Mechanical Maintenance Planner

Position Overview

EnerMech is seeking an Expat Mechanical Maintenance Planner to join our team and play a vital role in preparing the Service discipline maintenance planning and scheduling for Plant Maintenance and Services Activities according to FIRM/ERIP processes / procedures, interfaces with Operations, Technical, HES and Supply Chain, taking into account company policies, procedures; national and international regulations are followed, to ensure all the activities on the plant are delivered in safe and reliable manner

Key Responsibilities

• Screens each work request for necessity, clarity of intent, completeness, equipment number, account number, equipment availability, and signature authority; seeks clarification of the work intent when needed; adds additional information as necessary; and returns work requests requiring a high level of authorization to the Mechanical/Elec maintenance coordinator.
• Responsible to verify that all Mechanical work orders have all necessary information before closing and follow up on any discrepancies
• Interface with Operations and Maintenance Teams to determine job priorities and resource allocation for the Mechanical disciplines.
• Reviews the work request priority and completion date to ensure they are realistic and negotiates relief if the priority and completion date are unattainable within current conditions.
• Develop 7 Day, 30 Day, Year rolling work schedule according to requirements, making adjustments as necessary
• Goes to the job site to access the scope of work; determines the Mechanical/Elec crafts, material, tools, and special equipment needed to complete the job; and stays current on all unplanned work orders.
• Preparing a sequence of craft tasks to execute the job and estimating the labour needed by craft for each task.
• Preparing a list of specialized equipment needed to complete the job and arranging for its availability when the job is expected to be done.
• Verify the craft and materials estimates are in the Computer Maintenance Management system work order record.
• Support on the on any software integration implementation with SAP PM, which includes developing, checking data, installing, testing maintenance planning aspects of Angola LNG. 
• Assesses impact of data changes to maintenance programs and processes.
• Establishes interfaces and collaborates with PM system users,
• Element owner of the planning processes within the FIRM process.
• Support the development of Maintenance Plans for Angola LNG
• Interfaces with Maintenance Team, and other Operations Departments to measure maintenance progress against plan.
• Uses planning/scheduling tools to integrate data and information across the maintenance process
• Participate in the development of the organizational capability of the maintenance planning department which includes mentoring Angolan employees (expatriates only).
• Interface with Operations and Maintenance Teams to determine job priorities and resource allocation.
• Preparing a sequence of craft tasks to execute the job and estimating the labour needed by craft for each task.
• Preparing a list of predetermined material needed to complete the job and ordering the material for expeditious delivery.
• Preparing a list of specialized equipment and material needed to complete the job arranging for its availability when the job is expected to be done.
• Ensuring the pre-job briefing, lock-out plan, and job safety analysis are in the job estimate and task sequence plan.
• Verify the craft and materials estimates are in the CMMS work order record.

Requirements

• Degree or diploma in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Proven experience in mechanical maintenance planning or a similar role.
• MS project, Primavera Level Advanced (teach Others)
• SAP (for expatriates
• PM, MM Level Advanced (Super-user, teach others) IT (for expatriates):
• MS Office, MS Database Level Advanced (teach Others)
• Language (for expatriates
• English  Level Pre-advanced
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Minimum of 4 year's maintenance planning/project planning experience in Oil & Gas industry
• Minimum of 4 year's electrical, instrument or analyser and metering maintenance activities experience in oil and gas industry.
• Minimum of 3 year's SAP PM experience in Oil & Gas industry
• Experience with planning software such as Primavera and MS project
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Hands-on craft experience a pre-requisite.
• Should be a team player, who understands nuances of a virtual, multi-cultural team environment.