Cluster Planning Engineer

siscojobs; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Sisco Jobs, a recruitment consultancy, invites applications forCluster Planning Engineer roles in Saudi Arabia/Middle East. The candidate will develop integrated maintenance plans and schedules for multiple power generation and desalination assets, coordinating with O&M teams and logistics to ensure on-time execution.

Responsibilities include creating detailed schedules, tracking progress, and producing management dashboards while supporting shutdown planning and asset availability.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing maintenance plans and schedules for power generation and desalination assets.
• Experience coordinating preventive, corrective, shutdown and major outage schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated maintenance plans and schedules for multiple power generation and desalination assets.
• Prepare preventive, corrective, shutdown, and major outage schedules in coordination with plant O&M teams.
• Develop detailed work breakdown structures, activity sequencing, milestones, critical paths, and resource-loaded schedules.
• Coordinate maintenance requirements across Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine, balance-of-plant, utilities, and desalination systems.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress and identify schedule delays, resource constraints, and emerging execution risks.
• Coordinate manpower, materials, spare parts, tools, permits, and contractor requirements before scheduled maintenance activities.
• Prepare weekly and monthly planning reports, maintenance forecasts, backlog reviews, schedule-compliance reports, and management dashboards.
• Support shutdown and turnaround planning while ensuring maintenance activities are aligned with plant availability and operational priorities.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Primavera P6

CMMS / SAP PM

Power Plant O&M

Desalination planning

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering

Postgraduate in Engineering/Maintenance Management

Certifications: Primavera P6 / SAP PM / CMMS

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP PM/CMMS

Scheduling software

Job description

We are Sisco Jobs, a recruitment consultancy based in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. We are hiring for the position of Cluster Planning Engineer in Saudi Arabia / Middle East. The requirement is for conventional power plant O&M and water desalination environments covering Steam Turbines, Gas Turbines, Conventional Power Plants, and Water Desalination facilities. Skilled and motivated planning professionals with strong exposure to maintenance and outage planning are encouraged to apply early as positions are limited.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop integrated maintenance plans and schedules for multiple power generation and desalination assets within the assigned cluster.
• Prepare preventive, corrective, shutdown, and major outage schedules in coordination with plant O&M teams.
• Develop detailed work breakdown structures, activity sequencing, milestones, critical paths, and resource-loaded schedules.
• Coordinate maintenance requirements across Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine, balance-of-plant, utilities, and desalination systems.
• Monitor planned versus actual progress and identify schedule delays, resource constraints, and emerging execution risks.
• Coordinate manpower, materials, spare parts, tools, permits, and contractor requirements before scheduled maintenance activities.
• Prepare weekly and monthly planning reports, maintenance forecasts, backlog reviews, schedule-compliance reports, and management dashboards.
• Support shutdown and turnaround planning while ensuring maintenance activities are aligned with plant availability and operational priorities.

Required Skills

• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling — Ability to build detailed preventive, corrective, shutdown, and outage maintenance schedules.
• Primavera P6 / Scheduling Tools — Ability to develop baselines, critical paths, resource plans, and progress updates.
• CMMS / SAP PM — Working knowledge of maintenance work orders, equipment history, preventive maintenance, backlog, and material coordination.
• Power Plant O&M Knowledge — Understanding of maintenance requirements within Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine, and conventional power plant environments.
• Desalination Plant Planning — Understanding of maintenance coordination for water desalination assets and supporting utilities.

Preferred Skills

• Multi-site or cluster-level maintenance planning exposure.
• Shutdown, turnaround, or major outage planning experience.
• Strong maintenance KPI, reporting, and schedule-analysis capability.

Work Experience Requirements

The source does not specify an experience requirement. Typical for this type of role: approximately 5–10 years of maintenance planning, scheduling, shutdown, or outage-planning experience in power generation, utilities, or desalination environments. Experience supporting multiple plants or assets within a cluster would typically be advantageous.

Education

• Minimum: Typical — B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Industrial, or related Engineering discipline
• Preferred: Typical — Postgraduate qualification in Engineering, Maintenance Management, Operations, or Project Management
• Additional: Typical — Primavera P6, SAP PM/CMMS, maintenance planning, or project-management certifications