Planner

Role purpose

Planning and scheduling

• Plan and monitor major outages, shutdowns, and turnarounds, including resource forecasting.
• Prepare and update milestone charts, project schedules, and progress reports; implement the week-ahead system.
• Optimize preventive maintenance schedules and track corrective and planned-work backlogs.
• Coordinate with O&M teams to meet outage targets and include performance- and warranty-related work in schedules.

Coordination and reporting

• Support maintenance strategy development, including FMEA and RCM, and implement preventive and predictive programs using SAP.
• Coordinate labor, materials, contractors, and experts; align priorities through planning meetings and coordinate outage activity lists.
• Plan corrective repairs, preventive maintenance, surveillance, and modifications; support a transition to proactive maintenance.
• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly reports, track planned-versus-actual work, and analyze variances.
• Monitor IMS, HSE, and corporate procedure compliance; recommend improvements to planning and reporting processes.

Skills and competencies

• Proficiency in SAP, SAP PM, MS Project, and MS Office.
• Primavera P6 proficiency is preferred.
• Practical understanding and experience of planning work in a large power plant with combined-cycle gas turbine and desalination operations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills; able to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
• Effective communicator and team player with cross-functional teams; knowledge of maintenance KPIs and performance monitoring.

Key stakeholders