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JVIC-Turnaround Scheduler

Zachry Group
Belle Chasse, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Apr 2025

About the role

A Turnaround Scheduler must have extensive turnaround and project experience and possess an understanding of project controls systems, particularly a thorough understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling techniques and schedule management. The basic function of this role is to develop, communicate, and maintain a workable turnaround schedule using Primavera P6. This person must also have excellent communication and presentation skills and perform at a high level of engagement.

 

This person will work on outage, shutdown, turnaround or turnaround/project jobs that require very complex interactions between our customers, partners, vendors and other contractors. The Turnaround Scheduler will work closely with project leadership including the turnaround management team, craft supervision, planning, engineering, safety, quality, procurement and plant operations personnel to provide detailed project-level planning that ensures time and cost-efficient project execution. Further, the Turnaround Scheduler should be incorporating the project teams understanding both the scope of work plan as well as critical aspects of CPM scheduling. The Turnaround Scheduler will ensure that the integrated master schedule correctly reflects all plans. Areas of risk will be identified in engineering, procurement, shutdown, turnaround and start up phases to mitigate these risks. The execution of these plans will be monitored to make sure they are being performed as intended and have the expected results. This position also works closely with inspections and operations to ensure signoff and startup efforts are supported to meet the turnaround completion milestones.

 

The Turnaround Scheduler will work very closely with the controls group and planners to produce resource loaded schedules that aid in measuring turnaround productivity and forecasting cost. This person will be responsible and accountable to optimize the schedule while balancing out the remaining workload, downtime, and resources. 

General Responsibilities

 

  • Develop and maintain resource loaded, level 4 or 5, integrated schedule that encompasses the entire Turnaround scope of work for the execution phase.
  • Develop and maintain resource loaded, milestone schedule that encompasses the entire Turnaround Planning effort.
  • Generate reports for review during both Pre-T/A and T/A execution.
  • Participate in schedule development reviews with maintenance and operations team members.
  • Develop Logic Register
  • Resource level the schedule.

 

Pre-Turnaround

 

  • Input Work Plans into schedule as developed by the planner
  • Work with Turnaround Planner to establish:
    • Resources
    • All Activity Codes; i.e. Systems, Work Type, Equipment Type, etc.
    • Calendars
    • P6 back-up procedure and carry out
    • Logic Ties
    • Reporting
    • Histograms
    • Tabular Reports
    • Management Process
    • Layouts
  • Run and Re-Run Schedule in order to
    • Fix Duration
    • Smooth Out/Level Resource Profile
    • Manipulate Working Patterns
    • Manipulate Work Sequence
  • Using Data Generated, Produce an Initial Proposal for The Following:
    • Work Plan
    • Budget
    • Duration
    • Resource Profile
    • Working Patterns
  • Progress and maintain Turnaround Planning Milestone Schedule
  • Set Baseline/Target Schedule(s) after all work has been inputted and following the turnaround freeze date

 

TURNAROUND

 

  • Progress and maintain Turnaround Execution Schedule
  • Closely monitor critical path and keep Turnaround Management aware of status
  • Check validity of progress that is turned in, by conducting field walks of the work
  • Print and distribute daily working schedules and three-shift lookaheads
  • Keep Turnaround Superintendent informed of any updates not turned in
  • After updating, level, then view histogram over allocations, and inform Turnaround Coordinator and Turnaround Superintendent of status

 

POST TURNAROUND

 

  • Follow all post turnaround file close-out procedures
  • Track progress of post turnaround activities
  • Attend and participate in post turnaround critique
  • Finalize Turnaround Schedule
  • Include Target vs. Actual information in closures
  • Actualize activities for final file back-ups 

 

Job Requirements / Required Qualifications:

 

  • Over 4 years of scheduling experience with 6 years of varying turnaround experience
  • Oracle Primavera P6
  • Primavera training, proficiency in use of system
  • Understanding of pr

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