Master Scheduler

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

Join our Network Delivery Office based In Macquarie Park, Sydney to manage integrated schedules for large, complex network programs. You’ll ensure accurate forecasting, resource alignment, and timely delivery across multiple teams and vendors.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, track, and report on project schedules and milestones.
• Consolidate inputs from multiple work streams into a master schedule.
• Identify and manage scheduling risks and dependencies.
• Facilitate schedule workshops and manage resource levelling.
• Provide schedule insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Support change management and deliver weekly reports on progress and resourcing.

What You Bring

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Project and project scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6, ServiceNow SPM).
• Strong understanding of project methodologies (PMI, PRINCE2) and dependency types.
• Experience managing complex, multi-level schedules and interdependencies.
• Skilled in scenario planning, risk analysis, and stakeholder communication.
• In depth experience in IT, telecommunications, or financial sectors.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications.

The good stuff….

• Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on-site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U’s industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170. We're here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact, and we will be in touch within 48 hours.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity