Job Title: Planning & Scheduling Lead III

Location: Kearl Lake Oil Sands Site

Type: Contract

Duration: One year with a potential extension

Schedule:14 days on 14 days off ( camp accommodations)

Introduction

We are seeking a Planning and Scheduling Lead (PL) who is a specialist in project schedule development, control and forecasting. The PL assess Contractor and company generated schedules for usefulness, logic, level of detail, input sources, timing, lines of communication, and interfaces with other functional elements and consistency with Current Control Estimate, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and the Project Plan The PL also establishes the schedule requirements and frequencies of issue for all of the contractor schedule deliverables. The PL strives for timely detection of trends and specifically deviations from the plan.

Responsibilities

- As a site-based execution planner on a very time critical project (schedule-driven), key responsibility will be to facilitate and attend meetings with Construction Contractor and Construction Management Team (CMT) at site for closely monitoring of contractors detailed daily plan / FIWP level progress / 3-week schedule, ensuring opportunities and vulnerabilities are understood and mitigated/captured
- Assess if field progress reporting by Contractor is accurate – spot checking with field walks and ensuring agreed upon process on Rules of Credit are being adhered to
- Review of FIWP packages developed by Contractor for completeness. Vet the mapping of FIWP packages to the contractors Level 4 tasks ensuring alignment.
- During execution,



coordinate and facilitate meetings with the Contractor and CMT team when interruptions / changes are introduced to the previously approved packages (i.e., Engineering and Procurement - early advancement or delays, changes to work front release dates, etc.)
- Understand schedule/execution lagging and leading indicators as submitted by Contractor, and provide expert added interpretation on your anticipation to forecast of progress to Project Management Team (PMT), and Project Owner’s Integrated Schedule (OIS) Scheduler. When needed, provide expert assessment/recommendations on mitigating execution strategies to ensure compliance with Project OIS milestones.
- Coordinate timely communication of Project OIS progress updates to Construction Contractor, ensuring Construction Contractor Schedule updates incorporate latest information from Project OIS
- Assess all Change Orders from Contractor that carry a schedule impact in a timely manner to quantify schedule impact with a clearly defined delay on Contractor’s Level 4 Schedule and all supporting reasoning for the delay. Use expert judgement to provide recommendations if the delay claimed is reasonable for both cause and impact timeline.

Qualifications

- Bachelors of Science Degree in Engineering,



Engineering Technology or Construction Management or combination of skills and experience will be considered
- Prior oil and gas industry experience preferred
- 10-15 years’ experience
- Solid experience in execution workface planning, familiarity with AWP concepts, and experience generating FIWP
- Strong written and verbal communication skills (ability to coordinate and facilitate meetings with Construction Contractor and CMT)
- Experienced in managing sub-system level walkdowns, outstanding punch tracking, A/B check sheets tracking and handovers
- Experienced in creation of detailed commissioning schedules and managing progress
- Knowledgeable in the use of Primavera P6 (i.e., know how to navigate and understand logic etc.) but not for making P6 updates (read-only access)
- Knowledgeable with Project schedule control and critical assessment of contractor schedule progress vs forecast

What We Offer

Brunel provides the opportunity to work on major projects with leading organizations in mining, energy, infrastructure, and related technical industries. We connect skilled professionals with meaningful assignments that support project execution, operational readiness, and long-term business success.

About Us

Brunel has a reputation for working with some of the best organizations in the business. With decades of experience across mining, energy, infrastructure, life sciences, and related technical sectors, Brunel provides recruitment and workforce solutions that help clients deliver projects safely, compliantly, on time, and at a high level of quality.

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