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Job Description
Overview
The Maintenance Planner/scheduler is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating all maintenance activities to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution. This role requires a strong understanding of safety, health, and environmental (SHE) standards, work planning processes, procurement practices, and contractor coordination. The position plays a critical role in optimizing resource utilization, ensuring equipment readiness, and supporting seamless collaboration between operations, maintenance, and project teams.
Responsibilities
- Champion safety as the top priority in all planning and scheduling activities
- Participate in planning sessions with core and cross-functional work teams
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate routine maintenance activities
- Collaborate with planners and stakeholders to develop schedules, cost estimates, and equipment plans, particularly for turnaround events
- Develop detailed job plans, including labor, materials, tools, and timelines
- Coordinate with operations to ensure equipment readiness, permitting, and execution alignment
- Identify and manage critical and sub-critical path activities for maintenance and turnaround events
- Monitor schedules and proactively resolve issues such as resource constraints, negative float, and out-of-sequence tasks
- Support procurement and contracting strategies; ensure alignment with project execution plans
- Plan and track Field Order Changes (FCOs) and adjust schedules accordingly
- Apply planning and scheduling logic, including milestones, dependencies, leads, and lags
- Provide guidance to field execution teams on look-ahead schedules to ensure timely work progression
- Assess risks and contingencies and coordinate mitigation actions across teams
- Maintain accurate data and ensure compliance with business processes and controls
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (relevant discipline), OR equivalent professional experience
- Previous experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, or a closely related role
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel)
- Experience with planning and scheduling software (e.g., SAP, Primavera, MS Project, or similar)
- Strong understanding of maintenance workflows, planning processes, and resource coordination
- Must meet all conditional job offer requirements including background, drug, hair follicle, MVR, etc.