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Scheduling Principal Specialist
NZ Transport Agency Waka KotahiScheduling Principal Specialist leading planning, forecasting, and risk assurance for nationally significant infrastructure projects at New Zealand Transport Agency. Improving schedule quality and delivery confidence across NZTA.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in project scheduling and project controls, with a strong understanding of critical path analysis and schedule risk management. Capable of improving forecasting confidence and providing high-quality schedule insights to influence decision-making across significant infrastructure projects.
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Project SchedulingProject ControlsCritical Path AnalysisForecasting CapabilityPrimavera
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Hard Skills
Project SchedulingProject ControlsCritical Path AnalysisSchedule Risk ManagementAnalytical SkillsForecastingInfrastructure Scheduling
Soft Skills
CommunicationCollaborationCoaching
Tools & Technologies
Primavera
Industry Keywords
NZTAInfrastructure ProjectsDelivery OutcomesScheduling Best Practices
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead scheduling best practice across projects and programmes
- Provide expert advice, assurance and coaching to project teams and senior stakeholders
- Work alongside project controls, risk and delivery specialists
- Identify critical path risks
- Improve forecasting confidence
- Strengthen decision-making through high-quality schedule insights
- Help shape delivery outcomes across nationally significant projects and programmes
- Influence scheduling maturity and forecasting confidence across NZTA
- Build capability alongside infrastructure and project delivery professionals
Requirements
What you’ll need- Extensive experience in project scheduling and project controls
- Strong understanding of critical path analysis and schedule risk management
- Experience developing and assuring complex infrastructure schedules
- Strong analytical and forecasting capability
- Ability to communicate complex information to technical and non-technical audiences
- Collaborative approach and passion for building capability
- Experience with Primavera is beneficial but not essential
- Legal right to live and work in New Zealand
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexibility to be based from any NZTA office
- Equal opportunity employer
- Working environment that embraces diversity and inclusion
- Support and access requirements available through the recruitment process