Non-Routine​/Maintenance Planner

Job Description

Texas, United States of America Job Family Group:
Maintenance, Reliability and Turnarounds Worker Type:
Regular Posting

Start Date:

September 1, 2026 Business Unit:
Downstream and Renewables Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

What’s the role Shell is seeking a Non-Routine (NRM)/Maintenance Planner to join the team in Deer Park, Texas The Non-Routine (NRM)/Maintenance (MTC) Planner is accountable for delivering high-quality work execution planning for Non-Routine/Maintenance work process to ensure safe, predictable, and cost-effective execution. The role integrates scope, schedule, materials, resources, and execution readiness into a single, integrated plan aligned with Shell Chemicals standards, process and practice requirements.

The role supports execution by ensuring plans are complete, logic-driven, properly resourced, and execution-ready prior to field work, while driving continuous improvement through lessons learned and schedule optimization. The Non-Routine/Maintenance Planner operates within the Shell Chemicals Core planning organization and reports to the Planning and Scheduling Lead. The role works closely with schedulers, execution leads, contractors, and multiple Shell disciplines to ensure all NRM/MTC work is fully planned, integrated, and ready for execution.

This role reports through the Shell Chemicals Core organization and has overall accountability for portfolio Planning.

• Create, edit, and continuously improve quality work execution plans in the work process tool suite (ie SAP, Prometheus, Primavera); take ownership of plan content and accuracy
• Ensure work execution plans contain the correct number of tasks, logical task sequencing, and clear execution steps
• Develop plans with accurate duration, resource-hours, tools, equipment, materials, and parts to enable realistic and efficient field execution.
• Avoid embedding contingency hours; ensure estimates reflect realistic execution needs
• Review planning queues daily and manage planning backlog through efficient planning practices
• Visit jobsites to validate scope, assess job complexity, and estimate manpower and execution requirements
• Engage technical disciplines as needed to refine and clarify work scope.
• Coordinate with Contracts and Procurement when preparing to bring vendors onsite
• Order materials required for execution and ensure delivery aligns with required need dates.
• Validate accuracy of material upon delivery
• Support Maintenance Team Leaders with documentation for shipping equipment offsite for repair or refurbishment
• Review upcoming maintenance plans with Operations and NRM/Maintenance to identify special requirements or constraints.
• Obtain post-job feedback from NRM/Maintenance to validate task lists, logic, and man-hour accuracy and update plans accordingly
• Attend maintenance planning and coordination meetings
• Collaborate with Maintenance Planners, Schedulers, and OMCs throughout planning, scheduling, and execution
• Assist, as required, with the development and optimization of weekly maintenance schedules
• Support Shutdown, Turnarounds & Outages (STO) and special project work planning as needed or assigned
• Field Coordinate non-routine and routine work scope as needed.
• Develop enhanced knowledge of Primavera to understand how work execution plans interface with schedules and provide scheduler backfill support when required
• Provide support to NRM/Maintenance management for budget planning and cost-control activities

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Strong Mechanical and Static equipment background.
• Either craft or engineering experience with mechanical discipline
• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in refinery or petrochemical plant Maintenance, Non-Routine Maintenance or Turnaround planning and/or field execution
• Experience in tank maintenance is preferred
• Proficient in SAP, Primavera, and/or Prometheus STO Manager
• Skilled in SharePoint and/or Digital Twin platforms
• Possesses working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and/or Adobe applications
• Strong understanding of Maintenance Execution (ME), and/or…