Turnaround Scheduler

Description

Provide mentoring and coaching to junior peers and counterparts

The Turnaround Lead Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing detailed schedules for plant turnarounds, outages, and events. Beyond technical expertise, the Turnaround Scheduler must foster a culture of teamwork, accountability, and respect. The role calls for someone who builds trust through communication and collaboration, helping drive solutions rather than simply identifying problems.

• Completes schedule data entry check list per job package
• Leads schedule review exercises with core planning team
• Prepares user friendly shift and three-day look ahead schedules during the turnaround execution
• Formalizes turnaround shutdown and start up logic and schedules in Primavera software
• Manages schedule progress and change during turnaround execution
• Responsible for the development and optimization of detailed, resource-loaded, logic-driven schedules
• Determines and ties internal and external logic
• Solicits plan and schedule suppositions from turnaround management and tests hypotheses
• Generates turnaround reports for progress as needed
• Leads contractor schedule reviews and contractor schedule integration process
• Prepares user friendly schedule format
• Develops conceptual turnaround schedules
• Advises turnaround management of opportunities and risks within the plan and schedule and makes recommendations to capitalize on or mitigate them as appropriate
• Inputs and reviews field planning data into the schedule
• Updates and forecasts the turnaround schedule to plan

Requirements

• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Background as a pipefitter or boilermaker an asset
• Able to establish a mutually respectful relationship with management, peers and the various facility level workers who are all essential to ensuring successful events
• Capable of setting high standards and promoting continuous improvement
• In-depth Primavera Project Management P6 knowledge is required
• Minimum 8-10 years building and executing complex turnaround or outage schedules, in Oil and Gas, LNG, or chemical facilities
• Strong experience level using Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong planning and scheduling skills, able to track multiple activities with a high degree of accuracy
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills. Able to adapt and work in a fluid work environment which expects high level of customer services, confidentiality, and integrity
• Minimum a high school diploma or GED. Degree or PMP a plus but not required.
• Knowledge and experience in the best practices and cycles for Turnaround data communication.
• Experience as a Turnaround Planner is required

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance