Project Planning and Scheduling Lead

Vista Projects; Calgary; Sur place; CAD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive compensation and benefits

Performance‑linked pay program

Company‑sponsored social events

Half‑day Fridays

Free parking

Diversity valued

Résumé du poste

Vista Projects in Calgary, AB, is seeking a Project Planning and Scheduling Lead to strengthen our multi-discipline teams delivering energy sector projects from early studies to large-scale expansions.

You will develop Level 1–3 EPC schedules, lead planning sessions, coordinate activities, and analyze risks and schedule performance, with emphasis on safety and quality.

Qualifications

• A recognized engineering or business degree, technical school diploma or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge of EPCM planning and project reporting.
• Knowledge of procurement, contracts and construction management.
• Proficient with Primavera P6 software.
• Strong MS Excel skills for analysis and reporting.
• Ability to work with Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong oral and written communication and influencing skills.
• Quality‑focused with strong attention to detail while being able to maintain a 'whole project' perspective.
• Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits.

Responsabilités

• Preparing Level 1 to Level 3 EPC schedules in a sustaining capital project environment with emphasis on critical path from engineering to procurement to construction.
• Leading planning sessions with project managers, estimators and engineers to review and adjust preliminary schedules for distribution.
• Coordinating the overall planning and scheduling activities on projects.
• Interfacing with engineering, project management and clients to ensure accurate engineering and procurement data reflected in schedules.
• Monitoring, reviewing, analyzing and reporting on schedule status during all project phases.
• Performing manpower resource loading and preparing histograms and other charts.

Connaissances

Primavera P6

MS Excel

MS Office

Oral and written communication

Project planning

Scheduling

Attention to detail

Safety awareness

Formation

Engineering or business degree

Technical school diploma or equivalent experience

Outils

PertMaster

Description du poste

Vista Projects is an integrated engineering firm who has been solving complex challenges in the energy industry since 1985. We are innovators at our core. We continually find better, smarter ways to design and deliver oil and gas projects, and we are proud to be contributing on some of the most exciting low‑carbon and synthetic fuel developments in the North America. For our people, that means meaningful, varied work and a real chance to shape how modern engineering gets done.
We are innovators in the energy industry. We actively find ways to improve how oil and gas projects are designed and delivered, and we are contributing to some remarkable low‑carbon and synthetic fuel developments; including electro sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and gas‑to‑liquids (GTL) projects. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

Why We Do It

What Vista Does

Vista Projects is an integrated engineering firm who has been solving complex challenges in the energy industry since 1985. We are innovators at our core. We continually find better, smarter ways to design and deliver oil and gas projects, and we are proud to be contributing on some of the most exciting low‑carbon and synthetic fuel developments in the North America. For our people, that means meaningful, varied work and a real chance to shape how modern engineering gets done.
We are innovators in the energy industry. We actively find ways to improve how oil and gas projects are designed and delivered, and we are contributing to some remarkable low‑carbon and synthetic fuel developments; including electro sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and gas‑to‑liquids (GTL) projects. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

Why We Do It

The world needs energy, and better engineering makes the projects that deliver it safer, more efficient and more sustainable. Our multi‑discipline teams have designed some of the most challenging and successful projects in the North American energy sector, from early‑stage studies and pilots to large‑scale commercial expansions. We take pride in doing that work well, and just as much pride in continuously improving how we do it.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Project Planning and Scheduling Lead works closely with other groups, leaders and project managers to support effective and proactive control of project plans and schedules. This position requires a strong commitment to excellence in the development and support for cost control and project management systems, processes, resources and tools. Duties include:

• Preparing (or assisting the preparation of) Level 1 to Level 3 EPC schedules in a sustaining capital project environment with particular emphasis on critical path leading from engineering to procurement to construction
• Leading and participating in interactive planning sessions, and holding meetings with project managers, estimators and engineers to review and adjust preliminary schedules for initial distribution
• Coordinating the overall planning and scheduling activities on projects
• Interfacing with engineering disciplines, project management and clients (ifrequired) to ensure accurate engineering and procurement data is reflected in the schedules
• Monitoring, reviewing, analyzing and reporting on the schedule status duringall project phases
• Performing manpower resource loading for assigned schedules and preparing histograms and other charts, as required
• Managing project schedules, analyzing schedule variations and evaluating project trends and schedule forecasts
• Analyzing risks to project schedules
• Assisting in the preparation of schedule data for proposals or contracts
• Assuming responsibility for the preparation, quality and accuracy of project and proposal schedules
• Performing in‑depth what‑if scenario analysis
• Performing variance analysis
• Performing logic analysis of schedules
• Performing other duties as requested

Requirements

• A recognized engineering or business degree, technical school diploma or
• equivalent work experience
• Knowledge of EPCM planning and project reporting
• Knowledge of procurement, contracts and construction management
• Proficient with Primavera P6 software
• Strong MS Excel skills for analysis and reporting
• Ability to work with Microsoft Office applications
• Strong oral and written communication and influencing skills
• Quality‑focused with strong attention to detail while being able to maintain a 'whole project' perspective
• Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits

Preferred

• Eight years or more of planning and scheduling experience in engineering, procurement, construction environment (EPC)
• Field and construction planning experience
• Knowledge of PertMaster
• Background in heavy oil/SAGD projects

Why People Like Vista

We do not just say we're a great place to work, our people do. Vista has been recognized by Great Place to Work as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada, a Best Workplace for Mental Health, and a Best Workplace for Women. These awards are earned through confidential surveys completed by our own team, so they reflect how people here actually feel and not just how we choose to describe ourselves.
What our people value most is how we work together. You will join experienced leaders and mentors who are genuinely invested in your growth, in teams built around collaboration rather than silos. We hire capable people, trust them to do their best work, and treat them as people rather than employee numbers. We are proud of the culture this creates, and we work hard to protect it as we grow.
Vista is also a place for people who like to make this better. If you are energized by innovating, by questioning how things are done and by helping vista continuously improve, you will be in good company. We back that work with strong, modern project systems run by people who know how to get the most from them, but it is our people, not our tools, that make Vista what it is.

What We Offer

An opportunity with Vista is more than a job. It is the chance to do challenging meaningful work alongside talented and supportive colleagues who want to see you succeed. Vista offers all employees

• A challenging and rewarding work environment where you will contribute to meaningful projects across the energy industry
• Talented, collaborative colleagues who are invested in one another's success
• The chance to work alongside some of the sharpest minds in the industry, where your ideas are heard and innovation is part of how we actually work, not just something we say.
• A strong value‑based philosophy that provides an informal, close‑knit team environment, where you and your family feel like a part of our organization, and not just an employee number
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including a performance‑linked variable pay program
• Company‑sponsored social events and team sports
• Half‑day Fridays and free parking
• An organization that values and encourages diversity