Maintenance Planning Specialist

Petrofac; Wales; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy service provider is seeking a Maintenance Planning Specialist based in Northop, UK. The role involves supporting maintenance activities and planning, requiring an engineering degree and extensive experience in maintenance and project planning within the upstream oil & gas industry. This position offers opportunities to engage with various stakeholders and optimize maintenance processes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in planning and control activities.
• Awareness of contract management requirements.
• Experience in the upstream O&G industry.

Responsibilities

• Support planned maintenance activities according to HSE Policy.
• Prepare complex work plans for routine outages.
• Liaise with departments to ensure plans are tracked and reported.

Skills

Planning and control of multi-disciplinary activities

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Deep knowledge of maintenance & project planning

Education

Engineering degree or relevant equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

MS Project

Primavera

MS Office

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Maintenance Planning Specialist, Northop

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Client:

Petrofac

Location:

Northop, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job Description:

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage, and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit, regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs and planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

JOB TITLE: MAINTENANCE PLANNING SPECIALIST

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Maintenance Support Co-ordinator with the control and delivery of all relevant planned maintenance activities in accordance with Eni HSE Policy and Procedures to meet business targets, throughput, planning, reliability and plant uptime
• Support the Maintenance Support Co-ordinator, in synergy with the Technical Planning department, to ensure the Major and Asset integrity-related work and/or breakdown activities are prioritised, resourced and planned appropriately to meet the integrated plan
• Develop, in synergy with the Technical Planning Department, the shutdown schedules, incorporating approved business forecasts, field development projects, and maintenance strategies.
• Prepare plans for complex work, rotating equipment programs and routine outages (train outages, maintenance campaign programs and field outages)
• Support day by day the Offshore and Onshore Planners and schedulers in effective and accurate planning (28-day and 90-day site plans)
• Accountable for facilitation of 90-day Day Planning meetings, rough-cut planning meetings, and weekly backlog and forward log review meetings when necessary
• Liaise with the technical authority to optimize critical equipment maintenance.
• Responsible for creating & integrating district & functional plans for IAP
• Preparation of ISP planning Campaign and Satellites Maintenance Campaign
• Daily contact with offshore and onshore sites and other departments to ensure plans are tracked and reported. Highlighting and offering solutions to problems
• Co-ordinate and support the execution of major and non-routine maintenance and improvement jobs on the operations site
• Support preparation for minor plant shutdowns includes development of the scope of work, spares, resources, tools, etc
• Co-ordinate and support the third-party business mobilisation and plans, working in collaboration with other departments.
• Support Integrated Asset Planning (IAP)

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• Engineering degree or relevant equivalent experience
• Familiarity with the use of SAP/MS Project/Primavera
• Be well acquainted with the operational methods and details related to daily activities of a maintenance engineering office supporting both onshore and offshore operational facilities
• Extensive experience in planning and control of multi-disciplinary activities
• Extensive experience in engaging with external vendors and resources
• Appreciation of contract management requirements
• Previous experience in the upstream O&G industry with significant exposure to offshore and onshore projects
• Good working of software applications, such as MS Office, SAP, MS Project, and Primavera
• Deep knowledge of maintenance & project planning
• Strong communication (verbal and written), presentation, negotiation & influencing skills