Mechanical Maintenance Planner (Oil & Gas), Dubai

TQM Zone DMCC; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

TQM Zone DMCC in Dubai is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to manage shutdowns, plan turnarounds, and oversee daily and preventive maintenance of plant assets. You will coordinate with operations, maintenance supervisors, and engineers to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective execution.

The role requires a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering with at least 10 years in plant maintenance scheduling, extensive use of Primavera P6, and strong CMMS knowledge.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of Plant Maintenance scheduling and planning in petrochemical/oil & gas environments.
• Expertise with Primavera P6 and MS Project for scheduling and lifecycle planning.
• Strong CMMS experience and data-driven reporting skills.
• Fluent English, good communication, and ability to meet fixed deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering required; on-site field experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop turnaround and maintenance schedules, identify milestones and critical paths.
• Create work packs and scope documents (P&ID, isometrics, data sheets, ITP).
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance supervisors, and engineers for execution.
• Manage materials, spare parts, and purchase requisitions to ensure availability.
• Monitor progress, report challenges, and maintain CMMS records and history.

Skills

Plant Maintenance Planning &Scheduling

Primavera P6

MS Project

CMMS knowledge

Excel

English communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Primavera

Primavera P6

CMMS (Oracle/SAP/Maximo)

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

Need a Maintenance Planner immediately for a reputed Oil and Gas firm based in Dubai for plan shutdown and turnaround activities of plant assets, daily maintenance and preventive maintenance activities in liaison with other departments for ensuring the integrity, operational safety, quality, reliability, and availability in a cost-effective way.

Main accountabilities involve:

• Setting-up the Turnaround Overall Schedule/Bar-chart, Identifying the Major Milestones and Critical Path jobs.
• Responsible to determine job event, job sequence of repairing equipment (Daily, unplanned shutdown, turnaround) and expected close communication with operations, maintenance supervisors, maintenance foreman and engineers.
• Verification of schedule accuracy and completeness.
• Reporting of progress and challenges to schedule.
• Responsible to develop repair schedule, spare part list, manpower, facilities, services as required for repairing equipment.
• Prepare and Finalization of shutdown Work Scope and work pack (P&ID, Isometric, GA drawing, data sheet, blind list, Inspection test plan (ITP), etc.) in co-ordination with other departments.
• Responsible to receive and clarify a work request and develop or issue work orders including close reporting through CMMS system.
• Responsible to develop and issue a purchase requisition of material non-stock category or services maintenance and expected close communication with purchasing group to keep availability or delivery material and services.
• Responsible to develop material list requirement and issue material reservation of spare parts stock category and expected close communication with warehouse foreman to keep availability of spare parts.
• Identifies all materials, tools, equipment, and special preparations required for each job step. Ensures that materials are on-site prior to scheduling the job. Ensures that surplus and excess materials are returned to the proper materials handling personnel for eventual return to the Warehouse.
• Daily review of all released maintenance work orders, material reservations, committed materials and ensure bagging & tagging prior to scheduling the work.
• Prepare and maintain statistical maintenance and technical reports (including work completion history reports and material status) related to the routine and preventive maintenance activities.
• Ensure Annual planned maintenance is updated, tracked and reported on regular basis.
• Knowledgeable with international standards, petroleum / petrochemical plant materials and equipment.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned and requested.
• Compliance with the Company Policies, Procedures and Regulations.

Educational qualification and skills required:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with specializing in Mechanical stream.

Total Minimum of 10 years of experience, out of which,

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in Plant Maintenance Scheduling and Planning within a large industrial organization, preferable in Petrochemical or Oil & gas industry.
• At least 3 years’ on-site experience in maintenance field, preferably in petrochemical, refinery or chemical plants.

Expertise required:

• Thorough knowledge of Plant Maintenance of equipment in Petrochemical or Oil & gas industry.
• Expertise knowledge of Primavera and Microsoft Project.
• Sound knowledge of CMMS and working knowledge in effective full life cycle planning of Preventive and shutdown planning.
• Expertise in planning and scheduling.
• Ability to operate the company planning software Primavera Enterprise version (P6)
• Networking and influencing skills, ability to manage change and deal with ambiguity.
• Fluent English and Solid reporting skills a must.
• Ability and commitment to perform against fixed deadlines
• Self-motivated and Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to identify about EHS requirements.
• Computer Skills: Expert in Primavera, Microsoft Project
• Knowledge in CMMS (Oracle / SAP / Maximo) Expertise in Word, Excel, Power point and Access.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of Plant Maintenance of equipment in Petrochemical or Oil & gas industry.
• Expertise knowledge of Primavera and Microsoft Project.
• Sound knowledge of CMMS and working knowledge in effective full life cycle planning of Preventive and shutdown planning.
• Expertise in planning and scheduling.
• Ability to operate the company planning software Primavera Enterprise version (P6)
• Networking and influencing skills, ability to manage change and deal with ambiguity.
• Fluent English and Solid reporting skills a must.
• Ability and commitment to perform against fixed deadlines
• Self-motivated and Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to identify about EHS requirements.
• Computer Skills: Expert in Primavera, Microsoft Project
• Knowledge in CMMS (Oracle / SAP / Maximo) Expertise in Word, Excel, Power point and Access.