Onsite Instrumentation Planning Specialist - Maintenance

Petroplan; Sabine Pass (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Petroplan is seeking an experienced Instrument Planning Technician to support maintenance, reliability, and work execution at an industrial operating facility. The role emphasizes instrumentation planning, developing work plans, coordinating maintenance, and supporting planned and corrective work.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on instrumentation experience in oil and gas or similar industries and substantial use of SAP/CMMS for maintenance planning.

Qualifications

• Strong instrumentation experience is required and hands-on field maintenance is essential.
• Extensive experience using SAP/CMMS for maintenance planning and work management.
• Experience in oil and gas, petrochemical, or pipeline environments.
• Ability to develop detailed job plans, work packages, estimates, and maintenance schedules.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate maintenance and reliability activities for operating assets, with a primary focus on instrumentation.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize project, maintenance, and outage plans using planning and scheduling software.
• Prioritize work to support timely execution, backlog reduction, equipment reliability, and cost control.
• Develop comprehensive job plans and job packages with necessary technical information and labor requirements.
• Coordinate work orders and maintenance schedules with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and technical personnel.
• Develop weekly, monthly, quarterly, and long-range look-ahead schedules for maintenance, expense, reliability, and upgrades.
• Coordinate manpower requirements and work dispatching with maintenance supervision.
• Provide CMMS guidance and support related to maintenance planning processes.
• Ensure work orders are properly documented and maintained in the system.
• Identify material, equipment, and contractor requirements and coordinate with Supply Chain and vendors.

Skills

Instrumentation experience

SAP/CMMS

Maintenance planning

Field-based maintenance

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Technical degree preferred

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Primavera P6

MS Project

Prometheus

Job description

Petroplan is seeking an experienced Instrument Planning Technician to support maintenance, reliability, and work execution at an industrial operating facility. The role emphasizes instrumentation planning, developing work plans, coordinating maintenance, and supporting planned and corrective work.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on instrumentation experience in oil and gas or similar industries and substantial use of SAP/CMMS for maintenance planning.