Lead Planner and Scheduler

Title: Lead Planner and Scheduler Key Accountabilities

• Promotes a culture of open safety reporting and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
• Accountable for supplying an accurate Maintenance schedule to allow effective and efficient asset maintenance, covering multi-discipline Preventative (PM) & Corrective (CM) maintenance activity.
• Support station MA’s in ensuring no overdue maintenance (SCE and Anomaly management) to reduce risk to production /personnel / plant and environment.
• Responsible for supporting Maint team requests for contractor support (CTR’s) from end to end, ensuring MA’s provide:- o quality of scope of work o accurate cost review / challenge against the supplied resources / equipment utilisation & materials o accurate durations
• Responsible for the management of processes and standards, and monitoring the agreed upon KPIs, taking appropriate actions to close the deviations from Maintenance team objectives.
• Drives compliance with the standardized Work Management process, particularly in Primavera scheduling application. (p6)
• Maintains the required daily updates / progress in the following o O&M tracker (daily) o Maintenance P6 schedule (daily) o Flowline leak tracking report (daily) o Safety critical report (daily) o Fabrication tracker (weekly) o SC 14 & 90 day report & forecast (weekly) o Maint overview report. (weekly) o Contract fund management (weekly)
• Support station planners for weekly backlog management, within their area of responsibility, to clean up and prioritize work
• Recommends execution optimization and nesting opportunities to the station Maint advisor & Maintenance Manager.
• Chairs the 6/12wk Maint activity schedule – deputises for Maint manager, when not available to ensure good compliance with gate criteria and accuracy of O&M information. Seeks nesting opportunities for all activities and ensure no activities at risk (red flag) will be carried into the 6wk schedule window without prior agreement with FMM.
• Champion Continuous improvements (CI) by standardizing best practice activities across site and maintenance teams, o optimize Maintenance Strategy. o improvements to maintenance build. o optimize Materials Look-up and Staging.
• Coach and mentor the station planner in the role. Experience, Qualifications & Key Skills
• Above 12 Years experience in O&G industry (Preferable with IOC’s direct or contract)
• Technical degree or HNC certificate in engineering.
• Experience in previous Maint lead role (MTL / Maint Superintendent capacity)
• Practical exposure to production facilities
• Proficient in planning tools (Primevara 6)
• Proficient in CMMS tools (CMSS – Maximo /SAP)
• Proficient in Project management tools (MS Project)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Ability to to identify proper priorities of maintenance activities in a high activity environment.
• Driven to deliver continuous improvement.
• Strong bias for being proactive and getting results
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning and scheduling