Posted 9 days ago
Cost Estimator
@ COOEC
Calgary, Alberta
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Overview
COOEC is hiring a full-time Cost Estimator for oil and gas projects, with a focus on project scheduling within an EPCM environment. The role builds and maintains integrated master schedules, earned value reports and critical path analysis in Primavera P6 and MS Project. The posting requires at least 5 years of scheduling experience in an EPCM setting.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain project schedules for oil and gas projects
- Prepare earned value and performance reports
- Monitor schedule deviations and advise senior analysts
- Create work breakdown structures and resource-loaded schedules
- Take part in schedule change management
Requirements summary:
- Minimum 5 years of scheduling experience in an EPCM environment
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Post-secondary accounting education, preferably oil and gas related
- Strong oral and written communication
- PSP or PMP designation is an asset
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-06
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-15
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | PSP, PMP |
| Education | College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Accounting, Oil and Gas |
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Job description
Key Responsibilities:
- To support the project management function by providing project schedules for oil and gas projects. The scope of the scheduler’s activities includes:
- Assisting the Project Manager in the overall planning and scheduling activities on projects.
- Maintaining routine schedules on a regular basis.
- Preparation of Earned Value/ Performance Reports.
- Liaising with Project Management on matters relating to planning and scheduling.
- Monitor schedule deviation for assigned disciplines or specialties and advise senor analysts for their consideration.
- Participate in the creation of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and development of schedules (including resource loading) for those WBS elements.
- Participate in the project change management process related to schedule.
Key Skills:
- Lead the development of project schedules and identify activities necessary to produce products and services during project execution.
- Apply work breakdown structure requirements.
- Manage information integration from engineers, subcontractors, owners, and others to create an integrated master schedule.
- Identify critical paths including critical float path analysis.
- Create graphics including Gantt charts, activity network diagrams, time-scaled logic diagrams, and histograms.
- Establish and manage a performance management system using baseline information in the estimate and schedule.
- Work with project management to set goals, objectives, and success factors and analyze project status.
- Assessing progress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progress reporting.
- Perform project performance analysis including earned value. Preparing project schedules based on defined project execution philosophies.
- Assessing progress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progress reporting.
- Preparing schedule updates and general maintenance in Primavera and/or MS Project.
- Schedule related information collection and distribution.
- Ability to work effectively with team members.
- Ability to interact and proactively resolve project control issues; ability to explain practices to employees and obtain their understanding and commitment.
- Ability to support and interact with peer groups.
- Ability to analyze information, determines discrepancies, and resolve issues.
- Must be dependable and ensure that deadlines are maintained.
Education and Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience, scheduling in an EPCM project environment.
- The ideal candidate will possess post-secondary accounting education, preferably related to the Oil and Gas Industry.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).
- Proficient in Primavera (P6) and Microsoft Project.
- Results oriented individual with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and time lines.
- Strong oral and written communications skills.
- Construction experience is not a requirement but would be considered an asset.
- Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) or Project Management Professional (PMP) designation would be an asset.
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