Job Description

Who Are We?

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We're a veteran-owned, above-the-line consultancy providing engineering, project management, procurement and other services to the Department of Defence. As an employee-centred company, our team comes before the client or the bottom line. Your career, your pace—we let you steer your own development and choose the projects you work on.

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Candidates must be able to work on-site in Canberra.

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Benefits in Our Team

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A guaranteed 40-hour work week—any additional hours you choose to work are returned as time-off-in-lieu or paid at your hourly rate

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Focus on your core role—no staff supervision, no compulsory tender writing and no forced "team fun"

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Influence over the roles and capabilities you work on

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A $10,000 annual training allowance for professional development, certifications and courses

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Generous bonus leave provisions (including three extra leave days each Christmas)

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A completely flat organisational structure—everyone from new entrants to 40-year veterans are equal

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Career and salary progression tied directly to your skills and achievements, not internal competition

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Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining and analysing complex project or program schedules in a Defence environment.

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Strong understanding of Defence project controls, scheduling methodologies, schedule governance and reporting requirements.

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Experience maintaining Integrated Master Schedules, including schedule logic, dependencies, constraints, baselines, critical path analysis and forecast reporting.

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Proficiency with Open Plan Professional, with MS Project experience also highly regarded.

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Experience supporting Defence acquisition, sustainment or project delivery activities, preferably in an above-the-line CASG environment.

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Ability to develop and assess PWBS, CWBS, WBS dictionaries and supporting schedule data.

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Experience preparing schedule reports, variance analysis, progress updates, forecast completion advice, briefs and other schedule-related documentation.

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Ability to analyse schedule information alongside cost, risk and project performance data to support project controls and management reporting.

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Solid stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to work with project managers, PMO teams, technical staff and senior stakeholders.

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Experience identifying schedule risks, dependencies, constraints and performance issues, and recommending practical mitigation or recovery actions.

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Relevant tertiary qualifications, scheduling accreditation, or equivalent Defence/project scheduling experience.

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Experience working in a CASG or above-the-line Defence project environment.

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Familiarity with CASG scheduling business rules and Defence project reporting expectations.

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Experience with Earned Value Management or Earned Value Performance Measurement.

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Experience assessing Contractor Master Schedules and contractor schedule performance.

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Understanding of DEF(AUST) 5664 and Defence work breakdown structure requirements.

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Experience supporting scheduling workshops, resource planning, resource levelling and dependency analysis.

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Familiarity with contemporary Defence capability acquisition and delivery processes, including the One Defence Capability System where relevant.

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Experience supporting broader project controls activities across schedule, cost, risk, governance and reporting.

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Experience mentoring junior schedulers or uplifting scheduling capability within a Defence team.

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Current Defence security clearance, preferably NV1 or above.

📌 Defence CASG - Scheduler (Canberra)
🏢 RCD Consulting
📍 Canberra