Senior Planner, Maintenance II

Job Description

• JOB DETAILS:
  
  

Position Title: Senior Planner

Broad Band: M10: Professional

Talent Pipeline Layer: Managing Self Technical/Professional

• OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:
  
  

The purpose of the role is to provide a continuous and expert input and support into maintenance, shutdown and project planning activities at various sections and to apply the planning processes at an operational level.

• QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
  
  

Qualification

• Bachelors Degree in relevant discipline
• Trade test + 3 Year as Lead Planner
  
  

Experience

7 Years relevant experience

Skills

• Acute safety awareness and attitude
• Extensive experience of shutdowns
• Highly competent interpreting regulations and codes; reading ISO drawings Mechanical/Electrical/Instruments Flow Diagrams and other technical drawings
• Sound knowledge of statutory process compliance requirements, and understanding of the relevant regulatory and compliance issues specific to the Affiliate
• Competent independently managing projects
• Familiar with materials, services, financial and other planning related work methods
• Sound management skills
• Influencing skills
• Have expert understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment and process
• Have full understanding and effectively apply all planning and related processes and procedures
• Expert understanding of planning concepts within the automated application system
• Data processing
• Effective facilitating skills
• Advanced knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract and analyse data and produce reports
• Problem sensitivity and sound problem solving skills
• Expert knowledge of safety rules and procedures
• Expert knowledge of planning and related processes and procedures
• Effective verbal and writing communication skills (incl reporting)
• Coping with pressures and setbacks
• Effective in creating Bar/Gantt charts and effectively using relevant software programs (for complex jobs)
• Effective decision-making skills
• KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  
  

Focus Area

Get results through individual contribution, effort and self management

Operational / Functional

1. Consistently delivers on all service level agreements

• Quality results through cost effective service and on time support
• Cost awareness and control
• Technical expertise and advice
• Technical/operating systems and models
• HSE targets
• Support leader to manage planning offices to enable a continuous service delivery to partners
• Responsible for the smooth running of the maintenance planning office functionality
• Support in supervisory capacity (if required) during shutdowns
• Contribute in shutdown program validation
• Providing of information/reports on request from line management
• Execute ad hoc projects assigned by line management
• Successful execution of shutdowns, general overhauls (GO), turnarounds (TA), projects and complex jobs
• Manage multi-disciplined planning activities
• Lead, promote and meet expected output on planning deliverables
• Accountable for a reliable and achievable work package for execution week for all disciplines
• Evaluate and verify correctness of notification information and take action on deviations (gate keeping function)
• Monitor and coordinate execution of work activities and note deviations from program; day-to-day / shutdowns, general overhauls (GO), turnarounds (TA), etc
• Updating of contingency work - ensure contingency process compliance
• Planning and control of leak seal activities
• Planning and control of plant and operations equipment and structural repairs
• Ensure statutory process compliance
• Open work order control as per agreed targets to support committed cost flow
• Familiar with materials, services, financial and other planning relates work methods
• Use own expertise and experience to realize cost savings within the planning/scheduling and execution of day-to-day, shutdowns, general overhauls (GO), turnarounds (TA) and projects work
• Have an influence to reduce maintenance cost; optimize and reduce equipment down time
• Provide Bar / Gantt chart programs for projects and complex jobs
• Optimize recourses required to execute work
• Confirm material/spares requirements for job execution
• Ensure work package readiness for execution by arranging permits and getting confirmation of availability of equipment, material/spares, services and resources
• Uphold high safety standards and set example
• Adheres to and ensures adherence to Ma'aden safety standards
  
  

Leadership

• Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals
• Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness
• Supports and articulate personal goals that are aligned to the business direction, that lead to personal development and effectiveness; Continuously strives to improve personal mastery, professional growth and business skills (ensuring technical/professional development in specialist area)
• Establish professional standards for work, project plans and organization to ensure service provision and effective individual contribution
• Share expertise freely and often during the application/review of policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods
• Conduct analysis to formulate recommendations and design solutions and implement them effectively, problem solving and decisions quality - Analysed, formulated recommendations, designed solutions and implemented them effectively
• Progress monitoring, reporting and corrective action
• Statutory compliance and professional practices
• Seek opportunities to get involved in ad-hoc committees/projects
• Provide on-the-job training and coaching to more junior staff
• Perform acting duties when required
• Provide mentorship to new incumbents
• Identify and implement value adding initiatives (new ideas, thinking and approaches adopted and supported by the business)
• Display a positive attitude to work and add value to team, partners and other areas of the business
• Continuously improve own work processes and that of the team
• Establish and maintain professional standards of service provision and contribution
• Liaise with partners, services and contractors to optimise resources
• Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers
  
  

Relationships

• Build constructive working relationships with manager, peers, clients and other service providers (all stakeholders) to ensure effective stakeholder relationships
• Supports peers/team members to achieve team objectives through knowledge sharing, networking and collaboration with colleagues and other teams
• Maintain Manager and peer relationships marked by professional communication, behaviour and actions that results in high levels of credibility, trust and respect throughout the business unit or function
• Consistently meet customer and business requirements through technical/professional communication
• Puts forward new ideas, thinking and approaches adopted and supported by the business
• Interdependent working relations with external and internal partners and co-ordination of actions
• Daily communication and meeting with production and maintenance on plant status and critical activities
• Motivate other team members
• Continuous communication with maintenance and service providers
• Liaise with partners, services and contractors to optimize recourses
• Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers
• Provide details to planning assistants for creation of work orders
• Take action on outstanding and unplanned work
• COMPETENCIES:
  
  

Technical/Functional

• Have an advanced understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment and process
• Have full understanding and effectively apply all planning and related processes and procedures
• Highly competent reading ISO drawings, Mechanical/Electrical/Instruments flow diagrams and other technical drawings
• Proficient ability to draw meaningful relationships from data sourcing
• Sound knowledge, understanding and articulating the relevant regulatory and compliance issues related to the planning functions and affecting the specific Affiliate
• Expert understanding of specific area of responsibility comply with applicable planning procedures and processes
• Expert knowledge and understanding of HSE rules, processes and procedures
• Proficient in recognising and effectively interpreting the relationship between the planning deliverables and business objectives
• Advanced competence using relevant software systems and programs
• Advanced understanding of planning concepts within the automated application system
• Sound understanding how data is structured and flows and navigates planning systems and databases to input and extract relevant information
• Advanced knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract and analyse data and produce reports
• Competent independently managing projects
• Expert knowledge of the overall philosophy and functionality of Planning and its interrelationships with the other related/affected systems and processes
  
  

Leadership

• Developing self
• Embrace digitalisation within the function
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Continuous improvement
  
  

Safety

• Safety advocate - anywhere and everywhere
• Sound knowledge and application of HSE rules and procedures
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others
• Ability to pro-actively identifying safety hazards and act accordingly
• Advanced knowledge of specific HSE regulatory and statutory compliance requirements