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The Turnaround Lead Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing detailed schedules for plant turnarounds, outages, and events. Beyond technical expertise, the Turnaround Scheduler must foster a culture of teamwork, accountability, and respect. The role calls for someone who builds trust through communication and collaboration, helping drive solutions rather than simply identifying problems.
Job Responsibility:
Responsible for the development and optimization of detailed, resource-loaded, logic-driven schedules
Formalizes turnaround shutdown and start up logic and schedules in Primavera software
Develops conceptual turnaround schedules
Inputs and reviews field planning data into the schedule
Determines and ties internal and external logic
Completes schedule data entry check list per job package
Updates and forecasts the turnaround schedule to plan
Solicits plan and schedule suppositions from turnaround management and tests hypotheses
Advises turnaround management of opportunities and risks within the plan and schedule and makes recommendations to capitalize on or mitigate them as appropriate
Leads schedule review exercises with core planning team
Leads contractor schedule reviews and contractor schedule integration process
Prepares user friendly schedule format
Prepares user friendly shift and three-day look ahead schedules during the turnaround execution
Manages schedule progress and change during turnaround execution
Generates turnaround reports for progress as needed
Provide mentoring and coaching to junior peers and counterparts
Requirements:
Minimum a high school diploma or GED
Minimum 8-10 years building and executing complex turnaround or outage schedules, in Oil and Gas, LNG, or chemical facilities
Experience as a Turnaround Planner is required
In-depth Primavera Project Management P6 knowledge is required
Strong experience level using Microsoft Office Suite
Prior use of IPS is an asset
Knowledge and experience in the best practices and cycles for Turnaround data communication
Background as a pipefitter or boilermaker an asset
Strong leadership and organizational skills
Strong planning and scheduling skills, able to track multiple activities with a high degree of accuracy
Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
Able to adapt and work in a fluid work environment which expects high level of customer services, confidentiality, and integrity
Capable of setting high standards and promoting continuous improvement
Able to establish a mutually respectful relationship with management, peers and the various facility level workers who are all essential to ensuring successful events
Nice to have:
Degree or PMP a plus but not required
Prior use of IPS is an asset
Background as a pipefitter or boilermaker an asset