Maintenance Planner jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA

At this time, we are only receiving applications from candidates who are currently situated in the Americas, thank you.

Who is our client and your future employer?

Our client has a unique position in the energy industry worldwide, being

the largest hydrocarbons producer with the least carbon intensity. With

their considerable investment in technology and infrastructure, they

strive to maximize the value of the energy they produce for the world,

as well as their commitment to increase their contribution to society.

Based in Saudi Arabia, and with offices worldwide, they combine the

market's discipline with a vision of the future, product of their

experience of nine decades as responsible managers of the Kingdom's vast

hydrocarbon resources. This has brought them to contribute with huge

social and economic benefits not only to the Kingdom, but also to

several communities and countries that depend on the vital and

trustworthy energy they provide. Our client is one of the most

profitable companies in the world and the first five global companies by

capitalization in the stock market.

LHR Americas

LHR Americas recruits people from around the world to work in Saudi Arabia.

Who are we looking for?

We are actively searching for a qualified Maintenance Planner with a solid industrial background and expertise in planning, estimating, and scheduling maintenance activities to join our team at one of our refining facilities.

In this pivotal role, your main responsibilities will encompass the meticulous planning, vigilant monitoring, and effective control of progress in alignment with specified measurement criteria and a comprehensive work breakdown structure.

Your duties will extend to supporting the production of detailed reports, which will include progress curves delineating current developments, comprehensive descriptions of outcomes, and forecasts for future tasks.

Collaborative coordination with planning and scheduling functions will be a key aspect of your role, ensuring seamless integration and efficiency in our maintenance operations.

Qualifications

• Have at least 10 years of experience in planning maintenance for industrial settings.
• High school certification is required, but having a bachelor's degree in engineering is preferred.
• Be good at figuring out all the things needed for each maintenance job, like materials, services, and equipment.
• Knowing how to use SAP is a must.
• Be skilled in using MS Office.
• Only applicants from the Americas will be considered for this job

Duties and Responsibilities

• Use your knowledge in various SAP transactions to perform regular planner duty that includes, but is not limited to, opening / initiating internal orders, notifications, maintenance work-orders, planning the activities with required resources, ordering the materials, and track all maintenance activities within your respective area.
• Plan for equipment isolation and safety precautions and estimate job step craft man-hour requirements.
• Prepare weekly and daily schedules by reviewing backlog and coordinating work requirements to comply with operation rankings.
• Ensure availability of all resources required are met and available, prior to scheduling work, and obtain approval of the schedule updates maintenance order statuses & follows up until completion of orders.
• Monitor the progress of the maintenance on a daily basis and give feedback to maintenance supervisor and supporting the execution team.
• Ensure the history is updated and technically completed on all works orders prior to closing them.
• Ensure onsite availability of all materials, manpower and service requirements.
• Process the return of all support equipment and machines (i.e. crane, forklift, air compressor, flood glitch, etc.)
• Daily contact / coordination with concerned parties that includes Operations Foremen, Maintenance Supervisors and personnel to clarify work scopes on Maintenance Work Orders, required resources, status update, and the path forward.
• Prepare detailed job step plans in proper execution sequence, with details of craft man-hour and crew size requirements for each step.

THE STAGES OF THIS PROCESS ARE :

1. Resume Evaluation :

A member of our recruitment team will evaluate that your resume matches the client's job description requirement.

Use the job description requirements to highlight your relevant experience and skills.

Be specific and describe the significance of your work, keyword alignment is important. Emphasize the impact of the work you've contributed to HR areas and tasks.

Use your professional profile / resume to focus on major accomplishments and qualifications that match the job.

If your resume evaluation is suitable for this position, the recruitment team will invite you to a preliminary phone / video interview in 2-3 days.

If your resume evaluation is not suitable, you will be receiving an e-mail notification in 2-3 days.

2. Interviews Stage :

2.1 LHR Americas preliminary phone / video interview : A member of the Talent Acquisition team from LHR Americas will first schedule a call with you to discuss the details of the position, your interests, and qualifications.

Furthermore, your English level will be evaluated at this stage, ONLY native or advanced speakers will approve this evaluation.

If this preliminary phone / video interview is successful, your resume will be submitted to our client.

If your preliminary phone / video interview is not successful, our Talent Acquisition consultant will inform you.

2.2 Client Face to Face interview : This interview will happen only if your resume is approved by our client, we cannot guarantee the time our client will take to approve your resume, but it should take less than a week.

If your resume is approved a member of the Talent Acquisition Team will get back to you and schedule a face-to-face meeting in a defined location.

You will be told to go to the location.

The client interview contains technical questions that help assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field and may include a behavioral evaluation.

Be prepared to explain how you approach problems and produce solutions.

If your face-to-face interview is successful, the hiring team will further evaluate your resume, decide, and then receive a conditional job offer.

2.3 There could be additional video interviews with hiring managers, which may also contain technical questions that help us assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field.

3. Conditional Offer :

A successful interview may result in a conditional offer of employment.

Conditions for employment include but are not limited to medical examinations, and permission to secure a visa to work and reside in-country.

Last updated : 2024-04-27