Maintenance Planner

The Opportunity 

• Maintenance Planner at a growth-oriented energy company
• Assist the refinery in maximizing and achieving effective maintenance performance through the systematic application of planning maintenance work. 
• Responsible for daily, weekly, and long-term planning of maintenance work including developing job scopes as required.
• You will have the opportunity for career growth and upward mobility.
• Work cross functions in the department such as Maintenance Supervisor or Scheduler.
• Enjoy exposure to Senior Management.
• Reporting to the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Superintendent, you will provide exemplary customer service to our clients.  

Key activities include: 

• Assign codes to work orders.
• Conduct field inspections and determine appropriate job work scopes.
• Coordinate planning of maintenance work among contractors and USOR Manufacturing Departments.
• Develop work plans for maintenance jobs with necessary information to allow efficient scheduling, assignment, and execution of maintenance work.
• Create, use, and maintain plant history and other files to include information in current job plans to anticipate and avoid job delays.
• Coordinate parts kitting for the performance of maintenance work.
• Coordinate purchasing materials as required.
• Develop and evaluate feedback for continuous improvement of maintenance jobs.
• Prepare KPI reports as required for the department.
• Work with the Maintenance Scheduler to ensure they have the necessary information to produce the weekly schedule.
• Keep familiar with current safety rules and regulations.
• Support the Maintenance Department use of the CMMS including completion of work orders, and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) monitoring.
• Verify contractor planner Work Orders are up to U.S. Oil planning standards.
• Resolve issues on work orders involving company personnel.
• Learn the Maintenance Scheduler role to act as a temporary scheduler for fill-in as required.
• Fill in as the Temporary Maintenance Supervisor as required for vacation relief or other developmental assignments.
• Assist in planning small unit SD’s with the Tech Support Team as required.
• Utilize data, gap analysis methods, cross departmental feedback, and existing practices to drive continuous improvement efforts for the maintenance planning and scheduling processes.
• Communicate with maintenance supervisors and Operations Department the status of each work order.
• Provide leadership, coordinate, and facilitate daily maintenance planning effort between Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Projects groups. 
• Perform functional, and safety, field audits of planned and scheduled work, results to be reported to supervisor.

Note: This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position. Additional responsibilities and opportunities may be identified based on current business needs.

Qualifications

To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. To comply with the regulations at this work location, successful applicants must be eligible to obtain a TWIC card (Transportation Worker Identification Credential). Please review eligibility criteria at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic. 

Additional qualifications include:   

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 5+ years of maintenance experience in industrial setting
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Must have good organizational skills and be able to work effectively and professionally with others
• Experience working with other scheduling software (e.g., Primavera, MS Project, etc.) preferred
• Experience in using CMMS (Maximo/SAP) preferred
• Can figure out the processes necessary to accomplish tasks; knows how to organize peop