Planner/Scheduler

Job Family Group: Operations Group Job Description: bpx energy, a major oil and gas producer in the United States, leverages its expertise in unconventional gas, including shale, to deliver hydrocarbon production and technical knowledge worldwide. With operations in Texas and Louisiana, our US onshore business has become both a premier oil and gas producer and a leader in reducing methane emissions. As part of BP, a global industry leader, we foster a high-energy, high-intensity environment built on accountability, collegiality, innovation, and empowerment. At bpx, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment where collaboration, continuous improvement, and inclusion are valued. Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy. Role Synopsis The Planner / Scheduler plans and schedules maintenance, instrumentation and electrical (I&E), brownfield construction, and greenfield construction work across Permian production operations. The role helps develop field-ready work packages, integrates resource and material requirements, manages the work-order backlog, and builds realistic weekly and monthly schedules that support safe, efficient execution. Reporting to the Construction & Maintenance Manager, this position serves as the central coordination point among Operations, Maintenance, I&E, Construction, Reliability, Engineering, Supply Chain, warehouse personnel, contractor resources, and our Midstream partners. The Planner / Scheduler identifies constraints and conflicts before work reaches the field, aligns work with operating and shutdown windows, and helps minimize production impacts and avoidable schedule disruption. Success requires proficiency in SAP as the work management system, disciplined use of the work-management process and supporting systems, strong field engagement, practical knowledge of maintenance and construction execution, and the ability to turn competing priorities into a clear, executable plan. The role owns planning quality, schedule readiness, backlog visibility, schedule-performance reporting, and continuous improvement through feedback from execution teams. Key Accountabilities Work planning and job readiness Develop detailed work packages that define scope, work steps, labor, materials, tools, equipment, permits, isolations, safety requirements, access needs, and completion criteria. Perform field walkdowns with Operations and execution teams to validate scope, identify constraints, and confirm site readiness before work is committed to the schedule. Estimate job durations and resource requirements using historical performance, job complexity, and crew capability. Confirm materials, rentals, contractor support, and long-lead items are identified, ordered, tracked, staged, and available before mobilization. Integrated scheduling and coordination Build and maintain integrated weekly and monthly schedules for Maintenance, I&E, construction, shutdown, turnaround, and commissioning activities. Facilitate schedule-development and readiness meetings with team leads and partner functions; document priorities, owners, constraints, decisions, and schedule changes. Balance workload across internal crews and contractors while identifying conflicts, capacity gaps, and competing resource demands early. Coordinate work with Operations to align access, isolations, production impacts, outage windows, and return-to-service requirements. Protect committed construction and maintenance milestones by communicating risks early and presenting practical recovery or resource options. Backlog and work-management governance Manage the work-order backlog through prioritization, aging, status review, scope validation, and escalation of work requiring leadership attention. Maintain accurate work-order, equipment, PM, schedule, and completion data in the SAP and associated planning tools. Coordinate timely closeout of completed…

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