General Description:

The Maintenance Planner’s primary responsibility is to review notifications, create maintenance orders, and plan labor and material required to execute the order per the routine maintenance planning procedures Maintenance Planner objective is to optimize expenditures and technician productivity through best practice planning methods, that support scheduling and ensure safe, reliable plant operation. The Planner works jointly with Procurement to obtain an optimized total cost of materials and services, within specification requirements that supports safe work practices, plant safety and operational objectives. The Maintenance Planner is responsible for providing data to support maintenance metrics.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Manages maintenance activities for the assigned area

Comply with all site safety and environmental policies
Assists Project Engineers with entering maintenance projects in to master schedule
Assists Operations with prioritizing and facilitating shutdown activities
Screen all notifications, except emergency notifications, in assigned area of responsibility to insure the notification accurately defines the scope of work, meets the criteria for the assigned priority, is a valid request for work to be performed by maintenance personnel and financed by the applicable maintenance expense budget
Converts notifications into Maintenance Orders (MO) and creates a maintenance work plan, if required secures additional information prior to converting the notification into a maintenance order
Reviews the cost estimate with the applicable Maintenance Superintendent before proceeding with moving the order to a Waiting on Parts or Ready to Work revision
Create detailed job plans for all MOs in area of responsibility, except emergency MOs, via SAP; detailed job plans could include: field walk down or evaluation; manpower estimates by craft or contractor to support best practice scheduling and note any applicable safety regulations/concerns
Create a job package that goes to the field for use by the appropriate technicians or contractors
Maintain a prioritized planned backlog for assigned crews in the areas of responsibility via SAP

Performs duties associated with Mini-Outages
Produce or assist in creation of schedules for Mini-Outages
Create and maintain SAP equipment database; provide materials, tools, services and equipment through requisitioning, storehouse stock, purchasing cards or rentals (for non-emergency work only)
Create and maintain Preventive/Predictive Maintenance (PPM) tasks/orders via SAP to be used in the scheduling process
Provide input to the planning/scheduling metrics and provide services to help maintain metric target levels
Communicate with Maintenance, Operations, vendors, manufacturers and contractors to facilitate expedition of materials and services for non-emergency work per planning directives
Perform special duties as assigned by the Maintenance Planning Lead
Develop scope of work for competitive bid processes
Following execution of the work, update critical records for future use
Create and maintain data base of planned ready-to-work MOs to be used in the daily/weekly or mini-outage scheduling processes; this includes reporting accurate resource data to the Planning Lead to support scheduling resource leveling
Coordinate MO prioritization with Maintenance Foreman and Operations Maintenance Coordinator
Maintains direct communications between Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspections, Planning and Scheduling

Performs administrative duties
Create and publish weekly and daily schedules
Attend daily update meetings with Maintenance Foreman and Maintenance Coordinators to revise/finalize the next day’s or week’s work schedule
Coordinate field execution with on-site Project Coordinator

Assumes responsibility for related duties as required or assigned
Maintains a clean and well organized work area
Attends meetings as required
Attends training as required
Complies with all HSSE programs, policies and procedures
Performs special projects and miscellaneous duties as assigned

Education, Experience, Certifications Required:

High School diploma or GED required
Two year technical degree in, Maintenance Technology or five years’ experience in Plant Maintenance, chemical manufacturing, refining manufacturing or construction
Thorough understanding of maintenance cost drivers
Ability to interpret P&IDs, PFDs, blueprints, and isometric drawings
Thorough knowledge of estimating job plans
Proficient in MS Office Suite, including Excel
Demonstrated leadership ability including strong interpersonal skills
Effective oral and written communication skills

Preference Education, Experience, Certifications

Knowledge of SAP including ability to generate various reports, create plans, set up spare parts
Thorough knowledge of PSM Mechanical Integrity and Safety procedures
Proficient in MS Access

Knowledgeable with Primavera or other scheduling tools

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