Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Planner
Client: Chemical Plant Location: Geismar, La Duration: Now- June 2027 Supporting: Turnaround
The Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Planner is responsible for planning, coordinating, and developing maintenance work packages for electrical and instrumentation equipment within a chemical plant. This position ensures maintenance activities are properly scoped, resourced, scheduled, and executed safely and efficiently. The E&I Planner works closely with maintenance supervisors, operations, engineering, procurement, and contractors to support routine maintenance, preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, and turnaround activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop detailed work plans and job packages for electrical and instrumentation maintenance activities.
- Review work requests, equipment history, drawings, and field conditions to determine job scope, labor requirements, materials, tools, and equipment needed.
- Plan maintenance activities involving electrical systems, instrumentation, control systems, and process equipment.
- Coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work orders.
- Develop job estimates for labor hours, materials, equipment, and contractor requirements.
- Identify and order required materials, parts, and specialty equipment to ensure availability before work is scheduled.
- Review electrical and instrumentation drawings, P&IDs, loop diagrams, wiring diagrams, and equipment specifications.
- Plan maintenance and repairs involving motors, transformers, switchgear, MCCs, breakers, PLCs, DCS systems, transmitters, control valves, analyzers, and other plant instrumentation.
- Coordinate with operations to establish equipment availability, isolation requirements, and necessary permits.
- Ensure work packages include applicable safety requirements, procedures, permits, and lockout/tagout (LOTO) requirements.
- Work with maintenance supervisors to establish job priorities and coordinate daily and weekly maintenance schedules.
- Support turnaround and plant shutdown planning by developing scopes, estimates, material lists, and contractor work packages.
- Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and work execution.
- Maintain accurate work order information, equipment records, and planning documentation.
- Track work order progress and communicate material or scheduling issues that may impact execution.
- Utilize SAP or other computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to manage work orders, planning activities, and maintenance records.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in electrical and instrumentation maintenance planning within a chemical plant, refinery, or petrochemical facility.
- Strong understanding of industrial electrical and instrumentation systems.
- Experience planning preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities.