Head of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Project
The  Woodfibre LNG  Project is located approximately 7 km west-southwest of Squamish, British Columbia. It involves the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the previous Woodfibre pulp mill site, which would have a storage capacity of 250,000 m3 and would produce approximately 2.1 million tons per year of LNG.

Woodfibre Management Ltd.  is a privately held Canadian company based in Vancouver and a subsidiary of Pacific Energy Corporation Limited.

Position
The  Head of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling  is an integral part of  Woodfibre LNG 's dynamic team. The head of Planning & Scheduling is accountable for establishing and continuously improving the maintenance planning and scheduling function to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient execution of maintenance activities across the asset. You will provides leadership for the  end-to-end work management process , from identification and prioritization of work through planning, scheduling, execution, close-out, and performance feedback.

Ensures that maintenance work is sufficiently planned, properly prioritized, resource-loaded, and scheduled to enable safe and efficient execution while optimizing labour, contractor resources, materials, equipment, and maintenance windows.

Key Responsibilities
During the Project Execution phase, the successful applicant will:

Provide leadership for the maintenance work management system and ensure SAP/CMMS is effectively supporting maintenance execution

Lead the Implementation of the maintenance CMS System (S4

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Establish SAP work management standards

Develop and maintain the site's Planning & Scheduling strategy aligned with the overall Maintenance and Asset Management strategy

Establish a robust maintenance planning and scheduling KPI framework

Develop the Planning and schedule standards and practices

Develop appropriate KPIs and dashboards

Ensure maintenance master data supports effective planning and scheduling

Continuously improve work management maturity using industry best practices

Partner with IT/SAP teams on system improvements

Develop resource-loading strategies based on forecast maintenance demand

Ensure contractor resources are aligned with forecast workload

Own the health of the maintenance backlog and ensure work is properly categorized, prioritized and planned

Lead the development of a disciplined scheduling process that optimizes available resources

Support Quality Assurance of plant and equipment during project phase

Ensure Technical writing of Maintenance Governance Documents

Member of the Maintenance Team for Commissioning and Starting Up of the Facility

Ensure Maintenance procedures have been identified and developed for all appropriate activities under responsibility

Support the set-up of the Maintenance service contracts

Develop the long-term shutdown plan

During the Operational phase, the successful applicant will:

Provide planning and scheduling leadership for Turnarounds, Major Maintenance Events and other significant execution campaigns

Work closely with Supply Chain, Warehouse and Procurement to ensure materials are available before work enters the frozen schedule

Support the day-to-day maintenance and reliability activities of the LNG Facility which includes monitoring performance and reliability data, implementing predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance strategies

Provide cost reports

Analyze Maintenance effectiveness and update of maintenance strategies in the CMMS

Mentor and coach personnel for continuous improvement and implementation of best practices

Support the organization in managing the Maintenance service contracts

Ensure maintenance procedures, task list, work instructions are current and continuously improving

Ensure all maintenance planning and scheduling tools are current, effective and fit for purpose

Lead, coach and develop the Planning & Scheduling team

Partner closely with Reliability Engineering to ensure reliability findings translate into executable maintenance work

Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing operational risk and increasing maintenance productivity

HSSE

Ensure 100% compliance with company HSE policies and guidelines

Be an active HSE member of the LNG plant leadership team

Attend & lead HSE meetings, safety walks, and audits

Lead safety tours, PSSRs, audits, & safe task verification programs

Take timely intervention to mitigate risks and ensure safety of personnel and plant

Demonstrate a personal commitment to influence overall…