OCT E/I Planner

NES Fircroft; Alberta; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering staffing provider in Canada is seeking an OCT E/I Planner for a role primarily based in Christina Lake, AB. You will develop plans for construction projects in a SAGD plant, ensuring compliance with safety and operational standards. Key responsibilities include task identification, cost management, and effective communication within teams. This role involves both field and office work, promoting a safe and inclusive workplace culture. Competitive compensation and a 1-year contract with potential extensions are offered.

Benefits

Market-leading benefits packages

Accommodation support

Qualifications

• Strong planning expertise required in a construction environment.
• Understanding of safety initiatives and adherence to codes and standards.
• Effective communication with engineering and team members is essential.

Responsibilities

• Identify tasks and resources for executing construction work packages.
• Create plans for safe and efficient execution of construction projects.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards and specifications.

Skills

Planning expertise in construction

Understanding of safety initiatives

Effective communication

Ability to manage schedules and costs

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Title: OCT E/I Planner
Location: Christina Lake, AB
Schedule: 7/7, 12 hrs/day, 40% field based & 60% office based
Contract Length: 1 year with potential extensions

Reporting to the Sr. Coordinator, Operations Project Execution, your primary responsibility is to identify the tasks and resources required to execute construction work packages. This role is responsible for determining job steps for all trades in the OCT organization: electrical, instrumentation and 3rd party services. The role is 40% field based, 60% office based.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsible to provide planning expertise in a construction environment for projects in an operating SAGD plant and associated field locations.
• Responsible to ensure company visions, values & business strategies are communicated, understood, and implemented.
• Responsible to ensure the departmental strategy is being executed.
• Accountable to create a plan that will ensure the safe, efficient & high-quality execution of construction projects.
• Adhere to site processes, business flows, procedures & standard practices.
• Accountable to support and champion safety initiatives.
• Lead by example to make OCT an inclusive, positive workplace free of negativity, harassment, and bullying, for all team members (staff, contractors, and service providers).
• Accountable to attend all MOC prioritization team meetings.
• Attend and participate in team safety meetings.
• Accountable to ensure all construction is compliant with all applicable codes and standards and specifications.
• Responsible to provide cost Construction to Engineering.
• Accountable to ensure all construction is in-line with estimates and schedule projections. Relay any significant cost/schedule differences to the Facility/Project Engineer.
• Responsible to periodically monitor Engineering Field request notifications.
• Responsible to create job steps and input those into SAP.
• Responsible to ensure changes in scope execution are effectively communicated to engineering through RFCs, during the planning stage through phone calls to be made to Engineering prior to submitting RFCs.
• Accountable to communicate information that informs your cross shift that would be relevant to the successful planning and execution of the MOC.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.