Planner/Scheduler IV

Location: Houston, Texas

Country: United States

Category: Engineering

Workplace Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Posted Date: March 6, 2026

Job ID: 644646

Job Description

Job Title: Planner/Scheduler IV
Location: Houston TX
Contract length: 12 month contract 
Schedule: 40 hrs/week |  Friday remote
Pay: 57 - 57.50 per hour


The Project Scheduler supports fast paced product replacement and well connection initiatives, coordinating schedules across a large volume of concurrent projects (~185 projects). This role is commercially driven and focused on accelerating project execution so wells can be connected and producing as early as possible. The environment is dynamic, with multiple stakeholders, tight timelines, and frequent changes requiring rapid decision making and prioritization.

Job Responsibilities:
• Develop, maintain, and continuously update detailed project schedules for product replacement and well connection activities
• Coordinate scheduling activities across multiple workstreams, contractors, and internal stakeholders
• Manage schedules for a high volume of concurrent projects, ensuring alignment with commercial commitments and execution priorities
• Identify schedule risks, conflicts, and dependencies; propose mitigation strategies to maintain target start dates
• Track progress against milestones and communicate schedule impacts clearly and proactively
• Support rapid replanning as project scopes, priorities, or field conditions change
• Ensure schedules support early production targets and overall commercial objectives
• This contractor role operates in a high velocity project environment where speed, accuracy, and adaptability are critical.
• The Scheduler works closely with project teams to align execution timelines with commercial agreements, ensuring projects move efficiently from planning through startup.
• Success in this role requires strong organizational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and comfort working in an environment with frequent changes and compressed timelines.

Required Qualifications:
• Highschool or Associate’s Degree
• 10+ years scheduling experience
• Experience in project scheduling within oil & gas, energy, industrial, or infrastructure environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage schedules for multiple concurrent projects
• Strong understanding of project sequencing, dependencies, and critical path concepts
• High Proficiency using scheduling software (Primavera P6 and MS Project)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey schedule impacts clearly
• Ability to work effectively in fast paced, changing environments
• Ability to work in a team as well as being self-motivated

Preferred:
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 15+ years scheduling experience
• Experience supporting product replacement, well connection, or similar field based projects
• Prior experience working in a commercially driven project environment
• Familiarity with upstream or midstream operations
• Experience supporting large portfolios (100+ projects) simultaneously
• Attention to detail, high level of accuracy and high sense of responsibility

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