Turnaround Scheduler

PTS Advance•Vndly, LA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Turnaround Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, monitoring, and preparing reports based on detailed schedules for hydrogen plant turnarounds. This role works closely with planning, execution, operations, maintenance, engineering, contractors, and leadership teams to ensure the turnaround schedule is built to credible standards and the activities are completed safely and on time. The Turnaround Scheduler develops integrated schedules that support strategic planning, resource leveling, critical path management, risk mitigation, and effective execution throughout all phases of the turnaround lifecycle.

Requirements

10+ years of scheduling experience in industrial maintenance, projects, or turnarounds utilizing Oracle Primavera.
Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale turnarounds, shutdowns, or outages.

Nice To Haves

Experience in refinery, petrochemical, chemical manufacturing, power generation, mining, or heavy industrial environments preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain detailed turnaround schedules using Primavera P6.
Create integrated schedules combining maintenance, operations, and capital project scope.
Build logic-driven schedules with accurate activity sequencing and dependencies.
Incorporate scope changes, discovery work, and execution updates into the schedule.
Establish schedule baseline and track progress against original plan.
Conduct critical path and near-critical path analysis.
Collaborate with turnaround planners and turnaround event manager to ensure all work packages are incorporated into the schedule.
Verify equipment readiness, permits, and resource requirements.
Participate in scope challenge and scope freeze processes.
Support worklist prioritization and schedule optimization initiatives and assist in developing milestone schedules.
Update schedules daily during turnaround execution.
Monitor actual progress and analyze schedule performance.
Identify schedule risks, delays, and recovery opportunities.
Facilitate daily schedule review meetings with stakeholders.
Prepare look-ahead schedules for operations, maintenance, and contractors.
Recommend schedule recovery plans when required.
Provide labor loading and manpower forecasting.
Analyze craft utilization and productivity trends.
Assist in shift planning and work execution sequencing.