Planning Engineer

Chemical Plant Decommissioning Programme

Type
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Mechanical/Instrumentation background

Duration: Initial 12-month contract with long-term continuation expected through to 2028/2029

Payment: Can be paid monthly like salary OR hourly

Rate: £28.85 - £31.25 per hour (equivalent to £60,000 - £65,000 per annum based on a 40-hour week)

IR35: Inside IR35

Start Date: ASAP

Ceto Talent are supporting a major industrial organisation on a large-scale chemical plant decommissioning programme in South Wales.

The facility, operating within a high-hazard COMAH environment, is undergoing a phased decommissioning programme following closure announcements made last year. The project is expected to continue through to at least 2028/2029, offering long-term opportunities for experienced planning professionals.

We are seeking a Decommissioning Planner to develop detailed work packages that support the safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution of maintenance and decommissioning activities across the site.

This role would suit individuals with planning experience gained within chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, power generation, heavy industrial, process manufacturing, or similar highly regulated environments.

As a Decommissioning Planner, you will be responsible for producing comprehensive work packages containing all labour, material, equipment, contractor, and safety requirements necessary to execute site activities safely and efficiently.

Working closely with operations, maintenance teams, contractors, and vendors, you will play a key role in ensuring activities are fully prepared prior to execution.

• COMAH-regulated site.
• Gas processing and industrial manufacturing environment.
• Long-term programme expected to continue through 2028/2029.
• Ongoing maintenance and decommissioning activities across the facility.

• Review work orders for technical completeness and work with gatekeepers to resolve any deficiencies.
• Carry out site inspections and field checks to develop safe and accurate work plans.
• Define all individual tasks required to complete work scopes.
• Identify labour, materials, tools, equipment, and specialist services required to execute work.
• Ensure all safety requirements, hazards, and controls are identified and incorporated into work packages.
• Identify long lead-time materials and coordinate procurement requirements with materials teams.
• Liaise with site personnel and external vendors to organise specialist labour and material requirements.
• Produce detailed work packs within SAP and supporting Word documentation.
• Develop work packages containing scope descriptions, photographs, drawings, and supporting information to enable efficient contractor pricing and execution.
• Act as a technical point of contact during contractor site visits and scope reviews.
• Ensure compliance with maintenance procedure requirements and company work management processes.
• Verify maintenance procedures include suitable hazard assessments.
• Support procedure creation, modification, updates, and Management of Change (MOC) activities where required.
• Assist schedulers to ensure work plans are accurately reflected within project schedules.
• Participate in work package reviews with operations and maintenance teams.
• Continuously improve work planning processes through lessons learned and feedback from site teams.

• Mechanical or Instrumentation apprenticeship background.
• Maintenance Planning experience within engineering, maintenance, turnaround, shutdown, decommissioning, or project environments.
• Experience working within either:
  Chemical processing, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Heavy Industrial Manufacturing, COMAH-regulated facilities
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning processes and CMMS systems.
• Experience producing detailed work packs and job plans.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, including operations teams, maintenance personnel, contractors, and vendors.
• Knowledge of the Management of Change (MOC) processes would be advantageous.
• Decommissioning project experience.
• Turnaround (TA) or shutdown planning experience.
• Previous field supervision or site…