Job Title: Rotating Planner   
Location: Kitimat, BC – Preference on local candidates; Flights and Camp provided
Schedule: 14/7, 10 hour days
Contract Length: tbd 
Start Date: ASAP 
If you meet all requirements, apply here or send your resume to jenna.bunnin@nesfircroft.com directly
Purpose & Accountabilities:
This key role is for an experienced Rotating Mechanical Planner is to plan corrective maintenance plans which are accurate in scope, timing, costs and HSSE aspects.
The corrective tasks are converted into logical operations in task lists identifying labor, materials, and services.  A planner creates the plan for Schedulers to schedule and maintenance execution to follow.
Provide support, coaching and mentoring to Maintenance for the specified disciplines. Responsible for assisting site maintenance programs for Preventative Maintenance (PM), Spare parts, Policies, Procedures, Practices and Guidelines, and daily technical needs of the operating site within their Specialty.
Accountabilities:

• Update Operation steps for all complex corrective maintenance planning requirements in anticipation of potential ‘big or small hits’ that could cause significant production losses.
• Provides guidance for efficient and effective execution of the required scope by identifying a logical sequence of job tasks.
• Risks (safety, environment, and costs) are identified and mitigated.
• Identifies task description, required resources, materials, services, tools, duration and cost estimate of each task and provides guidance for efficient and effective scheduling and execution.
• Materials and services are identified and/or requested in planning to minimize impact of cost as well as delivery times on the schedule.
• Consistent with the established site standards and in line with QA/QC and permit work expectations.  Personal and process safety factors are included when determining method(s) of execution.
• Provides realistic estimates for duration of each activity leading to optimized efficiency.
• Perform job site visits to confirm existing field conditions and engagement with production as requested.
• Discusses all complex, e.g., multi-trade, high effort, high value, and safety critical corrective maintenance work with the maintenance and production team to improve the quality of the work pack.
• Preparing necessary documents (Work package) needed for field execution e.g., reference documents such as equipment manuals, drawings, task checklists, inspection, test plans, etc.
• Avoid the use of generic material ordering when possible.  When generics are required, request that the part be set up with a material number in SAP.
• Monitoring critical dates for work in planning queue, such as start/completion dates, and informing interfaces regarding deviation and deferrals as required.
• Evaluate feedback from execution regarding level of detail, accuracy of plans, actual hours to complete tasks to reduce labor cost.
• Incorporating improvements from work order feedback coming from the frontline, such as updating task lists, BOMs, materials data, etc.

Skills & Requirements:
•             10 years’ experience as a Technologist or Journeyman (Millwright, Mechanic, Mechanical Engineer, Etc.)
•             3 years’ Planning experience minimum
•             Skill / Expert in codes and standards, practices, and technologies within specific discipline.
•             Experience in Turnaround and Routine Maintenance Planning
•             Diagnostic and problem-solving skills. 
•             Stakeholder Engagements
•             Strong interpersonal skills
•             Strong communication skills.
•             Can manage evolving priorities and deliver on multiple commitments in a timely manner.
•             Can effectively pull groups together and coordinate action plans to drive resolution.
•             Competency Assurance
•             Experienced with Computerized Materials Management Systems (SAP Blueprint) & other work platforms such as Primavera, Microsoft Office – Excel, Word etc.
•             Fluent in English
•             Skill in interpreting discipline relevant technical documentation

Primary Interactions
•             Interacts with Internal Stakeholders, Vendors, other Departments and Function Leaders.
•             Provide updates to Supervisor and Internal Stakeholders.
•             Operations Maintenance Coordinator
•             Schedulers
•             Maintenance Team Lead
•             Craft Team Member
•             Specialist
•             Engineering
•             Contracts & Procurement
•             Vendors
•             Planning Supervisor
•             Senior Planner
•             Co-workers

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.