Senior Planner/Scheduler

Ellaway Blues Consulting; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellaway Blues Consulting in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced Planner/Scheduler to lead scheduling for large oil and gas projects. You will develop and maintain integrated schedules, track progress, manage baselines, and drive risk analysis with project teams and contractors.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in project controls, strong Primavera P6 and MS Project skills, and the ability to mentor junior schedulers while optimizing multiple workstreams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, or technical field.
• 7+ years of project planning, scheduling, or project controls experience.
• Experience with oil and gas or industrial projects.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain schedules for large, complex projects and multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate with project teams to establish schedule baselines, assumptions, milestones, and dependencies.
• Monitor schedule progress, forecast accuracy, productivity, and variances; recommend corrective actions.
• Review and integrate contractor and supplier schedules into the overall project schedule.
• Support cost and schedule risk assessments, progress measurement, and earned value reporting.
• Manage schedule changes and ensure baseline updates are reviewed and approved.
• Lead planning workshops and improve scheduling processes, procedures, and benchmarking.
• Coordinate to identify schedule risks, accelerations opportunities, and potential delays.
• Mentor junior schedulers and lead scheduling teams across multiple projects.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Progress measurement

Schedule variance

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Oil & gas

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Job description

Location: Houston, TX

We're looking for an experienced Planner/Scheduler to support complex oil and gas projects. This role will take the lead on project scheduling, progress tracking, resource planning, and schedule risk analysis while working closely with project teams, contractors, and other stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has a strong project controls background, understands how to manage integrated project schedules, and can lead scheduling efforts across multiple projects.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain schedules for large, complex projects and multiple project workstreams.
• Coordinate with project teams to establish schedule baselines, assumptions, milestones, and dependencies.
• Monitor schedule progress, forecast accuracy, productivity, and variances, recommending corrective actions when needed.
• Review and integrate contractor and supplier schedules into the overall project schedule.
• Support cost and schedule risk assessments, progress measurement, and earned value reporting.
• Manage schedule changes and ensure baseline updates are reviewed and approved.
• Lead planning workshops and improve scheduling processes, procedures, and benchmarking.
• Coordinate across project teams to identify schedule risks, opportunities for acceleration, and potential delays.
• Mentor junior schedulers and lead scheduling teams across multiple projects or programs.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, a technical discipline, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in project planning, scheduling, or project controls.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling methodologies, progress measurement, and schedule variance analysis.
• Experience working with complex oil and gas or industrial projects.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, ERP systems, and Microsoft Office.
• Strong analytical, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power BI, and Omega 365 Pims.
• Project management certification.
• Experience leading or mentoring other planners and schedulers.