Scheduler - Oil & Gas

Turner & Townsend•Houston, TX

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is hiring Scheduler/Senior Scheduler professionals with oil and gas experience to join its growing Energy and Natural Resources team in Houston. The role supports clients on energy projects and programs, with a focus on project planning, scheduling, controls, and performance. Upstream oil and gas experience is strongly preferred. The Scheduler develops and maintains integrated project and program schedules, coordinates schedule inputs across project teams and third parties, and analyzes schedule performance, risks, deviations, and changes. The role also contributes to project controls reporting, ensures schedule-related quality and data integrity, and advises project management on schedule matters requiring judgment. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.

Requirements

Recognized relevant university degree.
Minimum five years of relevant project controls and time/schedule management experience; the role description also specifies a minimum of five years of post-graduate experience.
Oil and gas experience is mandatory.
Experience delivering scheduling functions within the energy sector.
Expert proficiency with project scheduling tools, including MS Project, Primavera P6, and Acumen Fuse.
Ability to coordinate and organize multiple sources of schedule inputs and performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project or program status reports.
Ability to perform schedule management across multiple ongoing commissions.
Ability to analyze and report on contractor and other third-party schedule updates.
Experienced user of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

Upstream oil and gas experience is strongly preferred/highly desired.
Membership in relevant professional organizations is beneficial.
Experience working in a consultancy or owner organization.
Experience with large capital projects or EPC/EPCM.
Experience with Earned Value and Risk Analysis methodologies.

Responsibilities

Implement project planning and scheduling strategies, plans, and procedures that reflect company and contractor roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
Coordinate development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) with project controls, cost consultants, contractors, and Project Execution Plans.
Prepare integrated planning and scheduling baselines and updates.
Contribute to monthly project controls reports and prepare specific reports and presentations.
Coordinate and generate resource- and cost-loaded master schedules for projects and programs.
Prepare labor histograms and analyze third-party labor histograms.
Lead and support implementation of integrated, enterprise-based, cross-functional master schedule programs incorporating inputs from multiple parties and potentially multiple projects.
Work with project disciplines to ensure schedules are accurate and complete while maintaining independent planning-engineer judgment and advising project management on relevant issues.
Conduct project schedule analysis, including cost- and resource-loaded schedule analysis, critical path analysis, and schedule risk analysis for project schedules and schedules received from contractors or third parties.
Analyze testing and commissioning schedules.
Perform and report critical path analysis.
Analyze deviations from project master schedule baselines, identify bottlenecks and delays, and propose and report corrective actions.
Provide schedule-performance tracking and reporting interfaces and quality assurance, and oversee schedule tracking and monitoring.
Ensure schedule-related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering contractors, and construction contractors is fed back into planning and scheduling systems.
Analyze and highlight the overall schedule impact of variances and change orders.
Ensure compliance with quality standards and best practices; participate in ISO audits.
Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.