Core Maintenance Planner

About The Position
The Core Maintenance Planner is a team member of the Maintenance and Turnaround organization within the Chevron ENGINE Center and provides Maintenance Planning support to Chevron's Refining and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) assets. The Core Maintenance Planner will collaborate across multiple levels of the organization, and with multi-discipline teams from Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Reliability disciplines. This position will develop detailed job plans and schedules to execute routine and project work. Responsibilities will include integrating non-turnaround planning/scheduling activities with Operations, Maintenance, and Technical; and integrating capital project planning/scheduling activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop fully integrated instrumentation job planning step-outs, cost estimates, and job packages.
• Develop job scope definition with proper sequencing of tasks required and manpower loading for job execution
• Ensure planned activities are included in integrated work schedule through effective communication with Operations, Maintenance, Technical, and Turnaround Core Teams.
• Interface with Operators, Technical, Maintenance, Construction Contractors, and Management to complete committed work schedules and projects Incident and Injury free, on time and on budget.
• Procure materials and/or outside services through the Material Requisition process and/or Service Order process
• Ensure facility and HES standards are integrated into job plans and estimates. Candidates should have knowledge of all safe work practices and procedures (e.g., lock out / tag out, confined space entry, hot work, personnel protection, etc.)
• Track the physical progress of executed field work relative to baselines and provide reports to Management as required
• Define and quantify additional job scope via formal scope growth / change management process. Incorporate approved scope changes into execution plans. Provide the required communication to Management regarding captured scope growth or changes.
• Support the applicable planning / execution work process for assignment area (Routine Work Control / Centralized Maintenance, Control Maintenance Project)

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Instrumentation Engineering or Maintenance Discipline
• Experienced instrumentation trade background
• Deep knowledge in instrumentation maintenance planning
• Strong estimating skill with a high degree of technical knowledge in the core craft disciplines
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Maintenance Work Management process which involves work prioritization, planning, estimating, scheduling, executing, and closing out maintenance work.
• Understands sequencing of tasks associated with maintenance of complex facility equipment including pressure vessels, piping, excavations, tanks, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of field experience supporting the planning and execution of maintenance activities in a complex processing facility
• Prior Maintenance Planning experience in Refineries and/or LNG facilities
• Proficient in Excel, JDE, SAP, Prometheus, Primavera P6
• Demonstrated track-record of proactively identifying solutions to problems before they arise and developing contingency plans.

Chevron ENGINE supports global operations, supporting business requirements across the world. Accordingly, the work hours for employees will be aligned to support business requirements. The standard work week will be Monday to Friday. Working hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm or 1.30pm to 10.30pm.

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