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NES Fircroft

Turnaround Scheduler

On site

Calgary, Canada

Senior

Freelance

05-03-2026

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Skills

Communication Monitoring Project Management

Job Specifications

The Turnaround Scheduler will provide the Turnaround Coordinator support services in the areas of turnaround scheduling. Collaborates with operations and other stakeholders on the development and review of work packages, schedules, and resources. Develops and implements project controls and monitoring procedures to ensure the achievement of project scope and schedule objectives. Collaborate with operations control (finance) to support cost tracking.

Job Responsibilities:

Full understanding of overall project scheduling fundamentals (critical path, dependencies, constraints, baselines, etc.)
Prepares and maintains complex integrity inspection, repairs, projects, and construction schedules
Responsible to ensure that project schedule aligns to company standard WBS
Prioritizing, planning, developing, and scheduling multi-trade turnaround maintenance, integrity, and capital project activities.
Develops schedule basis
Works with third parties to ensure plans are carried out; recommends corrective actions when the work schedule deviates
Preparing detailed execution plans for required activities for each specific work area within the scope of a turnaround.
Maintaining an up-to-date list of turnaround projects (Investment, maintenance, and integrity projects)
Developing critical path actions for shutdown, turnaround, and restart processes.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather accurate cost data and provide detailed cost estimates for turnaround projects.

Qualifications:

Journeyman Trade Ticket preferred (candidates with high level of experience will also be considered)
10+ years of experience supporting turnaround/shutdown events in similar role
Strong user of Primavera (P6)
Proficiency in project management software, cost estimation tools, and scheduling software.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Capable of handling several assignments, managing a diverse range of stakeholders/contractors, and prioritize demands and workload are key competencies.

About the Company

With over 90 years' combined experience of delivering workforce solutions to the global energy industry, NES Fircroft is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, Automotive and Chemicals sectors worldwide. We provide tailored staffing solutions, sourced from a global talent pool by a dedicated, discipline specific team of consultants. We are a people focused business and have access to the best talent wherever it may be ... Know more