P6 Project Planner / Scheduler

PTS Advance•Paulsboro, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Planner / Scheduler (Primavera P6) is responsible for developing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating capital project activities to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of refinery, petrochemical, or industrial facilities. This position works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Contractors, and Turnaround Teams to develop detailed work plans, resource schedules, and execution strategies utilizing Primavera P6, CMMS systems (SAP preferred), and industry best practices. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in capital project, maintenance, and/or Turnaround planning and scheduling within refinery, petrochemical, power generation, or heavy industrial environments and has a strong understanding of mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, and inspection work processes.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required.
Minimum 5+ years of maintenance planning and scheduling experience in a refinery, petrochemical plant, power generation facility, or heavy industrial environment.
Minimum 3+ years of Primavera P6 scheduling experience.

Nice To Haves

Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Industrial Technology, or related field preferred.
SAP CMMS system experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop comprehensive job plans for capital projects, as well as routine, preventative, corrective, and outage maintenance activities.
Review work requests and convert approved work orders into executable work packages.
Create detailed work scopes, labor estimates, equipment requirements, tools, permits, and safety considerations.
Coordinate with Operations to identify equipment availability and establish maintenance windows.
Ensure all materials, spare parts, drawings, procedures, and resources are available prior to job execution.
Support maintenance backlog management and work prioritization efforts.
Develop and maintain resource-loaded project schedules using Primavera P6.
Create short-range, mid-range, and long-range schedules.
Optimize manpower utilization while minimizing downtime and production impacts.
Monitor schedule performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
Update schedules based on field progress, scope changes, and emergent work.
Develop and maintain detailed turnaround, shutdown, and outage schedules.
Build logic-driven schedules with critical path analysis.
Coordinate contractor activities and integrate schedules across multiple disciplines.
Track progress during execution and provide schedule recovery recommendations when needed.
Participate in scope development, estimating, and resource forecasting activities.