Turnaround Scheduler — Flexible Hours & Remote Options

Shell; Gauteng; Remote; ZAR 1,830,000 - 2,662,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote/mobile working

Training and development programs

Job summary

Shell Canada is seeking an experienced Turnaround Maintenance Scheduler to develop, maintain and control integrated turnaround schedules for outages, ensuring logical sequencing and resource alignment within the approved window.

You will provide schedule visibility, critical path control, and scenario analysis, with expertise in Primavera P6 and MS Project, CPM scheduling, and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis.
• Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong expertise in turnaround and shutdown scheduling principles.
• Advanced proficiency with scheduling tools Primavera P6; MS Project.
• Deep understanding of CPM scheduling.
• Ability to challenge logic, durations, and execution sequencing.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to perform under high pressure and tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the fully logic‑linked, resource‑loaded turnaround schedule.
• Integrate approved scope, work packages, and project activities into the master schedule.
• Establish schedule milestones, phase gates, and schedule freeze points.
• Ensure schedule alignment with execution strategy and constraints.
• Audit input into Primavera P6 (codes, resources, WBS, CBS).
• Provide Primavera export data to Controls team.
• Perform critical path analysis and schedule risk assessments.
• Produce daily, weekly, and milestone progress reports.

Skills

Turnaround scheduling principles

Critical path method (CPM)

Analytical & communication skills

Stakeholder management

Work under high pressure

Challenge logic & durations

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years of relevant industry experience

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Shell Canada is seeking an experienced Turnaround Maintenance Scheduler to develop, maintain and control integrated turnaround schedules for outages, ensuring logical sequencing and resource alignment within the approved window.

You will provide schedule visibility, critical path control, and scenario analysis, with expertise in Primavera P6 and MS Project, CPM scheduling, and strong stakeholder communication.