Job Description

Mine Shutdown Planner

Logan Lake, BC

Introduction

The Shutdown Planner plays a central role in developing and managing comprehensive shutdown schedules, coordinating across operations, readiness, project, and contractor teams to ensure safe, efficient, and timely tie-ins and shutdown milestones. The role supports both planning and execution by monitoring schedules, preparing reports, integrating third-party and construction activities into the master schedule, and identifying risks, deviations, and opportunities for improvement. Working closely with project controls, regulatory bodies, and internal stakeholders, the planner ensures shutdowns are delivered on schedule, align with operational requirements, and meet quality, safety, and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Project and Operational readiness teams to develop a comprehensive shutdown schedule.
• Manage the schedule during the shutdown and help coordinate overall activities during the shutdown.
• Help prepare fortnightly reports on the status of the shutdown preparations
• Work with operation, operational readiness, project and construction contractor’s teams for the interface items and provide input to project planner schedule.
• Assist in on-site planner scheduler in maintaining the construction schedule, particularly tie-in and shutdown related milestones or activities.
• Attend operation 8 Weeks Shutdown Review meeting and provide input for construction 2 months tie-in and shutdown required milestone or schedule.
• Collect information related to tie-in or shutdown for construction schedule update.
• Works with the Senior Project planning specialist to integrate shutdown scheduling and planning activities with regulatory bodies, external consultants and internal groups.
• Performs quality reviews on third party schedules. Recommends corrective actions and supervises their implementation. Integrates third party schedules into overall program master schedule.
• Responsible for identifying schedule deviations on scope with package owner, and working with package owner to identify and implement mitigations. Notifies package owners on potential schedule trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Responsible to support forecasting on a monthly basis, as directed by Project Controls Lead (Manager).
• Responsible to support project reporting and project presentations, as directed by Project Controls Lead (Manager).
• Responsible for performing scheduling audits on service providers, as appropriate.
• Responsible for providing schedule input to help the project team define project execution plans and scope
• Responsible for ensuring Project Controls Overviews and Standards are properly applied and followed on a project with respect to Planning.

Requirements

• Detailed expertise in MS Project and Primavera P6. Hands on experience in developing and progressing resource loaded schedules in Primavera is required.
• Significant experience in planning multiple shutdowns for industrial projects (of at least 30 days duration)
• Preferred to have experience in mining shutdowns
• Trade or engineering background (Mechanical, or electrical and instrumentation) preferable.
• Mining processing plant operation and maintenance experience is essential
• Familiar with Construction work packages (CWPs) and Field Installation Work Packages (FIWPs)
• Able to use the 3D model to identify the tie-in point.
• Experience on construction system completion and turnover schedule
• Familiar with operational shutdown readiness checklist, outage readiness checklist and work order.
• 10+ years of planning/scheduling experience, with preference to shutdowns in mining/industrial projects, is required.
• 3+ years experience in an Owner’s role is required.
• 3+ years of field experience is required.
• Experience with onsite progress measurement and earned value measurement systems is required
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are required.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills as well as able to prioritize and meet deadlines is required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point and Project scheduling software.

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