Maintenance Planner

Role Name: PQ - Maintenance Planner

Location:

Port Arthur, LA or Lake Charles, LA (100% ON SITE at one of these locations)

Job Description

We are seeking experienced Maintenance Planners to support CMMS optimization and maintenance data improvement initiatives across operating assets and project transitions. These roles will work closely with CMMS Specialists, Reliability Engineers, Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to improve maintenance planning data, preventive maintenance programs, equipment hierarchies, and Bills of Material (BOMs) within SAP PM.
Discipline-focused planners are required in the following areas:

• Mechanical Planner

• Electrical Planner

• Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Planner
The planners will provide maintenance planning expertise and equipment knowledge to support data validation, maintenance strategy alignment, and standardization of maintenance master data for safe and reliable long-term operations.
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Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance Planning & Execution Support

• Review and optimize maintenance plans, job plans, and task lists within SAP PM

• Validate preventive maintenance requirements based on OEM recommendations, maintenance strategies, and operational experience

• Support maintenance planning standardization across facilities and systems

• Develop and improve work packages, labor estimates, durations, sequencing, and resource requirements

• Participate in maintenance strategy and PM optimization workshops.
Asset Register & Equipment Hierarchy Support

• Validate equipment records, functional locations, and parent-child relationships

• Support alignment of equipment hierarchy structures to VG standards and ISO 14224

• Review equipment criticality, maintainable asset boundaries, and system relationships

• Assist with field verification and validation of equipment and associated data

• Support cleansing and consolidation of equipment and tag data
Bills of Material (BOM) & Spare Parts Support

• Review and validate spare parts lists, SPIR/SPIL documentation, and OEM recommendations

• Support BOM development and optimization for maintainable assets

• Identify interchangeable, repairable, and common spare opportunities

• Assist with material master mapping and spare part standardization

• Support workshops and reviews with maintenance and technical SMEs
Data Management & CMMS Support

• Perform data review, cleansing, validation, and manipulation using Excel and SAP

• Support bulk data updates and load sheet validation activities

• Track action items, progress updates, and KPI reporting

• Ensure maintenance data complies with VG master data standards and governance requirements

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of maintenance planning experience in LNG, oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or heavy industrial facilities

• Strong maintenance planning experience within assigned discipline.

• Hands-on experience with SAP PM

• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance programs, maintenance workflows, and equipment strategies

• Experience developing or reviewing:

• Maintenance Plans

• Task Lists

• Functional Locations

• Equipment Records

• Bills of Material (BOMs)

• Experience reviewing OEM documentation, IOM manuals, and spare parts data

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including data manipulation, filtering, lookup functions, and large dataset management

• Strong understanding of maintenance planning best practices and maintainable asset structures

• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities

Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting CMMS optimization or maintenance data improvement initiatives

• Knowledge of ISO 14224 equipment hierarchy principles

• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, or project turnover activities

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