Scheduler

Elsa Talent; Johor; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsa Talent in Malaysia is seeking a Maintenance Planner with 5+ years of experience to plan, coordinate, and optimize all maintenance activities across oil, gas, and process facilities. You will align approved work orders with manpower, tools, and materials to ensure smooth operations.

You will lead scheduling meetings, monitor progress, manage CMMS integration with Primavera P6, and drive reliability and plant availability while complying with safety and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance planning and scheduling in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refinery, Power, or Process Plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and optimize maintenance activities to align work orders with manpower, tools, materials and equipment.
• Prioritize maintenance requests, estimate resource requirements and ensure preventive, corrective and shutdown maintenance occurs with minimal disruption.
• Allocate resources, monitor progress, adjust schedules for urgent tasks and use CMMS to track work orders and performance.
• Lead scheduling meetings, communicate updates to stakeholders, maintain documentation and ensure safety and regulatory compliance while maximizing equipment reliability and plant availability.

Skills

Work order scheduling

Resource leveling

CMMS integration

Schedule monitoring

Optimization opportunities

Tools

SAP

Primavera P6

Job description

Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance planning and scheduling, preferably within the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Refinery, Power, or Process Plant environment.

Scope of Works:

• Responsible for planning, coordinating, and optimizing all maintenance activities to ensure plant or facility operations run smoothly and efficiently. The role focuses on developing and maintaining detailed maintenance schedules by aligning approved work orders with available manpower, tools, materials, and equipment.
• This includes prioritizing maintenance requests, estimating resource requirements, and ensuring that preventive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance activities are executed at the right time with minimal disruption to operations.
• Key duties include allocating resources, monitoring work progress, adjusting schedules for urgent or emergency tasks, and utilizing systems such as CMMS to track work orders and performance. The role also involves leading scheduling meetings, communicating updates to stakeholders, maintaining accurate documentation, and ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements while maximizing equipment reliability and plant availability.

Technical Knowledge:

• Work order scheduling and confirmation
• Resource leveling and manpower distribution
• Integrating CMMS (e.g., SAP) with scheduling tools (Primavera P6)
• Monitoring schedule progress and performance
• Identifying conflicts, peak loads, and optimization opportunities