Mining Project Scheduler: Primavera P3 Pro

Cain & Associates; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cain & Associates is seeking an Intermediate Planner / Scheduler to join the Mining, Minerals & Metals team in North Vancouver. The role focuses on planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting across mining and metals projects, with strong hands-on Primavera P3 and MS Office experience.

The candidate will work with Project Managers, engineering leads, and discipline teams to maintain practical schedules, develop baselines, and forecast progress under an on-site/hybrid model in Vancouver.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of planning and scheduling experience.
• Primavera P3 is mandatory.
• Strong Microsoft Office proficiency (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed project schedules.
• Knowledge of WBS, CPM, schedule logic, dependencies.
• Ability to translate scope into schedules.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Located in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, or the Fraser Valley; attend North Vancouver office.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using Primavera P3.
• Coordinate with PMs and discipline teams to define activities, durations, dependencies, milestones.
• Create schedules for multidisciplinary engineering activities.
• Establish baselines and track progress, forecasts, and durations.
• Identify delays, constraints, risks and critical-path impacts.
• Prepare weekly/monthly schedule updates and variance analyses.
• Support recovery plans and mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate schedule data across engineering, procurement, and construction.

Skills

Scheduling

Project coordination

Communication skills

Engineering environment experience

Education

Diploma or degree in Engineering / related discipline

Tools

Primavera P3

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cain & Associates is seeking an Intermediate Planner / Scheduler to join the Mining, Minerals & Metals team in North Vancouver. The role focuses on planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting across mining and metals projects, with strong hands-on Primavera P3 and MS Office experience.

The candidate will work with Project Managers, engineering leads, and discipline teams to maintain practical schedules, develop baselines, and forecast progress under an on-site/hybrid model in Vancouver.