical paths, resource/capacity planning and schedule risk
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects and competing operational priorities
- Solid stakeholder management skills and confidence challenging unrealistic dates or assumptions
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 and/or advanced Excel
- Exposure to Dynamics 365, Business Central, Power BI or other ERP/manufacturing systems would be advantageous

You will be structured, practical and detail-focused, with the ability to work across multiple operational teams and identify scheduling issues before they impact delivery.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a highly visible scheduling function across both projects and manufacturing, working with multiple operational teams and helping improve how projects and production are planned nationally. If you're an experienced Planner or Scheduler looking for a role combining project planning, production scheduling and operational delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Project & Production Scheduler (Orange)
🏢 Anvara
📍 Orange