Turnaround Planner – Piping
Reporting to: Turnaround Planning Supervisor
The primary responsibility of this role is to prepare piping scope work packages, ensuring alignment with the company's expectations and standards
 
Responsibilities:
• Ensure adherence to all Health and Safety protocols set by the company
• Comply with all regulations and legislative requirements of Occupational Health and Safety Act for the Province of Alberta and environmental standards
• Always follow established safe work procedures
• Immediately report any injury, illness, unsafe acts, or hazardous conditions
• Ensure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is available and worn as required
 
Strategy/Early Planning Phase:
• Develop Job Plans for assigned scope in accordance with the Job Plan Development Process.
• Leverage the Planning Norms database to provide preliminary hour estimates during the early budget development stage.
 
Planning Phase:
• Prepare work packages strictly adhering to the company's Turnaround Work Package Development Process.
• Conduct job walkdowns to ensure work packages are fully complete and satisfactory including all support craft requirements
• Collaborate with Execution Coordinators, Piping Engineers, and Contractors to review scopes from a constructability perspective, ensuring tasks are properly planned
• Participate in CWP reviews with execution coordinators and engineers to ensure the full scope of work is accurately reflected in work packages
• Develop detailed task estimates, including duration and crew size for each activity
• Review estimated hours with the execution team and secure approval before forwarding estimates to scheduler for P6 development
• Develop Bill of Material (BOM) utilizing the standard template to identify all material needed for the scope of work
• Work closely with material coordinators to identify the right parts needed for the scope of work and timely delivery of necessary materials
• Identify and list any specialty tools, resources, or equipment required for the work
• Work with Supply Chain Management personnel when dealing technical matters with OEM and Vendors Turnaround Team Roles & Responsibilities
• Provide regular progress updates to Planning Supervisors and proactively address any challenges to remove roadblocks and keep the planning on track
• Consider safety as company's core value, ensuring it is fully integrated into all aspects of work package development and piping installation risk assessments
• Resolve technical issues related to piping installation by preparing and submitting detailed Requests for Information (RFIs) for clarification and resolution
 
Execution Phase:
• Support Planning the Scope Change Requests (SCR) during Execution phase
• Be prepared to work extended work shift, day/night shift as required
• Prepare to take over partially completed work packages from another planner and complete them during the shift
• Assist execution teams as required during the execution phase
• Collaborate closely with execution teams, schedulers, and document control to ensure the timely issuance of SCR work packages to contractors
 
Post Phase:
• Contribute insights during lessons learned sessions, highlighting successes and areas for improvement
• Update work packages with additional information gathered during the execution phase to ensure accurate historical records are kept for future reference
 
Minimum Requirements:
• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in Piping Planning, with at least four (4) years specifically focused on Turnaround Piping Planning
• Familiarity with Turnaround or Shutdown projects is highly desirable
• Computer skills should include Maximo or equivalent CMMS, SPR, Excel and other tools in Microsoft Office Suite
• A Mechanical Engineering diploma/degree, or a Red Seal trade certificate, or a Mechanical Technologist qualification with demonstrated expertise in mechanical trade, particularly in a maintenance planning role, is required
• Strong understanding of piping systems, including materials, welding, fabrication, and installation
• Must be proficient in reading P&ID’s, Isometrics, datasheets, Equipment layout, etc
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills, a proactive mindset, effective time management, and excellent communication abilities
• Demonstrate managing competing priorities and timelines, particularly during execution phase of the turnarounds.