Maintenance Planner

Job Description

The Mechanical Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and coordinating maintenance and reliability activities to support safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations. This role develops detailed maintenance work plans, job packages, and schedules for routine, corrective, preventive, and outage-related work while ensuring resources, materials, tools, permits, and documentation are available for successful execution. The planner works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Reliability, and Supply Chain teams to prioritize work, manage maintenance backlogs, coordinate manpower requirements, and support weekly, monthly, quarterly, and long-range maintenance schedules. Responsibilities include utilizing SAP and CMMS systems to create and manage work orders, maintain accurate maintenance records, track performance metrics, and ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements. The position also supports KPI reporting, schedule compliance analysis, budget planning, procedure development, and continuous improvement initiatives. Successful candidates should have experience in maintenance planning within industrial environments, strong knowledge of maintenance work management processes and best practices, proficiency with SAP S/4HANA and Microsoft Office applications, and the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate across multiple functional teams. Experience with scheduling software such as Prometheus, Primavera P6, or Microsoft Project is preferred.

Skills and Requirements

Minimum High School Diploma or GED.

5 plus years of maintenance experience utilizing SAP in the Oil and Gas, or petrochemical facilities

Heavy working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA

Strong knowledge and experience in Planning, Scheduling and Execution processes, procedures, and best practices

Maintain or ability to maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status

State Issued Current and Valid Driver’s License Technical Degree or similar is a plus

Scheduling software definition and build experience is a plus

Prometheus experience is preferred

Experience with project planning software such as MS project or Primavera P6 is a plus

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.