Project Planner

Enerflex Ltd.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, dental and vision

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Employee equity plan

Tuition reimbursement

Fun office environment

Job summary

Enerflex Ltd. in Houston seeks a Project Planner/Scheduler to create and basel ine detailed Primavera P6 schedules for engineered-to-order gas processing and skidded equipment from pre-award through handoff to manufacturing.

You will maintain schedule integrity, update baselines, analyze critical paths, and communicate impacts to stakeholders to protect customer commitments and on-time delivery. Strong P6, Excel and ERP experience are required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated hands-on Primavera P6 Professional experience creating, baselining, status-updating, scheduling, and analyzing complex project schedules.
• Minimum 4 years of project planning or scheduling experience. Engineered-to-order manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• Advanced understanding of Critical Path Method scheduling, including data dates, baselines, actual starts and finishes, remaining duration, relationship logic, constraints, calendars, total float, negative float, longest path, and out-of-sequence progress.
• Working knowledge of ERP and project systems. SAP Project Systems or Production Planning experience is preferred. Strong Microsoft Excel skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain Primavera P6 schedules for engineered-to-order gas compression, gas processing, and related skidded equipment from opportunity through execution and handoff to manufacturing.
• Establish and maintain schedule baselines; compare forecasts to baselines and explain variances and impact on milestones.
• Maintain schedule logic with predecessors, successors, constraints, and durations; identify and fix issues.
• Maintain P6 data date, update actuals, remaining durations, and percent complete using approved sources.
• Run Critical Path Method calculations; identify longest path and schedule risks; assess impacts of changes to dates, durations or constraints.
• Coordinate with project teams to validate inputs, resolve date conflicts, and drive tasks to completion.

Skills

Primavera P6

Excel

Independent worker

Analytical thinking

Verbal communication

Tools

SAP Project Systems

Production Planning

Job description

Summary

The Project Planner/Scheduler is responsible for creating, baselining, maintaining, and analyzing integrated Primavera P6 schedules for engineered-to-order products from pre-award planning through engineering and design completion and handoff to manufacturing. The role translates project scope, major-equipment commitments, engineering deliverables, procurement requirements, fabrication, assembly, testing, paint, and shipment milestones into logically linked, execution-ready schedules. The planner owns schedule integrity, maintains accurate actual and forecast dates, evaluates critical and near-critical paths, and communicates the downstream impact of changing activity dates so stakeholders can make timely decisions that protect customer commitments, capacity, and on-time delivery.

Principle Responsibilities and Duties

• Create and maintain detailed, logic-driven Primavera P6 schedules for engineered-to-order gas compression, gas processing, and related skidded equipment from opportunity or pre-award planning through project execution and handoff to manufacturing.
• Develop schedules from approved templates and project scope, including engineering and design deliverables, procurement and major-equipment dates, internal and outsourced fabrication, assembly, testing, paint, preservation, shipment, and Ready to Ship milestones.
• Establish and maintain approved schedule baselines. Compare current forecasts to baseline dates, quantify variance, and explain the cause and impact of movement to key milestones and customer commitments.
• Maintain complete schedule logic by assigning and validating predecessors, successors, relationship types, lags, calendars, constraints, durations, and milestone dependencies. Identify and correct open ends, invalid logic, excessive constraints, and other schedule-quality issues.
• Maintain the P6 data date and accurately update actual starts, actual finishes, remaining durations, expected finish dates, and percent complete using approved source systems and status inputs.
• Run and interpret Critical Path Method calculations. Identify the longest path, critical and near-critical activities, total float, negative float, out-of-sequence progress, and emerging schedule risks.
• Assess impacts whenever activity dates, durations, logic, calendars, constraints, equipment deliveries, engineering releases, fabrication dates, or manufacturing assumptions change. Trace effects through successor activities to floor date, testing, RTS, QSD, and other contractual milestones.
• Develop schedule scenarios and recovery options, including resequencing, alternate bay assignments, revised work calendars, overlapping work, and adjusted priorities. Clearly identify assumptions, risks, and recoverable days.
• Coordinate with Project Management, Engineering, Design, Procurement, Fabrication, Assembly, Quality, Contracts, Sales, and Planning to validate schedule inputs, resolve conflicting dates, and drive dependent tasks to completion.
• Review major-equipment and material delivery commitments against project need dates and schedule logic. Recommend changes to floor dates or sequence when deliveries, customer priorities, or shop constraints affect execution.
• Lead or support schedule review meetings and communicate changes through concise reports, milestone summaries, look-ahead plans, and decision-ready impact assessments.
• Maintain alignment between Primavera P6 and approved connected systems and reports. Follow defined source-of-truth and change-control requirements.
• Support project handoffs so manufacturing planners receive an accurate, current, and executable schedule with documented constraints, assumptions, and risks.
• Perform schedule quality checks before publishing updates and maintain sufficient schedule notes and change history to explain significant forecast movement.
• Improve scheduling templates, logic, reporting, planning processes, and schedule governance. Provide P6 process support and knowledge transfer to planners and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Required: Demonstrated hands-on Primavera P6 Professional experience creating, baselining, status-updating, scheduling, and analyzing complex project schedules. The candidate must be able to work independently in P6 and explain how logic and date changes affect the critical path.
• Minimum 4 years of project planning or scheduling experience. Engineered-to-order manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• Advanced understanding of Critical Path Method scheduling, including data dates, baselines, actual starts and finishes, remaining duration, relationship logic, constraints, calendars, total float, negative float, longest path, and out-of-sequence progress.
• Working knowledge of ERP and project systems. SAP Project Systems or Production Planning experience is preferred. Strong Microsoft Excel skills are required.
• Strong analytical judgment and attention to detail, with the ability to distinguish confirmed delay causes from schedule-based risks and communicate impacts clearly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to lead schedule discussions and translate detailed P6 analysis into concise actions for project teams and leadership.
• Dependable, self-directed, organized, and able to manage multiple time-sensitive projects with limited daily supervision.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Currently, our organization is unable to consider candidates who require visa sponsorship or the transfer of an existing visa to obtain or maintain work authorization in the United States.

Physical Requirements

Fast-paced general office and manufacturing-support environment. Many tasks have a high degree of time sensitivity. Occasional domestic or international travel may be required.

About Us:

Transforming Energy for a Sustainable Future. Enerflex is a premier integrated global provider of energy infrastructure solutions, covering gas processing, compression, power generation, refrigeration, cryogenic, energy transition, and water solutions. We proudly employ more than 5,000 highly skilled employees across over 25 countries worldwide.

Values of Integrity, Commitment, Creativity, and Success into action across all aspects of the business. Our innovation, strong commitment to safety, and superior service to our customers positions us as the optimal partner to meet the needs of the dynamic energy industry.

We foster a culture of ensuring our employees have the tools to do their jobs right, but to also thrive in their roles. We pride ourselves in our competitive wages, extensive rewards programs, celebration of successes of individuals and teams, and are committed to ensuring Enerflex remains a safe and inclusive space for all.

What Enerflex Offers You:

• Generous healthcare, dental and vision plans
• 401(k) employer matching
• Generous paid time off program
• Employee equity plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Fun office environment

Enerflex is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Enerflex grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, genetic information, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunities are provided in recruitment, hiring, promotions, wages, benefits, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, tasks, duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities required.