Routine Maintenance Planner - Mechanical

drive for MPC; Carson (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, CA seeks a Senior Routine Maintenance Planner – Mechanical to develop detailed maintenance work packages for outages and planned maintenance events. You will create work scopes, cost and labor-hour estimates, durations, and material requirements, coordinating with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and contractors.

Responsibilities include converting SAP notifications into work orders, planning outages for refinery equipment, and providing on-site

Qualifications

• Must have either a High School Diploma or GED with at least 5 years of mechanical maintenance or maintenance planning experience in an industrial setting.
• Or a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field with at least 5 years of relevant mechanical maintenance or maintenance planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Convert approved SAP notifications into maintenance work orders following the established work process.
• Develop detailed mechanical maintenance job plans with steps, estimated labor hours, craft requirements, durations, materials, equipment, and contracted services.
• Plan routine maintenance, outages, and other planned events for refinery mechanical equipment and supporting systems.
• Perform field assessments to develop work scopes, identify site requirements, and validate planning assumptions.
• Prepare work packages with instructions, safety requirements, drawings, P&IDs, equipment documentation, material lists, isolation and lifting requirements, and safe work permit requirements.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and equipment specialists to review work scopes and repair plans for complex activities.
• Verify work instructions comply with refinery and corporate procedures and standards.
• Identify and requisition materials, equipment, tools, rental equipment, and contracted services; confirm availability before execution.
• Provide field support during execution of planned maintenance events and outages, addressing deviations and safety needs.
• Monitor planning status, material issues, and resource constraints; communicate deviations affecting execution.
• Incorporate field feedback and lessons learned into future work plans to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Identify and pursue continuous improvement and maintenance cost reduction opportunities.

Skills

P&IDs interpretation

Maintenance planning

Read mechanical drawings

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Job description

# **Senior Routine Maintenance Planner – Mechanical** **Job Summary** The Marathon Los Angeles Refinery located in Carson, California is looking for a Senior Routine Maintenance Planner - Mechanical within the Major Maintenance organization. The Senior Routine Maintenance Planner- Mechanical is responsible for developing maintenance work packages for equipment outages, and planned maintenance events in accordance with established work processes. This position develops detailed work scopes, prepares cost and labor-hour estimates, establishes activity durations, and identifies and requisitions required materials, equipment, and contracted services. The work schedule for this position is Monday through Thursday, 6:00 AM–4:30 PM. After-hours and extended-hour support may be required during maintenance events and equipment outages.**Key Responsibilities** * Convert approved SAP notifications into maintenance work orders following the established work process.* Develop detailed mechanical maintenance job plans with sequential work steps, estimated labor hours, craft requirements, activity durations, materials, equipment, specialty tools, and contracted services.* Plan routine maintenance, equipment outages, and other planned maintenance events for refinery mechanical equipment and supporting systems.* Perform field assessments to develop work scopes, identify job-site requirements, and validate planning assumptions.* Prepare work packages containing detailed instructions, safety requirements, drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), equipment documentation, material lists, isolation requirements, lifting requirements, and safe work permit requirements.* Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and equipment specialists to review work scopes and develop repair plans for complex maintenance activities.* Verify work instructions comply with established refinery and corporate procedures and standards.* Identify and requisition materials, equipment, specialty tools, rental equipment, and contracted services. Confirm availability before scheduled execution.* Provide field support during execution of planned maintenance events and equipment outages, including resolving work-package issues, coordinating emergent needs, communicating deviations, and supporting safe, efficient completion of the work.* Monitor and communicate planning status, material issues, resource constraints, and deviations that may affect maintenance execution.* Incorporate field feedback, job history, and lessons learned into future work plans to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.* Identify and implement continuous improvement and maintenance cost reduction opportunities.* Work as part of a cross-functional team consisting of refinery personnel and contractors to achieve maintenance and reliability objectives.* Read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, equipment drawings, vendor manuals, and other technical documentation.**Minimum Qualifications*** Must have a **High School Diploma** or GED **and at least 5 years of mechanical maintenance or maintenance planning experience** in a refinery, petrochemical or power generation industry **OR** a **Bachelor’s Degree** in a related field **and at least 5 years of relevant industrial mechanical maintenance or maintenance planning experience** in a refinery, petrochemical or power generation industry**.** (Education must be obtained/completed prior to start date.)* Must have maintenance experience with industrial mechanical equipment.* Must be able to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, equipment drawings, and technical documentation.* Must be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.* Must be able to wear appropriate PPE in the refinery, including a respirator, and physically perform required field activities.* Must be able to take a hair drug test and physical.* Must have a valid driver’s license.* Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for future visa sponsorship.* Travel requirement is 5% or less.* Must be able to work Monday through Thursday, 6:00 AM–4:30 PM, and provide after-hours and extended-hour support as required during planned maintenance events and equipment outages.**Preferred Qualifications*** Previous maintenance planning experience is preferred.* Previous SAP maintenance experience is preferred.* Previous refinery, petrochemical or Cogeneration maintenance experience is preferred.* Experience planning maintenance for rotating and fixed equipment, including pumps, compressors, turbines, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, valves, and piping systems, is preferred.* Experience planning and supporting execution of equipment outages, major maintenance events, or turnaround activities is preferred.* Experience developing detailed maintenance and outage plans in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project, including activity sequencing, durations, logic ties, resource requirements, and schedule updates is preferred.* Experience coordinating contracted maintenance services is preferred.* Previous supervisory or maintenance leadership experience is preferred.