Planner / Scheduler

Fitzpatrick Consulting; Logan Lake; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Fitzpatrick & Company Consulting Inc. seeks an experienced Planner / Scheduler for an on-site contract in Logan Lake, BC.

You will support maintenance planning and scheduling, ensuring work is defined, resourced, and ready for execution using IBM Maximo to manage work orders and plans. Collaborating with maintenance, operations, reliability, and supply chain teams, you will monitor progress, adjust plans as priorities shift, and contribute to budget tracking and forecasting while improving

Qualifications

• Hands-on IBM Maximo experience is required.
• Strong maintenance planning and scheduling capabilities.
• Ability to interpret technical docs and translate to work packages.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting for schedule performance.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Support maintenance planning and scheduling, ensuring work is defined and resourced.
• Develop work orders, job plans, and planning information in Maximo.
• Review maintenance requests and backlogs; define work scopes and durations.
• Identify required parts and services; develop work packages and schedules.
• Coordinate with maintenance, operations, reliability, and supply chain teams.

Job description

Fitzpatrick & Company Consulting Inc. provides business and operational consulting services to clients across Canada. Our team brings expertise in planning and scheduling, reliability, asset management, project management, budget development, and business improvement. We work closely with clients to understand their challenges and develop practical solutions that strengthen day-to-day operations and support long-term objectives.

Role Description

Planner / Scheduler — Contract

Location: Logan Lake, British Columbia

Work Arrangement: On-site

Position Type: Contract

Company Description

Fitzpatrick & Company Consulting Inc. provides business and operational consulting services to clients across Canada. Our team brings expertise in planning and scheduling, reliability, asset management, project management, budget development, and business improvement. We work closely with clients to understand their challenges and develop practical solutions that strengthen day-to-day operations and support long-term objectives.

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Planner / Scheduler for an on-site contract role in Logan Lake, BC. The successful candidate will support maintenance planning and scheduling, ensuring work is clearly defined, appropriately resourced, and ready for execution.

The role requires hands-on experience with IBM Maximo to develop and maintain work orders, job plans, and planning information. Day-to-day responsibilities will include reviewing maintenance requests and backlogs, defining work scopes, estimating labour and task durations, identifying required parts and services, and developing work packages and schedules that reflect operational priorities and resource availability.

The Planner / Scheduler will work closely with maintenance, operations, reliability, and supply chain teams to confirm work readiness, resolve planning constraints, and coordinate scheduled activities. Additional responsibilities include monitoring schedule performance, updating plans as priorities change, supporting budget tracking and forecasting, and improving the quality and consistency of maintenance planning processes.

Qualifications

• Hands-on IBM Maximo experience is required, including work order management, job plan development, backlog review, and use of maintenance history to support planning.
• Strong maintenance planning and scheduling capabilities, including defining work scopes, estimating labour and durations, identifying materials, and coordinating resources.
• Ability to interpret technical documentation, equipment information, and maintenance requirements and translate them into clear, executable work packages.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting to monitor schedule performance, identify variances, and support operational decisions.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to coordinate priorities across maintenance, operations, reliability, and supply chain teams.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple work orders, competing priorities, and changing timelines.
• Experience in mining or other heavy industrial environments, along with an understanding of safe work practices, is an asset.
• A relevant trade certification or post-secondary education in engineering, maintenance, operations management, or a related field is an asset.