Project Planner

POSITION SUMMARY

ESSENTIAL FUNCTION

• Plan work per the prioritized list provided by the Unit Superintendent or Area Business Team.
• Field review work orders to develop job packages complete with accurate well-defined job steps, estimated man-hours, required and accurate materials, equipment, and necessary documentation.
• Attend and participate in daily maintenance coordination meeting, weekly scheduling meetings, daily Area Business Team meeting, and other ad-hoc meetings as necessary.
• Utilize job package feedback to improve future planning.
• Review the validity of the running maintenance backlog with appropriate members of the Area Business Team on a weekly basis.
• Communicate planning backlog status with Area Business Team and management. Continuously develop and improve, electronic work packages.
• Maintain communication with management during work execution for job step clarification and significant scope changes.
• Communicate any issue such as material delivery, QA/QC, and schedule and cost difference from the original estimate. Ensure required material delivery dates by actively tracking the status of materials and partnering with Materials Management.
• Work with complex business team members to comply with the Planning Process document regarding RCFA follow up and future repair plans.
• Communicate with management on issues that would prevent the execution of the jobs to start in the appropriate time frame set forth.
• Develop all work plans in compliance with regulatory and refinery standards, policies, procedures, best practices and guidelines.
• Short-term shutdown planning and scheduling.
• Formulate timelines and manpower estimates to determine course of action in emergency situations.
• Initiate material and equipment purchases as needed and work with the procurement department to ensure accurate ordering and suitable delivery.
• Act as Maintenance Supervisor to back-fill daily/short-term absence.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have experience in the Oil and Gas Industry
• 5+ years' maintenance background, specifically in the areas of planning, estimating, scheduling or materials management.
• Must be fluent in Primavera 6
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods.
• Experience with accomplishing work within required timelines, including short, long and emergency timeframes.
• SAP work order and purchase order experience is preferred
• Experience using Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Viewpoint, Immpower. Ability to learn other software as required with training.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reach for, handle and manipulate objects. Use hands and arms to lift and carry objects weighing up to 20 pounds.
• Employee is subject to inside and outside conditions, including high and low ambient temperatures.
• Employee subject to hazards of operating at elevated levels.
• Employee may be required to wear a respirator or fall protection harness and lanyard.
• Employee will occasionally be subject to noise levels above 85-dbl and will be required to wear ear protection.

LICENSE(S), CERTIFICATION(S) REQUIRED

• Valid state issued drivers license