Planner

Airswift; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FIFO rotation

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a site-based execution planner for a 1 year contract at Kearl Lake, AB. The role focuses on schedule-driven oversight with Construction Contractor and CMT, monitoring FIWP progress and contractor performance on a 14/14 FIFO cycle from Calgary/Edmonton.

Responsibilities include validating field progress, reviewing FIWP packages, coordinating changes, and forecasting progress to PMT and OIS. Strong planning, communication, and Primavera P6 familiarity are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in execution workface planning and familiarity with AWP concepts.
• Ability to generate FIWP and map to Level 4 contractor tasks.
• Strong written and verbal communication for coordinating with Construction Contractor and CMT.
• Experience managing sub-system walkdowns, punch tracking, and handovers.
• Experience creating detailed commissioning schedules and monitoring progress.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and attend site meetings with Construction Contractor and CMT to monitor daily progress, FIWP level, and 3-week schedule; identify opportunities and mitigation actions.
• Spot-check field progress reporting for accuracy and ensure Rules of Credit compliance.
• Review FIWP packages for completeness and align mappings to Level 4 tasks.
• Coordinate changes to previously approved packages due to delays or early progress with Engineering and Procurement.
• Provide expert interpretation of lagging/leading indicators to forecast progress to PMT and OIS Scheduler; advise on mitigation strategies.
• Communicate OIS progress updates to Contractor and ensure schedule updates reflect latest information from OIS.
• Assess Change Orders with schedule impact and quantify delays with justification; provide recommendations on reasonableness.
• Fly-in/fly-out rotation at Kearl Site from Calgary/Edmonton (14/14).

Skills

Execution planning

FIWP knowledge

Primavera P6 (read-only)

Effective communication

Walkdowns & punch tracking

Commissioning schedules

Schedule control & forecasting

AWP concepts

Job description

Duration: 1 year contract

Location: Kearl Lake, AB

Schedule: FIFO 14/14 rotation

Role Description

Core Responsibilities

• As a site-based execution planner on a very time critical project (schedule-driven), key responsibility will be to facilitate and attend meetings with Construction Contractor and Construction Management Team (CMT) at site for closely monitoring of contractors detailed daily plan / FIWP level progress / 3-week schedule, ensuring opportunities and vulnerabilities are understood and mitigated/captured
• Assess if field progress reporting by Contractor is accurate – spot checking with field walks and ensuring agreed upon process on Rules of Credit are being adhered to
• Review of FIWP packages developed by Contractor for completeness. Vet the mapping of FIWP packages to the contractors Level 4 tasks ensuring alignment.
• During execution, coordinate and facilitate meetings with the Contractor and CMT team when interruptions / changes are introduced to the previously approved packages (i.e., Engineering and Procurement - early advancement or delays, changes to work front release dates, etc.)
• Understand schedule/execution lagging and leading indicators as submitted by Contractor, and provide expert added interpretation on your anticipation to forecast of progress to Project Management Team (PMT), and Project Owner’s Integrated Schedule (OIS) Scheduler. When needed, provide expert assessment/recommendations on mitigating execution strategies to ensure compliance with Project OIS milestones.
• Coordinate timely communication of Project OIS progress updates to Construction Contractor, ensuring Construction Contractor Schedule updates incorporate latest information from Project OIS
• Assess all Change Orders from Contractor that carry a schedule impact in a timely manner to quantify schedule impact with a clearly defined delay on Contractor’s Level 4 Schedule and all supporting reasoning for the delay. Use expert judgement to provide recommendations if the delay claimed is reasonable for both cause and impact timeline.
• Fly-in/fly-out rotation at Kearl Site from Calgary/Edmonton (14/14)

Required Experience/Strengths

• Strong experience in execution workface planning, familiarity with AWP concepts, and experience generating FIWP
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (ability to coordinate and facilitate meetings with Construction Contractor and CMT)
• Experienced in managing sub-system level walkdowns, outstanding punch tracking, A/B check sheets tracking and handovers
• Experienced in creation of detailed commissioning schedules and managing progress
• Knowledgeable in the use of Primavera P6 (i.e., know how to navigate and understand logic etc.) but not for making P6 updates (read-only access)
• Knowledgeable with Project schedule control and critical assessment of contractor schedule progress vs forecast