Planner - SMP3 Electrical

EMSTEEL Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Maintenance Planner to enhance maintenance strategies and execution. This role involves detailed job preparation, managing maintenance plans, and fostering standardization in shutdown tasks. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational and planning skills, with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least five years of relevant experience. Join a forward-thinking company committed to safety and quality, where your expertise will significantly impact operational efficiency and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of trade or engineering experience in a relevant industry.
• Strong organizational and planning skills required.
• Proficiency with work management systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare detailed job plans for maintenance execution.
• Manage work notification and backlog to ensure efficient operations.
• Implement plant reliability strategies focusing on preventive maintenance.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Planning Skills

Maintenance Process Knowledge

Risk Assessment

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP Maintenance Modules

Job description

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The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning the work to be executed in their respective area, during weekly online and offline maintenance windows. The role also involves continuously improving maintenance plans and strategies, and seeking feedback to enhance planning quality.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Enabling safe and efficient execution of shutdown asset strategies and maintenance work through detailed job preparation.
2. Establishing standard job plans for repetitive shutdown maintenance tasks to foster standardization.
3. Ensuring all improvements in work execution are communicated and implemented.
4. Managing area/disciple maintenance plans as the primary custodian.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Providing detailed job plans to ensure safe and efficient maintenance execution.

Additional duties include:

• Following management of change processes for new materials.
• Managing work notification and work order backlog by reviewing, grouping, and coordinating with production.
• Developing and updating work order job plans, including skill requirements, duration, tools, and equipment.
• Creating purchase orders for components.
• Building and maintaining a library of job plans, especially for high-frequency jobs.
• Forwarding ready-to-schedule job packages to the scheduler.
• Processing notifications to a planned state for work orders.
• Planning work orders by prioritizing critical equipment, statutory inspections, PMs, and other factors.
• Ensuring all planning functions are completed before assigning planned status.
• Identifying opportunities for detailed scoping and planning.
• Leveraging expertise for risk assessments and system data updates.
• Measuring performance through site planning metrics.
• Assisting with long-term budget development using PM task list details.
• Implementing plant reliability strategies focusing on preventive and predictive maintenance.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

Craft knowledge to estimate labor, materials, and skills accurately, with strong organizational and planning skills. In-depth maintenance process knowledge and proficiency with work management systems are essential. A bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field is required.

Preferred Professional Training

SAP maintenance modules.

Professional Experience (Must Haves)

At least 5 years of trade or engineering experience in a relevant industry.

Previous Experience/Exposure Recommendations

Key Performance Indicators

• Compliance with safety targets as per Emirates Steel directives.
• Management KPIs for standard maintenance work, including work pack preparation, backlog, work readiness, notification backlog, and spares availability.

Support & Cooperation

Effective communication and commitment to results and quality are expected from employees.