Construction Planner

Contract Professionals Canada Inc.; City of Lloydminster; On-site; CAD 129,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Contract Professionals Canada Inc. is seeking an experienced Contract Construction Planner to support project construction planning at its Lloydminster, SK site. The role ensures activities are properly planned, sequenced, resourced, and completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.

Local candidates are preferred and live in the Lloydminster area. The position reports to the Senior Manager, Canadian Downstream Site Projects, and requires familiarity with industrial project environments,

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Eight+ years in construction, maintenance, planning, or project execution.

Responsibilities

• Review scopes of work and ensure documentation is complete.
• Develop detailed execution plans with P&ID markups, BOMs, and drawings.
• Create step-out plans in Primavera P6 for safe, efficient execution.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary activities into logical sequences and schedules.
• Participate in contractor validation reviews, field walks, and schedule reviews.
• Support responses to contractor RFIs and review change requests.
• Assist schedulers with labour leveling across units.
• Lead scope reviews and schedule reviews with project teams of engineering, procurement, and operations.
• Coordinate material readiness and approved work packages with teams.
• Develop contracting strategies and review RFPs during contractor selection.
• Monitor progress, costs, contractor performance, and schedule adherence.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning and execution practices.

Skills

Scheduling

Project coordination

Contract compliance

Education

Red Seal journeyperson certification

Tools

Primavera P6

CMMS platforms

GWAS

Job description

Our client, a leading energy company is seeking an experienced Contract Construction Planner to support project construction planning and execution at its downstream facility in Lloydminster, SK.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Canadian Downstream Site Projects, this position will ensure construction activities are properly planned, sequenced, resourced, and completed safely, on schedule, and within budget. The successful candidate must live in the Lloydminster area, as no living-out allowance will be provided.

Location: Lloydminster

Contract Rate: $94.67–$115.50 per hour

Overtime: May occasionally be required and must be approved in advance

Travel/LOA: No LOA provided; local candidates are required

Safety Sensitive: Yes

Key Responsibilities

• Review approved scopes of work and confirm that all required documentation is complete.
• Develop detailed execution plans, including P&ID markups, inspection drawings and tabs, plot plan updates, bills of material, and supporting documentation.
• Create step-out plans in Primavera P6 to support safe and efficient execution.
• Integrate multidisciplinary construction activities into logical sequences and develop comprehensive execution plans.
• Participate in contractor validation reviews, field walks, schedule quality reviews, and optimization sessions.
• Support responses to contractor RFIs and review additional work requests submitted during the planning phase, as assigned by the Lead Planner.
• Assist schedulers with labour levelling across operating units.
• Lead scope reviews, job plan index reviews, scope challenge sessions, and detailed schedule reviews.
• Coordinate with project, procurement, engineering, and construction teams to confirm material readiness and approved work packages.
• Develop contracting strategies and review RFP documentation during contractor selection.
• Monitor construction progress, costs, contractor performance, and schedule adherence.
• Manage added work and maintain bills of material and material master information.
• Identify opportunities to improve construction planning, work packaging, and execution practices.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• At least eight years of relevant construction, maintenance, planning, or project execution experience.
• Red Seal journeyperson certification, technical diploma, process operations background, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience supporting construction planning and project execution in an industrial, refinery, upgrader, oil and gas, or similar operating environment.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary construction activities and contractor work.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6, CMMS platforms, GWAS, or comparable planning and scheduling systems is considered an asset.
• Strong understanding of construction work packages, materials coordination, RFIs, bills of material, field validation, and schedule development.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively with engineering, procurement, operations, contractors, and project teams.
• Valid Class 5 driver’s licence and a satisfactory driving record.

Equivalent combinations of relevant education, trade qualifications, operational knowledge, and industry experience may be considered.

Employment Conditions:

This is a safety-sensitive position. The successful candidate’s employment will be conditional upon completing the required pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol assessments.

A satisfactory driver’s abstract and other applicable background checks will also be required.