Maintenance Planner Scheduler

Brunel Energy is recruiting a Maintenance Planner / Scheduler to work with a major oil and gas company on a 12-month contract in Williston, ND.

The Maintenance Scheduler II supports the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of oil and gas facilities by developing and maintaining maintenance schedules, coordinating resources, monitoring maintenance backlogs, and tracking schedule performance.

• Develop and maintain 1 to 4-week maintenance schedules.
• Create and manage weekly and daily maintenance work schedules.
• Coordinate labor, contractor, material, and equipment resources with Operations, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.
• Ensure work orders are properly planned and ready for execution before scheduling.
• Monitor maintenance backlog health and work order aging.
• Support facility outages, shutdowns, turnarounds, and major maintenance events.
• Track schedule compliance, schedule attainment, and maintenance KPIs.
• Participate in daily and weekly planning and scheduling meetings.
• Communicate schedule changes, resource constraints, and execution risks to stakeholders.
• Promote maintenance planning and scheduling best practices and continuous improvement in work management processes.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, maintenance coordination, or related operations roles.
• Experience in oil and gas, energy, industrial, manufacturing, or related operations.
• Proficiency with SAP PM, Maximo, Oracle, Emaintenance, or similar CMMS systems.
• Microsoft Excel skills, including reporting and data analysis.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Working knowledge of maintenance work management processes and scheduling principles.

• Associate's degree in a technical, business, engineering technology, or related field.
• Experience supporting production facilities, compressor stations, gathering systems, pipelines, or gas processing plants.
• Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience with Power BI or similar reporting and analytics tools.
• Experience coordinating facility shutdowns, turnarounds, or outage planning.
• Experience mentoring junior schedulers or leading scheduling meetings.
• Familiarity with reliability-centered maintenance and continuous improvement practices.