Maintenance Planner / Scheduler II

Airswift; Town of Bonnyville; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Alberta is seeking a Maintenance Scheduler responsible for planning and scheduling Maintenance activities. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and relevant certifications. Responsibilities include developing schedules and overseeing the maintenance work process. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential for the role. The position follows a Monday to Friday schedule for one week and Monday to Thursday the next week, totaling 40 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a closely related position.
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines and heavy workloads.
• Proficient in selected scheduling and planning software.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule Routine Maintenance work.
• Develop schedule, cost estimates, and equipment planning.
• Work with Core/Work Teams to ensure safety priority.

Skills

Experience in a relevant position

Strong communication skills

Leadership skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Planning and scheduling software skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Relevant certifications

Job description

Overview

To be responsible for the planning and scheduling of all Maintenance activities. Should have good understanding of safety, health, and environmental requirements (SHE), work selection criteria, work planning, norms estimating, procurement practices, business practices and controls, contractor interface awareness, development of job packs, etc. Skilled in scheduling work tasks to ensure efficient resource utilization, excellent coordination between operations (equipment readiness / permitting), material availability, construction equipment support, and labor crew (skills) composition and assignment.

Skills and Qualifications

• Previous experience in a closely related position
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering within an applicable discipline, appropriate certification(s) within discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Good verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly and concisely convey recommendations to management
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs
• Proficient in selected scheduling and planning software
• Demonstrates good leadership skills in Work Team meetings to remove barriers and steward action items and cost profile to work plan and cost estimates.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Demonstrates safety is the top priority
• Participates in planning with Core/Work Teams
• Plans and schedules any Routine Maintenance work required
• Works with Planner in developing schedule, cost estimates and equipment planning for Routine work to be accomplished during the Turnaround window
• Able to plan complex job and develop resource plan with Scheduler, Execution lead, and Operations across all disciplines. Able to identify and monitor critical and sub-critical paths for major events.
• Able to apply advanced functions of Planning & Estimating Tools, as applicable to the position. Able to educate field execution personnel on look-ahead schedules, and help ensure timely work progression.
• Able to provide input to maintenance work Contracting/Procurement strategy and steward to that plan.
• Able to resolve scheduling issues, including: Negative Float, Out-of-sequence updates, resource overloads, scope change, progress validation, etc.
• Able to develop a complete job plan with materials, resources and timeline.
• Able to provide input into material of construction selection and management.
• Able to plan, estimate, track and schedule Field Order Changes (FCO's).
• Able to apply planning logic, such as, lead, lag, critical path and milestones.
• Able to adequately assess work contingencies with schedule impact, lead coordination activity between teams should contingencies arise.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Monday - Friday one week, Monday - Thursday next week (5-2-5-3). 40h/week