Turnaround Scheduler

Turnaround Scheduler

ON-Board Services is hiring a Turnaround Scheduler in Pasadena, TX!

ON-Board Services, Incorporated is a human capital firm specializing in talent acquisition for temporary, contract, long-term, RPO, Employer of Record, and direct placement services for engineering, technical, scientific, administrative, and technical positions.

Position Details

Position Type: Full Time / Contract (thru June 30, 2027)

Job Location: Pasadena, TX

Schedule: Mon - Fri with occasional OT prior to turnaround. During the turnaround, every day including weekends other than fatigue days

Benefits: 401K, Dental insurance, Life Insurance, Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance

Compensation: $65 - $85/hr, depending on experience & qualifications

Overview / Summary

The Turnaround Scheduler will be responsible for developing, maintaining, analyzing, and controlling the integrated 2027 Turnaround schedule using Oracle Primavera P6. This position will work closely with Turnaround Management, Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Planning, Procurement, Materials, and contractors to ensure work is properly sequenced, scheduled, and ready for execution.

The Scheduler will serve as the primary schedule-control resource throughout turnaround planning, readiness, execution, and closeout, providing accurate progress reporting, critical path analysis, schedule forecasts, and recovery recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated turnaround schedule in Oracle Primavera P6, incorporating maintenance, operations, inspections, engineering, capital projects, contractor activities, shutdown, startup, and closeout.
• Establish and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), activity codes, calendars, durations, relationships, milestones, constraints, and schedule logic.
• Coordinate P6 schedules with SAP maintenance work orders, approved turnaround scope, material availability, contractor requirements, and execution readiness.
• Identify scheduling conflicts, incomplete work packages, resource constraints, and activities that may impact turnaround readiness or execution.
• Maintain schedule baselines, perform regular updates, and track actual starts, finishes, remaining durations, progress, and forecast completion dates.
• Analyze critical and near-critical paths, total float, schedule variances, milestone performance, and overall turnaround progress.
• Evaluate schedule impacts resulting from scope changes, discovery work, material delays, equipment conditions, and field productivity.
• Develop what-if scenarios, schedule recovery plans, and alternative sequencing recommendations to minimize delays.
• Support resource and manpower planning, including labor forecasts, resource loading, manpower histograms, and identification of resource conflicts.
• Participate in daily schedule-review meetings with planners, supervisors, contractors, Operations, and turnaround leadership.
• Prepare and distribute progress reports, manpower forecasts, critical path updates, and 24-hour, 48-hour, and 72-hour look-ahead schedules.
• Integrate approved emergent work into the master schedule while maintaining appropriate change control.
• Maintain the final as-executed schedule and support post-turnaround reporting, benchmarking, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Primary Qualifications

• Experience scheduling industrial turnarounds, shutdowns, outages, or major maintenance projects.
• Advanced proficiency with Oracle Primavera P6, including WBS, activity relationships, calendars, constraints, baselines, activity codes, resources, and schedule calculations.
• Strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, float analysis, schedule variance, progress measurement, and forecasting.
• Demonstrated experience updating and maintaining schedules during active field execution.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and schedule reporting tools.
• Ability to analyze complex schedules, identify potential delays, and develop practical recovery recommendations.
• Strong communication and coordination skills with multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and project leadership.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Pasadena, TX, with some overtime as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Turnaround scheduling experience in petrochemical, chemical manufacturing, refining, or other process-industry environments.
• Familiarity with SAP maintenance work orders, work-order tracking, and turnaround readiness.
• Experience developing and maintaining resource-loaded schedules, manpower histograms, and labor forecasts.
• Experience integrating contractor and discipline-specific schedules into a comprehensive master schedule.
• Experience preparing schedule comparisons, critical path reports, look-ahead schedules, and recovery plans.
• Familiarity with turnaround execution workflows, field progress measurement, and schedule change management.

In order to be considered for this role, you must be legally authorized to work in the US on a permanent basis without sponsorship. Background and drug screenings required.