Midstream Turnaround Scheduler III / IV

RigUp; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

RigUp is seeking an accomplished Turnaround Scheduler (Level III/IV) to support midstream turnaround, shutdowns, and major maintenance. The role develops and updates integrated schedules in Primavera P6, coordinating with Turnaround Planners and cross-functional teams from planning through execution.

Seeking 5+ years (Level III) or 10+ years (Level IV) of experience, with CPM scheduling expertise, the ability to work in office and field, and willingness to travel up to 70% across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years scheduling industrial turnarounds, shutdowns, outages, or major maintenance (Level III).
• 10+ years scheduling industrial turnarounds, shutdowns, outages, or major maintenance (Level IV).
• Strong Primavera P6 knowledge and CPM scheduling fundamentals.
• Experience integrating multidisciplinary maintenance, contractor, and vendor activities.
• Proven ability to interpret work packages and maintenance sequences.
• Willingness to travel up to 70% and work in both office and field environments.
• Wear PPE and comply with site safety requirements; TWIC card or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated turnaround schedules using Primavera P6.
• Coordinate with Turnaround Planners and cross-functional teams.
• Establish activity logic, durations, milestones, sequencing, and constraints.
• Integrate Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Engineering with contractors into the master schedule.
• Perform schedule quality reviews and identify logic gaps, conflicts, and constraints.
• Maintain visibility of critical-path and near-critical-path activities.
• Travel to Midstream facilities as required and update progress.

Skills

Primavera P6

CPM Scheduling

Cross-functional coordination

Analytics & reporting

Office & field operations

Travel readiness

Tools

IPS ToadFly

Job description

We are seeking an accomplished Turnaround Scheduler (Level III or Level IV) to support Midstream turnaround, shutdown, outage, and major maintenance activities. This role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and updating integrated turnaround schedules using Primavera P6 while coordinating closely with Turnaround Planners and cross-functional teams throughout planning and execution. This position can be based anywhere and requires significant travel to Midstream facilities, potentially up to 70%, depending on assignment and workload.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated turnaround schedules using Primavera P6.
• Build schedule activities based on approved work scope and planner-developed job packages.
• Establish activity logic, durations, milestones, sequencing, and schedule constraints.
• Integrate Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Engineering, contractor, and vendor activities into the master schedule.
• Perform schedule quality reviews to identify logic gaps, conflicts, constraints, and unrealistic durations.
• Maintain visibility of critical-path and near-critical-path activities.
• Support resource loading and leveling as required.
• Develop schedule reports, look-ahead schedules, progress updates, and execution forecasts.
• Participate in turnaround planning and schedule review meetings.
• Coordinate with Turnaround Planners to ensure planning information is accurately reflected in the schedule.
• Update actual progress during execution and forecast schedule completion.
• Identify schedule impacts and communicate potential delays, conflicts, and risks.
• Support schedule scenario development and recovery planning when execution deviates from plan.
• Maintain schedule documentation through turnaround completion and closeout.
• Travel to Midstream facilities as required.

Required Qualifications

• Scheduler III: 5+ years of demonstrated experience scheduling industrial turnarounds, shutdowns, outages, or major maintenance work.
• Scheduler IV: 10+ years of demonstrated experience scheduling industrial turnarounds, shutdowns, outages, or major maintenance work.
• Possess strong working knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, including logic relationships, critical path, float, milestones, and schedule constraints.
• Bring experience integrating multidisciplinary maintenance, contractor, and vendor activities.
• Interpret work packages, construction activities, and maintenance sequences accurately.
• Utilize strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Operate effectively in both office and field environments.
• Travel extensively to Midstream facilities as required.
• Wear required PPE and comply with site-specific safety requirements (applicable Midstream facility PPE may include an NFPA 2112-certified flame-resistant long-sleeved shirt and pants or coveralls, steel-toe boots extending above the ankle with a defined heel, hard hat, 4-gas monitor, and safety glasses).
• Possess a TWIC card or obtain one prior to required site travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting refinery, petrochemical, pipeline, terminal, Midstream, or similar industrial operations.
• Prior IPS ToadFly experience.
• Employment Type: Contract
• Target Start Date: January 4, 2027
• Contract Duration: 1 year, with potential for extension
• Work Schedule: Hybrid
• Location: Flexible (can be based anywhere; primary hub in Houston, TX)
• Travel Requirements: Heavy travel up to 70%, based on assignment and workload. Onsite work may be required at various locations, including New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Central Texas.