Overview
Planning & Forecast Advisor Jobs in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at Airswift
Title: Planning & Forecast Advisor
Company: Airswift
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
One of our clients, a major oil and gas company, has tasked us with identifying a Planning and Forecast Advisor to support the integration, maintenance, and analysis of an Integrated Project Schedule within a large, complex capital project environment. The role is based in Calgary, Alberta, on a contract basis through May 2028.
Reporting to the Program Office Manager and working under the functional guidance of the Planning & Reporting Lead, this position focuses on schedule integration, forecasting support, data validation, and structured planning and reporting activities across multiple workstreams. This role provides a strong platform for developing advanced planning and project controls capability and includes functional oversight of one Planning and Forecast Analyst.
Key Accountabilities
- Integrated Schedule Support
- Support the integration of multiple workstream schedules into a single Integrated Project Schedule.
- Consolidate schedule updates, forecasts, and milestone changes using agreed structures, standards, and templates.
- Assist with tracking interface milestones and supporting schedule logic alignment under the guidance of senior planning personnel.
- Schedule Analysis and Forecast Support
- Support schedule performance analysis based on workstream forecast updates.
- Assist in identifying variances, emerging trends, and potential schedule risks or impacts.
- Prepare initial analysis outputs and summary materials for review by the Planning & Reporting Lead and Project Services leadership.
- Data Validation and Quality Assurance
- Validate and verify schedule updates and progress inputs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Check alignment between schedule data, reported progress, and agreed planning assumptions.
- Maintain planning data logs, assumptions registers, update trackers, and forecast records.
- Reporting and Planning Outputs
- Support preparation of planning and schedule reports, dashboards, and visual outputs.
- Update schedule KPIs and progress summaries using approved templates and tools.
- Ensure timely and accurate incorporation of inputs into monthly and periodic reporting cycles.
- Execute assigned planning tasks in line with established planning processes and controls, escalating data gaps or inconsistencies as required.
- Interfaces and Collaboration
- Work closely with workstream planners, project controls teams, and contractors.
- Coordinate with planning teams across engineering, construction, and operations interfaces.
- Engage with internal stakeholders across multiple locations and time zones to resolve planning and schedule issues.
- Remain informed of industry trends, vendor packages, and key equipment lead times to support realistic and competitive schedule development.
- Behaviours and Ways of Working
- Acts with integrity, transparency, and accountability.
- Demonstrates strong attention to detail, discipline, and data accuracy.
- Willingness to learn and adapt in a complex, multi-stakeholder project environment.
- Communicates clearly and professionally with planners and workstream contacts.
- Demonstrates commitment to HSSE and Care for People in all activities.
- Works collaboratively and reliably as part of an integrated planning team.
- Shows adaptability and resilience in a dynamic project delivery environment.
- Promotes inclusion, learning, and shared success across the project team.
Experience And Qualifications
Essential Experience
- Early career experience or exposure to project controls, planning, scheduling, or related disciplines.
- Approximately eight years of experience within large capital project environments in the energy sector.
- Experience as a planner on major projects during execution phases is an advantage.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
- Strong analytical capability with solid data handling and coordination skills.
- Effective listening, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience working across multiple geographical locations and time zones.
Technical Capabilities
Schedule Integration
- Ability to support the integration of multiple workstream schedules into an Integrated Project Schedule.
- Foundational understanding of schedule logic, milestones, dependencies, and interfaces.
- Ability to consolidate schedule updates and forecasts using defined standards and templates.
Schedule Analysis (Foundational)
- Ability to perform basic schedule analysis, including baseline versus forecast comparisons, milestone movement tracking, and simple trend assessments.
- Supports preparation of analysis outputs for senior planning review.
Data Validation and Assurance
- Ability to validate and verify schedule and progress data for completeness, consistency, and alignment with planning assumptions.
- Maintains data integrity across schedules, dashboards, and reports.
Planning Tools and Systems
- Working knowledge of planning and reporting tools such as Primavera P6, Excel, Power BI, or equivalent.
- Ability to extract, manipulate, and update schedule data for reporting and analysis purposes.
- Willingness and capability to learn additional planning systems and digital tools.
Reporting and Execution
- Supports preparation of schedule KPIs, dashboards, and progress visuals.
- Executes assigned planning tasks accurately within established processes and controls.
- Understands when and how to escalate data quality issues or clarification needs.
- Works effectively under the direction of the Planning & Reporting Lead in a structured project environment.
If you're interested, apply!
