PMO Scheduler - Airports

Job description

Job Description: Role Purpose The PMO Scheduler - Airports owns the development and maintenance of the program schedule, building and maintaining the integrated master schedule that underpins delivery across all workstreams and vendors. The role provides the planning discipline and critical-path insight leadership needs to steer a complex, time-critical airport programme where milestones such as terminal openings and go-live are fixed and unforgiving. Key Responsibilities Schedule Development & Maintenance • Build and maintain the integrated master schedule, consolidating workstream and vendor plans. • Baseline the schedule and manage updates, progress capture and re-baselining under change control. • Model critical path, float, dependencies and resource loading; run what-if and scenario analysis. Analysis & Reporting • Produce schedule reports, milestone trackers, critical-path and slippage analysis for the PMO and leadership. • Identify schedule risks and conflicts early and support mitigation planning. • Assure schedule quality and adherence to planning standards across the programme. Collaboration • Work with workstream leads and vendors to gather reliable progress and forecast data. • Support integration of schedule with cost and resource data for earned-value reporting.

Requirements

• Essential
• Scheduling expertise: Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining large, complex integrated schedules.
• Tooling: Advanced skills in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Critical-path analysis: Proven ability in critical-path, float, dependency and scenario analysis.
• Data quality: Rigour in progress capture, baselining, re-baselining and schedule integrity.
• Reporting: Clear schedule reporting and the ability to explain plan status to non-planners.
• Experience on aviation, airport, construction or critical-infrastructure programmes.
• Familiarity with earned-value management and cost/schedule integration.
• Planning certifications (e.g. PMI-SP, APM PMQ, Primavera certification).
• Exposure to ORAT and go-live/cutover planning.
• Degree or professional qualification in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Planning/scheduling certification desirable (PMI-SP, Primavera, APM).
• Key Competencies
• Precision and attention to detail - analytical thinking - structured working - proactive risk awareness - clear communication - collaboration - delivery focus.
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