Maintenance Planner D2

Job Title: Maintenance Planner – D2

Location: Port Arthur, TX or Lake Charles, LA
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite
Experience: 12+ years overall experience

Job Overview

We are seeking experienced Maintenance Planners to support CMMS optimization and maintenance data improvement initiatives across operating assets and project transitions. The role involves working closely with CMMS Specialists, Reliability Engineers, Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to improve maintenance planning data, preventive maintenance programs, equipment hierarchies, and Bills of Material (BOMs) within SAP PM.

We are hiring discipline-specific planners in the following areas:

• Mechanical Planner

• Electrical Planner

• Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Planner

Candidates should have strong maintenance planning expertise and equipment knowledge to support data validation, maintenance strategy alignment, and standardization of maintenance master data for safe and reliable long-term operations.

Key Responsibilities1. Maintenance Planning & Execution Support

• Review and optimize maintenance plans, job plans, and task lists within SAP PM.

• Validate preventive maintenance requirements based on OEM recommendations, maintenance strategies, and operational experience.

• Support maintenance planning standardization across facilities and systems.

• Develop and improve work packages, labor estimates, durations, sequencing, and resource requirements.

• Participate in maintenance strategy and preventive maintenance optimization workshops.

2. Asset Register & Equipment Hierarchy Support

• Validate equipment records, functional locations, and parent-child relationships.

• Support alignment of equipment hierarchy structures with applicable standards and ISO 14224.

• Review equipment criticality, maintainable asset boundaries, and system relationships.

• Assist with field verification and validation of equipment and associated data.

• Support cleansing and consolidation of equipment and tag data.

3. BOM & Spare Parts Support

• Review and validate spare parts lists, SPIR/SPIL documentation, and OEM recommendations.

• Support BOM development and optimization for maintainable assets.

• Identify interchangeable, repairable, and common spare parts opportunities.

• Assist with material master mapping and spare parts standardization.

• Support workshops and reviews with Maintenance and technical subject matter experts.

4. Data Management & CMMS Support

• Perform data review, cleansing, validation, and manipulation using Microsoft Excel and SAP.

• Support bulk data updates and load sheet validation activities.

• Track action items, project progress, and KPI reporting.

• Ensure maintenance data complies with applicable master data standards and governance requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of overall professional experience.

• Strong maintenance planning experience in the assigned discipline: Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation & Controls (I&C).

• Maintenance planning experience in oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or heavy industrial facilities.

• Hands-on experience with SAP PM.

• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance programs, maintenance workflows, and equipment strategies.

• Experience developing or reviewing:

  • Maintenance plans

  • Task lists

  • Functional locations

  • Equipment records

  • Bills of Material (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.

• Strong understanding of maintenance planning best practices and maintainable asset structures.

• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting CMMS optimization or maintenance data improvement initiatives.

• Knowledge of ISO 14224 equipment hierarchy principles.

• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, or project turnover activities.

• Familiarity with maintenance reliability concepts and criticality assessments.

• Experience with bulk data load tools such as Winshuttle.

Core Competencies

• Maintenance Planning

• SAP PM/MM

• Equipment & Asset Hierarchies

• Preventive Maintenance Optimization

• BOM & Spare Parts Management

• Data Quality & Validation

• Cross-Functional Coordination

• Technical Problem Solving

• Continuous Improvement

Physical & Work Environment

• 100% onsite in Port Arthur, TX or Lake Charles, LA.

• Site-based work with occasional field visits as required.

• Ability to participate in field walkdowns and equipment validation activities.

• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced project and operations environment.