Find & Apply For Scheduler / Operations Coordinator Jobs in Mandan, North Dakota

Project Scheduler

Client:

Refinery

Location:

Mandan, ND

Duration:

Long Term, ongoing

Schedule:

5/10's

Benefits:

Health, Vision, Dental, 401K, Paid Time Off

Position Summary

The Project Planner / Scheduler (Primavera P6) is responsible for developing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating capital project activities to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of refinery, petrochemical, or industrial facilities. This position works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Contractors, and Turnaround Teams to develop detailed work plans, resource schedules, and execution strategies utilizing Primavera

P6, CMMS

systems (SAP preferred), and industry best practices.

The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in capital project, maintenance, and/or Turnaround planning and scheduling within refinery, petrochemical, power generation, or heavy industrial environments and has a strong understanding of mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, and inspection work processes.

Key Responsibilities

Developprehensive job plans for capital projects, as well as routine, preventative, corrective, and outage maintenance activities.

Review work requests and convert approved work orders into executable work packages.

Create detailed work scopes, labor estimates, equipment requirements, tools, permits, and safety considerations.

Coordinate with Operations to identify equipment availability and establish maintenance windows.

Ensure all materials, spare parts, drawings, procedures, and resources are available prior to job execution.

Support maintenance backlog management and work prioritization efforts.

Scheduling

Develop and maintain resource-loaded project schedules using Primavera P6.

Create short-range, mid-range, and long-range schedules.

Optimize manpower utilization while minimizing downtime and production impacts.

Monitor schedule performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

Update schedules based on field progress, scope changes, and emergent work.

Required Qualifications

Minimum 5+ years of maintenance planning and scheduling experience in a refinery, petrochemical plant, power generation facility, or heavy industrial environment.

Minimum 3+ years of Primavera P6 scheduling experience.

Project Scheduler

Planner/ Scheduler