Senior Planner - Maintenance Planning Services

Job description / Role

- Receive, review and analyse all maintenance work request order in Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Conduct site visits & discuss with concerned work originators to estimate the exact scope of works for the planned maintenance activities.
- Attends the regular planning & operation scheduling meetings and provide schedule reports.
- Determines resources requirements (manpower, equipment, tools, and lifting equipment) and works sequences for maintenance jobs, and create request for any additional required resources.
- Schedule work orders for regular corrective, preventive & predictive planned maintenance and finalize maintenance priorities as per scope of work.
- Prepares 14 days rolling plan and one weekly look-ahead schedule.
- Update planned maintenance activities in the system (SAP) and verification of all resources for maintenance jobs.
- Review maintenance backlog / schedule compliance and provide solutions to catch up delays.
- Assist in coordinating routine maintenance requirements & major shutdowns activities including preparation of detailed specifications for contracting.
- Verification of issued material against all the planned and ensures material reconciliation after maintenance close out.
- Intimate for creation of new stock entries and follow up material requisitions with respective departments for all type of maintenance.
- Review of job plans in SAP & participate in improvements based on the actuals.

- Minimum Qualifications for this position is Technical Diploma in Engineering or similar.
- Total experience of 8 years in maintenance planning & 5 years of relevant experience as a Senior Maintenance Planner role (Oil & Gas / Petrochemical or Refinery Plant experience preferred).

Knowledge of:
- Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
- Expertise in SAP- PM Module.
- Primavera P6 / Maximo / MS Project
- Good experience in planning, scheduling of routine maintenance & shutdown related jobs.
- Sound judgment in technical matters with good skills in engineering field materials specifications and international standards.
- Good knowledge in Quality Assurance, Quality Control and HSE plans.
- Familiar with techniques for ensuring data integrity with various integration of information/ reports

Skills:
- Proficiency in M/S Office
- Ability to plan major shutdown projects
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a diversified and critical environment.
- Data analysis and report writing skills
- Ability to align the requirements of operations and maintenance
- Able to build relationships with staff and contractors with a focus on collaboration.
- Ability to perform multiple task simultaneously

About the Company

Orpic is one of Oman’s largest and most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East oil industry. Orpic’s refineries in Suhar and Muscat, as well as the aromatics and polypropylene production plants in Suhar, provide fuel, chemicals, plastics and other petroleum products, to Oman and the world.

Owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC, Orpic’s impressive integration of refinery and plant operations coupled with its ambitious growth plans, has cemented its position as one of the industry’s most forward-thinking companies. The company currently recruits around 2,600 employees who work towards the common goal of an integrated Omani refining and petrochemicals business expected to increase to 3,000 by 2020.

Orpic is committed to operating safely and reliably, while paying due care to the environment and the communities within which it operates. The company strongly believes in serving Oman with pride.