Capital Project Scheduler (Refinery)

Position Summary

Capital Project Scheduler

We are seeking an experienced Capital Project Scheduler to support large-scale midstream refining and industrial capital projects. The Scheduler will be responsible for developing maintaining analyzing and reporting integrated project schedules throughout the full project lifecycle including engineering procurement construction commissioning and startup.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Primavera P6 Critical Path Methodology (CPM) schedule forecasting risk analysis contractor schedule review and capital project execution. This individual will work closely with project management engineering procurement construction contractors and project controls teams to ensure projects remain aligned with approved schedules milestones and execution plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed resource-loaded project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Build and maintain integrated Level 1 through Level 4 schedules.
• Establish project baselines and maintain schedule integrity throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop schedules covering engineering procurement construction commissioning and startup activities.
• Establish schedule coding structures calendars activity attributes and logic relationships.
• Facilitate schedule development and planning workshops with project stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineering procurement construction commissioning and operations teams to identify milestones constraints and execution requirements.
• Validate schedule logic critical path activities float and overall schedule health.
• Collect validate and update project progress during established reporting cycles.
• Analyze schedule performance and forecast project completion dates.
• Identify schedule trends productivity impacts delays and emerging risks.
• Perform critical path and near-critical path analysis.
• Develop recovery schedules and mitigation plans for schedule variances.
• Review contractor schedules and validate reported progress.
• Generate weekly and monthly schedule reports for project leadership.
• Develop dashboards KPIs milestone reports look-ahead schedules S-curves and executive summaries.
• Support earned value management reporting where applicable.
• Monitor schedule performance indicators including SPI milestone achievement float consumption and schedule health.
• Participate in schedule risk assessments and support probabilistic schedule analysis and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Evaluate schedule impacts related to scope changes delays contractor performance change orders and unforeseen events.
• Support claims analysis and schedule impact evaluations.
• Review contractor schedules for compliance with project requirements and execution plans.
• Ensure schedule integration across multiple contractors vendors and project teams.
• Participate in planning meetings constructability reviews project reviews and turnaround planning activities.
• Communicate schedule status risks impacts recovery strategies and forecast dates to project leadership.

Required Qualifications

• 510 years of project scheduling experience supporting major capital projects.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Primavera P6 experience.
• Experience supporting capital projects in one or more of the following industries:
  • Refining
  • Midstream
  • Oil & Gas
  • Pipelines
  • Terminals
  • Storage facilities
  • Petrochemical or heavy industrial
• Experience working with EPC contractors and/or owner organizations.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 Professional .
• Strong understanding of Critical Path Methodology (CPM).
• Experience with resource loading and cost loading.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with Power BI preferred.
• Knowledge of engineering procurement construction commissioning and startup processes.
• Strong analytical communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively with project leadership contractors vendors engineering procurement and field construction teams.

Preferred Skills

• Schedule risk analysis
• Monte Carlo simulation
• Schedule recovery planning
• Delay and impact analysis
• Contractor schedule review
• Change management
• Construction sequencing
• Forecasting and trend analysis
• Executive reporting and presentations
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• S-Curve and KPI development

Work Environment

This is a 100% onsite position in Dallas TX. Candidates must be able to work onsite.

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical Vision Dental 401K and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.