Cost Estimator

COOEC; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

COOEC Canada Company in Calgary seeks an experienced Project Scheduler to support oil and gas projects. You will lead schedule development, create WBS, use Primavera P6 and MS Project, and prepare Earned Value/Performance reports.

You will collaborate with engineers, subcontractors, and owners to maintain an integrated master schedule, monitor deviations, and participate in change control while ensuring timely delivery of project milestones.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience scheduling in an EPCM project environment.
• Post-secondary accounting education, preferably related to the Oil and Gas Industry.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel).
• Proficient in Primavera (P6) and Microsoft Project.
• PSP or PMP designation would be an asset.
• Results oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and timelines.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of project schedules and identify activities necessary to produce products and services during project execution.
• Apply work breakdown structure requirements.
• Manage information integration from engineers, subcontractors, owners, and others to create an integrated master schedule.
• Identify critical paths including critical float path analysis.
• Create graphics including Gantt charts, activity network diagrams, time-scaled logic diagrams, and histograms.
• Establish and manage a performance management system using baseline information in the estimate and schedule.
• Work with project management to set goals, objectives, and success factors and analyze project status.
• Assessing progress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progress reporting.
• Perform project performance analysis including earned value.
• Preparingschedule updates and general maintenance in Primavera and/or MS Project.
• Scheduler-related information collection and distribution.
• Ability to work effectively with team members and resolve project control issues.

Skills

Schedule development

WBS creation

Integrated master schedule

Critical path analysis

Gantt charts

Earned Value/Performance reporting

Primavera P6

MS Project

MS Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Post-secondary accounting education (oil & gas)

Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) or PMP designation

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

• Tosupport the project management function by providing project schedules foroil and gas projects. The scope of the scheduler’s activities includes:
• Assistingthe Project Manager in the overall planning and scheduling activities onprojects.
• Maintainingroutine schedules on a regular basis.
• Preparationof Earned Value/ Performance Reports.
• Liaisingwith Project Management on matters relating to planning and scheduling.
• Monitorschedule deviation for assigned disciplines or specialties and advisesenor analysts for their consideration.
• Participatein the creation of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and development ofschedules (including resource loading) for those WBS elements.
• Participatein the project change management process related to schedule.

Key Skills:

• Leadthe development of project schedules and identify activities necessary toproduce products and services during project execution.
• Applywork breakdown structure requirements.
• Manageinformation integration from engineers, subcontractors, owners, and othersto create an integrated master schedule.
• Identifycritical paths including critical float path analysis.
• Creategraphics including Gantt charts, activity network diagrams, time-scaledlogic diagrams, and histograms.
• Establishand manage a performance management system using baseline information inthe estimate and schedule.
• Workwith project management to set goals, objectives, and success factors andanalyze project status.
• Assessingprogress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progressreporting.
• Performproject performance analysis including earned value. Preparing projectschedules based on defined project execution philosophies.
• Assessingprogress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progressreporting.
• Preparingschedule updates and general maintenance in Primavera and/or MS Project.
• Schedulerelated information collection and distribution.
• Abilityto work effectively with team members.
• Abilityto interact and proactively resolve project control issues; ability toexplain practices to employees and obtain their understanding andcommitment.
• Abilityto support and interact with peer groups.
• Abilityto analyze information, determines discrepancies, and resolve issues.
• Mustbe dependable and ensure that deadlines are maintained.

Education and Qualifications:

• Minimum5 years’ experience, scheduling in an EPCM project environment.
• Theideal candidate will possess post-secondary accounting education,preferably related to the Oil and Gas Industry.
• Advancedskills in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).
• Proficientin Primavera (P6) and Microsoft Project.
• Resultsoriented individual with the ability to effectively manage multiplepriorities and time lines.
• Strongoral and written communications skills.
• Constructionexperience is not a requirement but would be considered an asset.
• Planningand Scheduling Professional (PSP) or Project Management Professional (PMP)designation would be an asset.