SAP PM Maintenance Planner

PROLIM Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

PROLIM Corporation seeks an experienced Mechanical Planner to lead maintenance planning and optimization in heavy industrial facilities, including oil & gas, LNG, petrochemical, refining, and power generation environments.

The role focuses on SAP PM optimization, BOM and spare parts standardization, and data management, with strong Excel skills to support KPI reporting and data cleansing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of maintenance planning experience in Oil & Gas or heavy industrial facilities.
• Hands-on SAP PM experience with familiarity in SAP MM.
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and maintenance workflows.
• Experience developing/revising maintenance plans, task lists, locations, and BOMs.
• Experience reviewing OEM docs, IOM manuals and spare parts data.
• Advanced Excel skills for data manipulation and large datasets.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning best practices and asset structures.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Review and optimize maintenance plans, job plans, and task lists within SAP PM.
• Validate preventive maintenance requirements using OEM recommendations and operating experience.
• Develop and improve maintenance work packages, labor estimates, durations, sequencing, and resources.
• Support standardization of maintenance planning and participate in optimization workshops.
• Validate equipment records, functional locations, and asset hierarchies.
• Support equipment criticality assessments and asset verification through field walkdowns.
• Review spare parts lists, OEM docs, IOM manuals, and spare parts recommendations.
• Develop and optimize equipment BOMs and spare parts standardization.
• Assist with material master mapping and identification of interchangeable parts.
• Perform maintenance data cleansing, validation, and updates using SAP and Excel.
• Support bulk data updates, load sheet validation, KPI reporting, and action-tracking.
• Ensure maintenance data compliance with master data standards and governance.
• Coordinate with maintenance, engineering, operations, and technical teams on priority projects.

Skills

Maintenance planning

SAP PM

SAP MM

Preventive maintenance

Equipment hierarchy

Functional locations

BOM management

Spare parts management

Excel data manipulation

Cross-functional coordination

Tools

CMMS tools

Winshuttle

Excel advanced

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Planner to support maintenance planning, preventive maintenance optimization, equipment data management, and spare parts standardization within industrial facilities. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on SAP PM experience and a background in Oil & Gas, LNG, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or other heavy industrial environments.

Responsibilities

• Review and optimize maintenance plans, job plans, and task lists within SAP PM.
• Validate preventive maintenance requirements using OEM recommendations, maintenance strategies, and operational experience.
• Develop and improve maintenance work packages, labor estimates, job durations, task sequencing, and resource requirements.
• Support maintenance planning standardization and participate in maintenance strategy and preventive maintenance optimization workshops.
• Validate equipment records, functional locations, equipment hierarchies, and parent-child relationships.
• Support equipment criticality assessments, asset boundary reviews, and equipment data verification through field walkdowns.
• Review and validate spare parts lists, OEM documentation, IOM manuals, and spare parts recommendations.
• Develop and optimize equipment Bills of Materials (BOMs) and support spare parts standardization.
• Assist with material master mapping and identification of interchangeable, repairable, and common spare parts.
• Perform maintenance data cleansing, validation, and updates using SAP and Microsoft Excel.
• Support bulk data updates, load sheet validation, KPI reporting, and action item tracking.
• Ensure maintenance data complies with established master data standards and governance requirements.
• Coordinate with maintenance, engineering, operations, and technical teams to support project and operational priorities.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of maintenance planning experience in Oil & Gas, LNG, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or heavy industrial facilities.
• Hands-on experience with SAP PM and familiarity with SAP MM.
• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance programs, maintenance workflows, and equipment maintenance strategies.
• Experience developing or reviewing maintenance plans, task lists, functional locations, equipment records, and BOMs.
• Experience reviewing OEM documentation, IOM manuals, and spare parts data.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data manipulation, filtering, lookup functions, and large dataset management.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning best practices and maintainable asset structures.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced industrial environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CMMS optimization and maintenance data improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of ISO 14224 equipment hierarchy principles.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, or project turnover activities.
• Familiarity with equipment reliability, maintenance criticality assessments, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with bulk data loading tools such as Winshuttle.

Key Skills: Mechanical Maintenance Planning, SAP PM/MM, Preventive Maintenance, Equipment Hierarchy, Functional Locations, Equipment Records, BOM Management, Spare Parts Management, OEM Documentation, Advanced Excel, CMMS, ISO 14224, Data Validation, and Maintenance Optimization.

• Work Environment: Site-based position with occasional field visits and equipment walkdowns as required.