Job description

Master Scheduler

12 months Contract Opportunity
Brisbane CBD
DFP Recruitment is seeking an experienced Master Scheduler to join a high-profile government transformation program focused on modernising workforce, HR, payroll, recruitment, and employee administration systems through a large-scale SAP SuccessFactors implementation. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a complex, multi-stream program, ensuring successful planning, coordination, and delivery across business and technology workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop, maintain, and manage the integrated program schedule across multiple projects and workstreams
- Coordinate schedule inputs from project teams, delivery partners, and suppliers
- Identify and manage interdependencies, critical paths, milestones, and potential impacts
- Provide expert scheduling advice, methodologies, and best-practice guidance
- Monitor progress, track baselines, conduct what-if analysis, and develop contingency plans
- Produce program and executive-level reporting, including milestone tracking and schedule performance insights
- Support governance, change control, risk management, and program assurance activities
- Work closely with PMO teams, Program Directors, Project Managers, Stream Leads, and external partners

About You
You will be a highly skilled scheduler with extensive experience supporting large-scale technology or business transformation programs and a robust understanding of project and program delivery frameworks.

Essential Skills & Experience

- Extensive experience using Microsoft Project Professional (2021)
- Experience with Microsoft Project Online and SharePoint
- Minimum 5 years' experience applying advanced project scheduling methodologies and techniques
- Proven success managing schedules for large, complex programs with multiple dependencies
- Strong understanding of project and program governance frameworks
- Experience producing executive and program-level reporting




- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and consultation skills
- Ability to work autonomously while managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Highly Desirable

- Experience within large government or enterprise transformation programs
- Knowledge of PRINCE2 and MSP methodologies
- Exposure to SAP-based transformation initiatives or large-scale HR/ERP implementations

What's on Offer

- Long-term contract opportunity
- Brisbane CBD location with flexible working arrangements
- High-profile transformation program with significant organisational impact
- Collaborative and supportive project environment

Apply now
If this sounds like the role for you, please submit an updated copy of your resume in MS Word format by hitting APPLY NOW or contact Deepika at [email protected] / +61 2 9200 3673.

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