Turnaround Primavera Scheduler

Location:

Region: Novara
Country: Italy

Role:

  • Industry: Engineering
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance
Working Arrangement: On-Site
Rate: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 28/11/2025
Job Reference: 123432113

Turnaround Primavera Scheduler

The role supports a planned major turnaround (TAR) at an operational oil & gas facility located near Novara. The TAR involves multi-discipline work scopes across mechanical, E&I, piping, scaffolding, and inspection with execution expected 2027.

Turnaround Scheduler (Oil & Gas)

Contract Type: Freelance / Contractor

Duration: Rolling 12-Month Contract

Location: Novara, Italy (on-site presence required during critical phases)

Start Date: ASAP

Language Requirements: English (required), Italian (preferred)

Role Objective

To develop, manage, and optimise a fully integrated turnaround schedule covering preparation, pre-shutdown, execution, and ramp-up. The scheduler will work closely with TAR planners, site management, contractors, and maintenance teams to ensure on-time delivery, schedule risk control, and critical path awareness.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and update a Level 3/4 Primavera P6 schedule for the TAR scope.
  • Integrate inputs from discipline planners, engineering, procurement, and contractors.
  • Align the schedule with the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
  • Conduct what-if simulations and critical path analyses to inform decision-making.
  • Track progress vs baseline; issue weekly/monthly schedule updates and lookaheads.
  • Support TAR readiness reviews and assurance gates (30%, 60%, 90%).
  • Liaise with cost control, construction leads, and operations for smooth handovers.
  • Participate in contractor schedule reviews and ensure alignment of third-party inputs.
  • Ensure schedule compliance with corporate planning standards.

 

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years experience in scheduling for oil & gas turnarounds, shutdowns, or heavy industrial outages.
  • Proven track record using Primavera P6 in a turnaround / maintenance environment.
  • Solid understanding of TAR phases, work pack structures, permits, logistics, and resourcing.
  • Experience working on live sites with major EPC or operating companies.
  • Ability to identify and mitigate schedule risks (float, congestion, concurrent activities).
  • Competence in schedule reporting (S-curves, histograms, earned value, etc.).
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills (site teams, contractors, management).
  • Familiarity with Scaffolding, Lifting, Mechanical, E&I work types.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Technical diploma or engineering degree (mechanical, industrial, or equivalent).
  • Primavera P6 certification or recognised project scheduling qualification.
  • Knowledge of Shell, ENI, ExxonMobil or similar TAR methodology is a plus.
  • Working knowledge of MS Project, Excel, and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI or Tableau) is beneficial.

 

Tools & Systems

  • Primavera P6 (required)
  • Microsoft Excel / Office
  • SAP PM (asset — depending on client’s CMMS)

 

If interested and available Please respond with your up-to-date CV.

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

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