Senior Scheduler - Oil & Gas

Our client is currently seeks a Senior Project Scheduler to work on a range of large Oil and Gas projects based in Calgary, Canada. Experience of Operations, Turnaround & Shutdowns would be preferred in particular with any experience of oil sands or Shale Gas projects. Responsibilities will including:- coordinate assigned day to day activities and manage scheduling work load with contractors. Build CPM, logically driven construction schedules at various stages of the project life cycle. Specific emphasis is placed on Final Investment Decision (FID) and Issued For Construction (IFC) schedules. Analyze schedule logic, activity durations, constraints, float, resource loading etc. Review critical paths, Level resources as needed to support project constraints. The ability to link detailed engineering and construction schedules with activities to build a complete integrated project schedule. Provide assurance on schedules submitted by contractors according to the project guidelines. The ability to use prior project knowledge to build conceptual schedules is preferred. The ability to develop a schedule risk analysis component of the schedule assurance process. Participate in the interactive planning meetings for projects requesting final investment funding as part of the assurance activity. Understand and use the IPA scheduling metric tool to improve schedule predictability. Incorporate IPA recommendations regarding scheduling into current scheduling process. Help develop, maintain and revise scheduling templates that incorporate all project phases. Help collect and report scheduling information quarterly to support development of the KPI stoplight charts. Perform analysis to track deltas between planned and actual dates and durations. Create a statistical understanding of planned data versus actual outcomes. Assist in progressing construction schedules in accordance with the approved progress measurement strategy. Participate in field walks to validate scope. Help develop and update schedule procedures and work processed as necessary. You will need to have an Engineering Degree or Certification as a Planning / Scheduling Engineer or have equivalent experience. You should be able to demonstrate some industry experience in planning positions. Have good written and oral communication skills. Have good working knowledge of Planning principles and techniques and experience in using Primavera P6. You need to have six to eight years or more experience of working in the Oil and Gas industry. You must be eligible to work in Canada.

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