Scheduler – Turnaround

Stuart Olson Inc.; Red Deer; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in Turnaround and Maintenance services seeks a turnaround Scheduler for its operations in Red Deer, Alberta. You will be responsible for developing and managing schedules using Primavera (P6), ensuring alignment with the overall execution strategy. This role requires strong planning abilities, excellent computer skills, and experience in the petrochemical industry. Join us and contribute to projects that make a positive impact on our clients and the community.

Benefits

Vacation Pay

Health & Dental Benefits

RRSP’s

Competitive wages

Qualifications

• 5 - 10 years of Turnaround or Maintenance scheduling experience required.
• Outstanding computer proficiency with Primavera (P6) skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated Primavera schedule for turnaround events.
• Lead schedule optimization activities with turnaround planning leads.
• Ensure accurate documentation and reporting for scheduled activities.

Skills

Computer proficiency

Communication skills

Planning principles

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Primavera (P6)

SAP

Word

Excel

Job description

Schedule : 4 days on, 3 days off, 10 hours per day Pre / Post. Execution schedule TBD

Compensation : Competitive wages, Vacation Pay, RRSP’s, Health & Dental Benefits, LOA, and DSP / TSP position available

Why Work for Us :

Stuart Olson is searching for a turnaround Scheduler for the Red Deer area to join us with an immediate start date. Stuart Olson’s team values safety, fair compensation, and employee experience.

Responsibilities :

• Work with the client’s technical team to clearly understand the detailed scope and develop planning steps, assign resources, logic, priorities, and prepare job package binders.
• Be accountable for scheduling architecture and coding to align with the overall turnaround execution strategy.
• Lead the development of an integrated Primavera schedule that includes Operations, Maintenance, Reliability and Engineering, Sustaining and Growth Capital projects for the lifecycle of a turnaround event.
• Identify training needs to support scheduling, development, reporting and tracking.
• Develop reporting and analysis methods such as, but not limited to; earned value, progress vs. planned, critical path reporting methodology and cost performance index.
• Ensure the IT infrastructure is in place to support the scheduling function during critical phases of execution.
• Maintain reporting systems for ensuring that documentation is accurate and timely.
• Producing and providing frequent reports for the TA execution team.
• Collaborate with planners in development of work order task lists to ensure high standard of SAP data integrity (including the WBS / AFE structure), in the correct structure to facilitate automated integration with Primavera.
• Work closely with Responsible Care, Maintenance, Operations, Process and Engineering personnel in development of turnaround priorities, resolve execution issues and provide leadership in troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Lead schedule optimization activities with turnaround planning and execution leads.
• Own the scheduling procedure, lessons learned and best practices.

Turnaround Strategy :

• Schedule and monitor all resource constrained activities for Phase 2 (Scope Development) and all subsequent phases.
• Develop level 1 and level 2 schedules to support events as required.
• Collaborate with a team of event specific scheduler resources in alignment with the client and site best practices.
• As part of the execution team, provide daily updates to the turnaround schedule with daily forecasts provided to execution team.
• Monitor and report integrated schedule progress against plan and develop corrective actions if target KPIs are not achieved.
• Analyze and report schedule progress and communicate with Event Manager and Coordinators.
• Work with Cost Control Specialist to develop updated forecast spend and duration using earned value and actuals.

Qualifications :

• Compliance to Pre-site Drug & Alcohol testing
• 5 - 10 years of Turnaround or Maintenance scheduling on a complex petrochemical facility experience is also a must.
• Outstanding computer proficiency as well as a working knowledge of planning principles and Primavera (P6) skills.
• Understanding of various trades to manage interferences in plans is required.
• Must have good interpersonal skills with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent computer proficiency, especially in Word, Excel, Primavera (P6) & SAP.

Who We Are

Stuart Olson has been positively impacting the businesses we serve, the communities in which we operate, and the lives we touch since 1911. Our rich history demonstrates our reach and diversity as an integrated, full service organization serving the commercial and industrial markets.

Specializing in Turnaround and Maintenance services in the Industrial sector, Stuart Olson has proudly served the Canadian construction industry for over 100 years. We deliver confidence through a client-centered approach that ensures the highest quality of service, reducing risk, and delivering results.

While we welcome all applications, only candidates being considered for an interview will be contacted directly. Unsolicited resumes and phone inquiries from 3rd party agencies will not be accepted.