Title: Lead Scheduler/Planner Position: Lead Scheduler/Planner Location: Adelaide, SA Help deliver critical infrastructure for South Australia's future. KBR is seeking an experienced Lead Scheduler / Planner to support a major utilities project based in Adelaide. Working within a high-performing Project Controls team, you'll provide schedule leadership, planning expertise and project insights that help drive successful project delivery. Based within a centrally located client office, you'll partner with Project Managers, Engineering teams and key stakeholders to manage integrated schedules, identify risks, support project decision-making and maintain robust planning processes across a complex capital program. The Opportunity: As Lead Scheduler / Planner, you will be responsible for developing and managing integrated project schedules, driving schedule performance and providing accurate reporting and analysis to support project delivery. Working closely with project leadership, you'll play a key role in forecasting outcomes, identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring critical project milestones are achieved. Key Responsibilities: Lead the development, maintenance and governance of integrated project schedules for a major utility infrastructure program. Establish and manage project baselines, schedule change control processes and scenario modelling activities. Conduct critical path analysis, schedule reviews, schedule health checks and performance assessments. Drive schedule risk identification, mitigation planning and recovery strategies. Develop and manage resource-loaded schedules, workforce forecasts and planning metrics. Deliver high-quality schedule reporting, analysis and progress updates to project leadership and client stakeholders. Partner with multidisciplinary project teams to ensure accurate sequencing and delivery alignment. Provide planning expertise and guidance to support project controls best practice. Mentor and support schedulers and planners where required. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across planning and project controls functions. About You: Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline. Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling within Utilities, Infrastructure, Energy, Defence or Major Capital Projects environments. Advanced Primavera P6 expertise, including schedule development, resource loading, critical path analysis and forecasting. Demonstrated experience leading planning activities on complex, multidisciplinary projects. Strong understanding of schedule risk management, Earned Value Management (EVM), project controls and performance reporting. Ability to interpret complex project data and provide meaningful insights to support decision-making. Well-developed stakeholder engagement skills with experience working closely with project leadership and client representatives. Experience with Power BI, reporting dashboards and data visualisation tools will be highly regarded. Why Join Us? You'll be part of a high-performing Project Controls team delivering critical infrastructure that will support South Australia's future growth. Working alongside experienced Project Managers, Engineering leaders and commercial stakeholders, you'll have the opportunity to influence project outcomes on a complex, multi-year utility infrastructure program while developing your expertise within a collaborative and supportive environment. KBR offers exposure to some of Australia's most complex Infrastructure and Defence projects, providing opportunities to broaden your experience beyond a single project or sector. We support long-term career growth through challenging assignments, global capability sharing, professional development opportunities and a culture that values collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement. Whether you're looking to deepen your technical expertise, expand your leadership capability or progress your career within Project Controls, you'll be supported by a national network of planning, commercial and project delivery professionals committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients. KBR Values: Our KBR Values - We Value Our People, We Deliver, We Are People of Integrity, We Empower, We Are a Team of Teams - embody our people centric organisation. Our culture, and our genuine focus on our people is a major factor in our success and we want you to be part of our journey.  Help shape tomorrow by applying today! #LI-DNP #LI-DNI #S-DNI KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World. KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders. We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business. We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed. We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company. We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals. Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver. 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