Planner

RP Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; Kampung Gebeng; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RP Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is seeking a Maintenance Planner to develop and optimize maintenance work plans, schedules, and TAR activities in its Gebeng facility.

The role focuses on ensuring safe, efficient execution, reducing downtime, and maintaining asset integrity across the plant. The ideal candidate will manage SAP PM workflows, prepare material requirements, monitor progress, and drive continuous improvement in planning processes with strong coordination across Maintenance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in maintenance planning, shutdown/TAR planning in petrochemical/oil & gas/manufacturing.
• Proficient in SAP PM for work orders, planning and reporting.
• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance and asset integrity.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance work plans, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Prepare and optimize turnaround schedules and identify critical activities.
• Generate PRs via SAP Work Orders and coordinate with Procurement/Warehouse.
• Monitor progress, identify deviations, and provide updates to stakeholders.
• Maintain SAP PM data: work orders, BOMs, maintenance plans, history.
• Analyze maintenance performance reports for management review.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Procurement and Contractors.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Analytical Skills

Coordination

SAP PM

MS Excel

MS Project

P&IDs understanding

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP PM

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

The Planner is responsible for developing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure the safe, efficient, and timely execution of mechanical maintenance, shutdowns, turnarounds (TAR), and plant improvement works. The role supports equipment reliability, plant integrity, and operational excellence by optimizing resource utilization, preparing detailed work plans, coordinating materials and services, and ensuring all maintenance activities comply with maintenance standards, safety requirements, and engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Develop detailed maintenance work plans, schedules, and resource requirements for routine maintenance, preventive maintenance, shutdowns, and turnaround (TAR) activities to ensure efficient execution and minimum plant downtime.

Prepare and optimize turnaround schedules, identifying critical and sub-critical activities to maximize work efficiency and ensure completion within approved timelines.

Generate Purchase Requisitions (PRs) through SAP Work Orders and coordinate with Procurement and Warehouse to ensure timely availability of materials, spare parts, tools, and external services.

Monitor and track daily maintenance and turnaround work progress, identify schedule deviations, recommend recovery plans, and provide timely progress updates to stakeholders.

Maintain accurate maintenance planning data within the SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) Module, including work orders, task lists, equipment history, bills of materials (BOM), maintenance plans, and planning references.

Prepare and analyze maintenance performance reports, including work order status, equipment history, maintenance backlog, turnaround progress, manpower utilization, and maintenance costs for monthly management reporting.

Coordinate closely with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Warehouse, and contractors to ensure maintenance activities are effectively planned and executed.

Support continuous improvement initiatives by reviewing maintenance planning processes, identifying opportunities to improve work execution efficiency, reduce maintenance costs, and enhance equipment reliability.

Ensure all maintenance planning activities comply with Maintenance Execution Guidelines, Engineering Standards, statutory requirements, and industry best practices.

Participate in plant Integrity Management activities, including Management of Change (MOC), PHSSER, HAZOP, Engineering Assurance Procedures, Constructability Reviews, Safety Reviews and other reliability improvement programs.

Understand, implement, and comply with Hazard Identification, Threat and Risk Assessment (HITRA) requirements in all planning and maintenance activities.

Support and actively participate in HSSE initiatives to promote a safe working environment, ensuring all planned activities comply with company safety policies, permit-to-work requirements, and safe work practices.

Perform the role of Performing Authority (PA) under the Control of Work (CoW) system as assigned.

Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills

Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

Experience in maintenance planning, shutdown planning, or turnaround planning within the petrochemical, chemical, oil & gas, or manufacturing industry.

Proficient in SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) Module, including work order management, maintenance planning, and reporting.

Good understanding of maintenance planning principles, preventive maintenance, turnaround management, equipment reliability, and asset integrity.

Familiarity with engineering drawings, P&IDs, maintenance procedures, and maintenance management systems.

Strong planning, scheduling, analytical, and coordination skills.

Good communication and stakeholder management skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Project scheduling tools.

Chemicals & Plastics Manufacturing 51-100 employees

RP Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is the sole PTA manufacturer in Malaysia with a capacity of 610 KTA. Located in the State of Pahang on the east coast of the Malaysian peninsula, the plant is situated at Gebeng Industrial Estate, about 25km from Kuantan and employs around 170 full-time employees.

RPCM employees have consistently striven to make substantial improvements to RPCM already competitive cost structure. This has resulted in RPCM delivering cutting edge performance over the years and has helped it retain its position as one of the most competitive PTA producers of South East Asia. We are confident that our talented workforce and superior technology will keep helping us move forward on the growth path and serve our customer and suppliers in a better manner.

RP Chemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is the sole PTA manufacturer in Malaysia with a capacity of 610 KTA. Located in the State of Pahang on the east coast of the Malaysian peninsula, the plant is situated at Gebeng Industrial Estate, about 25km from Kuantan and employs around 170 full-time employees.

RPCM employees have consistently striven to make substantial improvements to RPCM already competitive cost structure. This has resulted in RPCM delivering cutting edge performance over the years and has helped it retain its position as one of the most competitive PTA producers of South East Asia. We are confident that our talented workforce and superior technology will keep helping us move forward on the growth path and serve our customer and suppliers in a better manner.