Pipeline Planner

Fluor Corporation; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision Care

Flexible spending dollars

Group RSP

Parental top-up

Education reimbursement

Employee assistance programs

Community involvement opportunities

Job summary

Fluor Canada is seeking a Pipeline Planner to lead planning, scheduling, forecasting, and project controls for major pipeline and facilities projects from our Calgary office. The role requires coordination across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning to deliver integrated execution plans.

The successful candidate will develop and maintain schedules, manage risks, and provide reliable forecasts while aligning activities with the project leadership team and client expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field is required.
• P.Eng, PMP, PSP or equivalent designation preferred.
• 15-20 years of project planning, scheduling, controls, engineering, construction, or execution experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role on EPCM projects.
• Demonstrated experience with major transmission pipeline and facilities projects through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of integrated Level 1 through Level 4 schedules appropriate to project phase and complexity.
• Establish work breakdown structures, scheduling standards, progress measurement systems, reporting methods, and schedule baselines.
• Coordinate inputs across engineering, procurement, construction, contractors, clients, and execution centers.
• Monitor performance against baselines and milestones; lead forecasting, trend analysis, and critical path assessment.

Skills

Scheduling

Forecasting

Primavera P6

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

P.Eng, PMP, PSP preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Fluor is one of Canada's top employers and is recognized globally as a leader in the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Fabrication, and Maintenance industry. Our focus on innovation and providing cost-effective technology-based solutions is second to none. As we look to the future, we need creative, ambitious, and innovative professionals who can help us fulfill our purpose to Build a Better World.

Fluor team members are at the heart of our success in executing projects safely, thoughtfully, and with the highest quality. If you value teamwork, empowerment in your career, and are eager to champion innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients, this opportunity just may be for you!

Job Description

The Pipeline Planner leads planning, scheduling, forecasting, and project controls support for major pipeline and pipeline facilities projects executed from Fluor's Calgary office. The role supports all project phases, including feasibility, FEED, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.

The successful candidate combines pipeline execution knowledge with advanced planning expertise to develop integrated execution plans, establish realistic schedules, manage risks and opportunities, and provide reliable forecasts.

As a member of the project leadership team, this individual aligns engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, client, and contractor activities into a cohesive execution strategy.

Planning and Scheduling Leadership

• Lead development and maintenance of integrated Level 1 through Level 4 schedules appropriate to project phase and complexity.
• Establish work breakdown and coding structures, scheduling standards, progress measurement systems, reporting methods, and schedule baselines.
• Ensure schedules reflect scope, execution strategy, resources, milestones, interfaces, constraints, and project risks.

Pipeline and Facilities Integration

• Integrate schedules for transmission pipelines, gathering systems, compressor and pump stations, meter stations, terminals, and related infrastructure.
• Coordinate inputs across engineering disciplines, procurement, construction, contractors, clients, and execution centers.
• Manage interfaces between linear infrastructure and facilities and ensure activities are properly sequenced to support construction and commissioning priorities.

Project Controls, Forecasting, and Risk

• Monitor performance against baselines and milestones; lead forecasting, trend analysis, critical path assessment, and performance reporting.
• Identify schedule risks and opportunities and develop mitigation, recovery, and alternative execution scenarios.
• Evaluate schedule impacts of scope changes and support project change management, forecasting, and decision-making.

Client, Construction, and Team Leadership

• Serve as the primary planning representative for clients and project leadership; lead schedule reviews, workshops, and execution strategy meetings.
• Present status, forecasts, risks, opportunities, and recovery plans clearly to client and senior management teams.
• Support constructability reviews, construction planning, field progress validation, commissioning schedules, proposals, and project pursuits.

Basic Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
• P.Eng., PMP, PSP, or an equivalent professional designation is preferred.
• 15-20 years of project planning, scheduling, controls, engineering, construction, or execution experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role including EPCM projects..
• Demonstrated experience with major transmission pipeline and facilities projects through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Competencies

• Advanced knowledge of planning, scheduling, project controls, critical path methodology, earned value, progress measurement, forecasting, and schedule risk analysis.
• Expert proficiency with Primavera P6 and strong capability developing integrated schedules, coding structures, logic, baselines, and performance metrics.
• Strong understanding of engineering work processes, procurement strategies, pipeline construction, facilities development, commissioning, startup, resource planning, and productivity.

Leadership and Communication Skills

• Leads cross-functional teams while balancing strategic planning, execution management, stakeholder engagement, and project objectives.
• Anticipates execution risks, develops practical solutions, influences outcomes without direct authority, and manages competing priorities.
• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, workshop leadership, and relationship-building skills.

Success Profile

• Develops realistic, achievable plans that integrate engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Provides accurate forecasting and actionable analysis that support timely project decisions.
• Identifies emerging risks early and implements mitigation before project performance is affected.

Fluor Canada rewards hard work, knowledge, and commitment.

Fluor offers competitive employee compensation packages, comprehensive benefit programs including Health, Dental and Vision Care, flexible spending dollars, group registered retirement program, parental top-up, education reimbursement, employee and family assistance programs, and much more.

Fluor also offers several employee resource groups that aim to provide opportunities for professional and personal growth, improved wellness, and involvement in the community.

At Fluor, we believe that overall wellness encompasses the four wellness pillars of mental, physical, financial and social. Upon these pillars we are committed to fostering a healthy, inclusive and psychologically safe workplace by creating awareness through knowledge building and communication while focusing on measurable outcomes.

Compressed work schedule: The Fluor Canada offices work a compressed work schedule offering every second Friday off.

The market rate for the role is typically at the mid-point of the salary range; however, variations in final salary are determined by additional factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, relevant years of experience, geographic location, internal pay equity, and prevailing market conditions for the specific role.

Fluor uses artificial intelligence (AI) in its hiring process to review applications and identify qualified candidates. More information including contact information is available in our Applicant Notice when creating a profile on our recruiting platform.

Notice to Candidates: As required by some of our clients and projects, to the extent allowed by law, offers may be conditional upon consent and clearance of a satisfactory background check which could include, but is not limited to, a criminal records check, and confirmation of education, professional registration, employment history, and references.

While only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview, be sure to continually check our website for other related positions as they are posted. Are you ready to join us? We are looking forward to hearing from you today!