Job Description
Main Functions
- To be responsible for the planning and scheduling of all Maintenance activities.
- Should have a good understanding of safety, health, and environmental requirements (SHE), work selection criteria, work planning, norms estimating, procurement practices, business practices and controls, contractor interface awareness, development of job packs, etc.
- Skilled in scheduling work tasks to ensure efficient resource utilization, excellent coordination between operations (equipment readiness / permitting), material availability, construction equipment support, and labor crew (skills) composition and assignment.
- Typical Job Positions may include: Maintenance Planner / Scheduler, Maintenance Lead, Planner/Scheduler.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Demonstrates safety is the top priority
- Participates in planning with core/work teams
- Plans and schedules any routine maintenance work required
- Works with planner in developing schedule, cost estimates and equipment planning for routine work to be accomplished during the turnaround window
- Able to plan complex job and develop resource plan with scheduler, execution lead, and operations across all disciplines. Able to identify and monitor critical and sub-critical paths for major events.
- Able to apply advanced functions of planning & estimating tools, as applicable to the position. Able to educate field execution personnel on look-ahead schedules, and help ensure timely work progression.
- Able to provide input to maintenance work contracting/procurement strategy and steward to that plan.
- Able to resolve scheduling issues, including: negative float, out-of-sequence updates, resource overloads, scope change, progress validation, etc.
- Able to develop a complete job plan with materials, resources and timeline.
- Able to provide input into material of construction selection and management.
- Able to plan, estimate, track and schedule field order changes (fco's).
- Able to apply planning logic, such as, lead, lag, critical path and milestones.
- Able to adequately assess work contingencies with schedule impact, lead coordination activity between teams should contingencies arise.
Skills and Qualifications
- Previous experience in a closely related position
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering within an applicable discipline, appropriate certification(s) within discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly and concisely convey recommendations to management
- Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
- Proficient in microsoft office suite of software programs
- Proficient in selected scheduling and planning software
- Demonstrates good leadership skills in work team meetings to remove barriers and steward action items and cost profile to work plan and cost estimates.