Senior Project Scheduler (m/f/d) - Offshore - Contract role

Senior Project Scheduler (m/f/d) - Offshore - Contract role

The experienced Scheduler must possess experience as a scheduler in a large capital project delivery environment with an understanding of building and managing schedules against baselines to effectively communicate the schedule to key stakeholders. The candidate is expected to be educated at degree level in a project management, engineering, or construction industry discipline. Strong analytical & IT skills, particularly Primavera, MS Project Online, Excel, MS Office Suite, including Power BI are desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain a detailed logic-linked Integrated Master Schedule in Primavera P6 & MS Project Online, spanning across all workstreams and in line with the agreed programme WBS.
• Lead the effort in maintaining WBS, Project Scope, Basis of Schedule document, and Assumptions log as the project progresses while ensuring strict change control.
• Establish and manage the project baseline and report of same, including regular schedule variance reports.
• Facilitate and lead schedule planning workshops and reviews with a multi‑disciplinary team developing interfaces with the Subject Matter Experts in the programme team.
• Conduct monthly schedule progress updates with package leads and consultants.
• Review, assess and challenge deliverability of contractors’ schedules.
• Report on schedule progress including critical path, trend analysis and highlighting impacts from any interface areas.
• Provide regular schedule status reports for the programme and sub‑elements ensuring clear, timely and accurate information is provided to stakeholders as and when required.
• Contribute to developing planning processes and procedures to support the programme delivery plans.
• Undertake "what-if" scenario planning to support the successful development of the project and develop ad‑hoc schedules and reporting as required by programme leadership.
• Production of consolidated timeline views for resource planning, budgeting and benchmarking.
• Liaise with the Controls and Performance team aligning schedule, cost and risk for integrated controls.
• Support in Quantitative Schedule Risk Assessment (QSRA) processes.
• Perform other activities as and when required from the Programme Controls Lead.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, presentation, and organisational skills.
• Proactive ability to work independently and with cross‑functional teams including consultants and contractors.
• 8+ years hands‑on scheduling experience and advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project. MS Power BI desirable.
• 8+ years experience as a Scheduler on large and complex infrastructure projects in the offshore energy sector and hold a relevant university qualification.
• Experience with quantitative schedule risk assessments (QSRA).
• Proven track record of developing work breakdown structures, creating project schedules, analysing contractors’ schedules, and schedule control.
• Experience in communicating and reporting up to C‑suite.
• German language skills at B2 level are required to collaborate effectively with local stakeholders.