I&C Planner

The I&C Planner develops and optimizes instrumentation and control maintenance plans, schedules, work packages, and resource requirements to support equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, regulatory compliance, and efficient maintenance execution in industrial facilities.

• 10+ years of maintenance planning experience in Client, oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or heavy industrial facilities.
• Four-year Engineering degree.
• 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, and 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 coordinate across multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities.
• Bachelor's degree (four-year engineering degree) in Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

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:

• Site-based role with occasional field visits.
• Ability to participate in field walkdowns and equipment validation activities.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced project and operations environment.

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.
• Standardize maintenance planning 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.

Asset Register & Equipment Hierarchy Support:

• Validate equipment records, functional locations, and parent-child relationships.
• Align equipment hierarchies with VG standards and ISO 14224.
• Review equipment criticality, maintainable asset boundaries, and system relationships.
• Support field verification, equipment data validation, and equipment tag data cleansing.

BOM & Spare Parts Management:

• 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.
• Coordinate reviews with maintenance teams and technical SMEs.

Data Management & CMMS Support:

• Perform data review, cleansing, validation, and manipulation using Excel and SAP.
• Support bulk data updates and load sheet validation.
• Track action items, progress updates, and KPI reporting.
• Ensure maintenance data complies with VG master data standards and governance requirements.