Turnaround Maintenance Scheduler

Ontario, Canada / Job Family Group:
Maintenance, Reliability & Turnarounds / Worker Type:
Regular / Posting

Start Date:

October 16, 2026 / Business Unit:
Downstream and Renewables / Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

The Turnaround Maintenance Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and controlling the integrated turnaround schedule to ensure all activities are logically sequenced, resource‑aligned, and executable within the approved outage window. The role provides schedule visibility, critical path control, and scenario analysis to support safe, efficient, and predictable turnaround execution.

• Develop and maintain the fully logic‑linked, resource‑loaded turnaround schedule
• Integrate all approved scope, work packages, and project activities into the master schedule
• Establish schedule milestones, phase gates, and schedule freeze points
• Ensure schedule alignment with turnaround execution strategy and constraints
• Audit turnaround planners input into Primavera P6 e.g. codes, resources, wbs, cbs etc.
• Provide Primavera export data to Controls team
• Integrated, logic driven turnaround schedules

• Identify and manage critical path and near‑critical path activities
• Perform schedule risk analysis, logic reviews, and sensitivity studies
• Highlight schedule threats, float erosion, and recovery opportunities
• Support contingency and mitigation planning

• Perform Schedule Mechanics Checks with SEAM

• Establish progress measurement rules and update methodologies
• Collect, validate, and update schedule progress during execution
• Produce schedule reports, dashboards, and look‑ahead schedules
• Communicate schedule status, variances, and forecast completion

• Coordinate with turnaround planners to ensure accurate activity logic and durations
• Align schedule with contractor plans, execution sequencing, and field realities
• Interface with cost control and readiness teams
• Support management decision‑making through schedule scenarios and options

• Incorporate approved scope changes into the working and baseline schedules
• Re‑sequence and recover schedules in response to emergent or discovered work
• Maintain schedule integrity and version control

• Support post‑turnaround schedule analysis and lessons learned
• Capture schedule performance metrics for future estimating and planning
• Improve scheduling standards, templates, and best practices

• Legal authorization to work in Canada on a full‑time basis
• Bachelor’s degree or 3 or more years of relevant industry experience
• Strong expertise in turnaround and shutdown scheduling principles
• Advanced proficiency with scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6; MS Project secondary)
• Deep understanding of critical path method (CPM) scheduling
• Ability to challenge logic, durations, and execution sequencing
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to perform under high pressure and tight deadlines

We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company, and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $160,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity. You bring your skills and experience to Shell, and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment.

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