Jobs at Scruples Resources

MAIN FUNCTIONS

• To be responsible for the planning and scheduling of all Maintenance activities. Should have good understanding of safety, health, and environmental requirements (SHE), work selection criteria, work planning, norms estimating, procurement practices, business practices and controls, contractor interface awareness, development of job packs, etc. Skilled in scheduling work tasks to ensure efficient resource utilization, excellent coordination between operations (equipment readiness / permitting), material availability, construction equipment support, and labor crew (skills) composition and assignment.
• Typical Job Positions may include: Maintenance Planner / Scheduler, Maintenance Lead, Planner/Scheduler.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates SAFETY is the top priority
• Participates in planning with Core/Work Teams
• Plans and schedules any Routine Maintenance work required
• Works with Planner in developing schedule, cost estimates and equipment planning for Routine work to be accomplished during the Turnaround window
• Able to plan complex job and develop resource plan with Scheduler, Execution lead, and Operations across all disciplines. Able to identify and monitor critical and sub-critical paths for major events.
• Able to apply advanced functions of Planning & Estimating Tools, as applicable to the position. Able to educate field execution personnel on look-ahead schedules, and help ensure timely work progression.
• Able to provide input to maintenance work Contracting/Procurement strategy and steward to that plan.
• Able to resolve scheduling issues, including: Negative Float, Out-of-sequence updates, resource overloads, scope change, progress validation, etc.
• Able to develop a complete job plan with materials, resources and timeline.
• Able to provide input into material of construction selection and management.
• Able to plan, estimate, track and schedule Field Order Changes (FCO’s).
• Able to apply planning logic, such as, lead, lag, critical path and milestones.
• Able to adequately assess work contingencies with schedule impact, lead coordination activity between teams should contingencies arise.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous experience in a closely related position
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering within an applicable discipline, appropriate certification(s) within discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly and concisely convey recommendations to management
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs
• Proficient in selected scheduling and planning software
• Demonstrates good leadership skills in Work Team meetings to remove barriers and steward action items and cost profile to work plan and cost estimates.

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MAIN FUNCTIONS

• Leads development of execution planning effort including coordination of Front End Execution Planning activities by:
• Ensure audits of Contractors, Suppliers and Project Team (PT) are scheduled and conducted; lead PT audits and participate in Contractor audits as appropriate
• Leveraging cross-functional input via Front End Execution Planning (FEEP) workshops to identify execution issues at key Select and Define Stage milestones
• Defining and implementing specific work programs focused on developing mitigation plans and delineating execution basic elements to confirm feasibility
• Monitors project status/issues and supports project team as required during Execute Stage
• Considered as execution and execution planning Subject Matter Expert

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate development of execution planning deliverables including:
• Defining and developing key execution planning deliverables and timing that support the relevant business case during Planning for Development leading to Gate 1
• Concept Select/Gate 2
• Checkpoint 1 and Gate 3 in accordance with agreed milestones
• When assigned the FEEP Coordinator role, design and lead FEEP Phase 1 (pre-Concept Selection Approval) and Phase 2 (post Concept Selection through Checkpoint I) work effort including:
• Set up and facilitate FEEP workshops, including attendance of appropriate personnel
• Coordinate development of, and stewards, work programs in FEEP Charters and integration of execution bases to support Concept Selection, Gate, and Checkpoint deliverables
• Works with functions to identify and resolve issues
• Responsible for quality of work products produced as part of the FEEP process
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting status and progress of the FEEP work effort to stakeholders
• Responsible for obtaining functional and project management agreement on specified project deliverables
• Monitors project status/issues during the Execute stage and supports the project team with execution related activities as required (schedule recovery planning, incentive plans, Cold Eye Reviews, etc.)
• As Subject Matter Expert (SME), advises others in execution and execution planning of projects at various Gate stages including:
• Participation in project reviews and assessments (e.g. PEBRAs (Project Economic and Risk Assessment), IPRs, Concept Selection)
• Overall responsibilities on key work processes (e.g. CCAP (Company Capital Project Management) work process as assigned)
• Mentors new engineers (e.g. transferees, new hires, etc.) assigned to Execution Planning and other experienced hires assigned projects they lead
• Participates in development of work tasks and assignments required for campus hires to meet ECM’s

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Engineering
• Experience in oil and gas industry
• Experience in a variety of project management and execution positions
• Prior experience includes leadership roles in managing capital projects, experience in all phases of project execution, and international assignments.
• Flexibility for international business travel as required