Planner/Scheduler

bp•Denver, CO

7d•$138,000 - $162,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Planner / Scheduler plans and schedules maintenance, instrumentation and electrical (I&E), brownfield construction, and greenfield construction work across Permian production operations. The role develops field-ready work packages, integrates resource and material requirements, manages the work-order backlog, and creates realistic weekly and monthly schedules that support safe, efficient execution. Reporting to the Construction & Maintenance Manager, the Planner / Scheduler coordinates among Operations, Maintenance, I&E, Construction, Reliability, Engineering, Supply Chain, warehouse personnel, contractor resources, and Midstream partners. The role identifies constraints and conflicts before work reaches the field, aligns work with operating and shutdown windows, and helps minimize production impacts and schedule disruption. The position requires proficiency in SAP as a work management system, disciplined application of work-management processes, strong field engagement, practical knowledge of maintenance and construction execution, and the ability to translate competing priorities into executable plans. The role owns planning quality, schedule readiness, backlog visibility, schedule-performance reporting, and continuous improvement informed by execution-team feedback.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Demonstrated experience planning or scheduling maintenance, construction, turnaround, or operations work in oil and gas, industrial, manufacturing, utilities, or a comparable asset-intensive environment.
Working knowledge of work-order planning, backlog management, preventive and corrective maintenance, job readiness, permitting, isolation, and contractor coordination.
Proficiency using SAP as a work management system to create and maintain work orders, support planning and scheduling, manage backlog visibility, and report on executable work plans.
Ability to perform field walkdowns and work effectively in an operating production environment.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to facilitate cross-functional planning meetings and communicate schedule risks, trade-offs, and decisions.
Legally authorized to work full-time in the United States for any employer other than the current employer.
Must not require employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting upstream oil and gas production, wellsite facilities, gathering systems, or related Permian Basin operations.
Experience coordinating multi-discipline Maintenance, I&E, Construction, Reliability, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, warehouse, and contractor work.
Experience with shutdown, turnaround, tie-in, commissioning, and new-well facility scheduling.
Experience developing work packages, managing long-lead materials, and using schedule and backlog metrics to improve crew productivity.
Post-secondary technical training, trade certification, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in maintenance, construction management, engineering technology, operations, supply chain, or a related field.
Safety-focused and field-oriented, with disciplined attention to job readiness and control-of-work requirements.
Organized and detail-driven, with the ability to manage multiple work streams and changing priorities while maintaining accountability.
Collaborative and influential across functions, with the confidence to constructively challenge incomplete scopes and unrealistic schedules.
Analytical and improvement-minded, using data and execution feedback to strengthen planning quality and schedule performance.
Pragmatic and accountable, with a strong bias toward clear ownership, timely decisions, and executable plans.

Responsibilities

Develop detailed work packages defining scope, work steps, labor, materials, tools, equipment, permits, isolations, safety requirements, access needs, and completion criteria.
Perform field walkdowns with Operations and execution teams to validate scope, identify constraints, and confirm site readiness before work is scheduled.
Estimate job durations and resource requirements based on historical performance, job complexity, and crew capability.
Identify, order, track, stage, and confirm availability of materials, rentals, contractor support, and long-lead items before mobilization.
Build and maintain integrated weekly and monthly schedules for Maintenance, I&E, construction, shutdown, turnaround, and commissioning activities.
Facilitate schedule-development and readiness meetings; document priorities, owners, constraints, decisions, and schedule changes.
Balance workloads across internal crews and contractors, identifying conflicts, capacity gaps, and competing resource demands early.
Coordinate work with Operations to align access, isolations, production impacts, outage windows, and return-to-service requirements.
Communicate risks and present practical recovery or resource options to protect committed construction and maintenance milestones.
Manage the work-order backlog through prioritization, aging, status review, scope validation, and escalation of work requiring leadership attention.
Maintain accurate work-order, equipment, preventive-maintenance, schedule, and completion data in SAP and associated planning tools.
Coordinate timely closeout of completed work, including actual labor hours, materials used, execution feedback, and required documentation.
Promote adherence to the work-management process and improve planning quality through feedback from field crews and team leads.
Track and report schedule compliance, planning accuracy, planned versus unplanned work, backlog health, material readiness, carryover, break-in work, and work-order closeout performance.
Analyze maintenance and construction data to identify recurring constraints, productivity losses, cost drivers, and opportunities to improve preventive-maintenance strategies and execution efficiency.
Align planned labor, contractor, equipment, and material requirements with approved work scopes and budgets to support cost transparency.
Identify opportunities to combine work within common outage windows to reduce repeat mobilization, production deferral, and operational disruption.