Rotating Equipment Maintenance Planner

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Job Summary

Marathon Petroleum Company's Kenai Refinery is seeking a Rotating Equipment Maintenance Planner. The Planner will report to the Planning Manager and will be responsible for planning rotating-equipment work packages, developing detailed work scopes for pumps, compressors, steam turbines, and related equipment, preparing cost and man-hour estimates, requisitioning materials, and contributing to maintenance productivity by ensuring rotating-equipment work is planned efficiently, effectively and safely.

The onsite schedule is Monday - Thursday - 10 hour days, handle after hours calls and support TAR outages as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for reviewing and processing work notifications into work orders ensuring proper authorization, priority, completeness, accuracy and determines craft skills needed, sequence of work to be performed and estimates man hours, material, tools, and equipment needed.
• Develops detailed work packages, procure materials, allocate resources and rental equipment needed for job.
• Facilitates planning deliverables for work practices (i.e., RSP-1400).
• Leads backlog reviews and collaborate with Area Team on priority and accuracy.
• Ensures Quality Control requirements are included in work planning.
• Ensures proper expense class allocation consistent with the Cost Consistency practice.
• Collaborates with Project Controls for proper cost forecasting and budget compliance.
• Collaborates with Area Teams on KPI reviews and improvement ideas.
• Ensures Safety, PSM, and Environmental compliance dates are met.
• Supports PSM processes such as MOC and incident investigations.
• Plans and coordinates the development of work orders with operating unit leadership for facilities in assigned area.
• Consults engineers prior to any field changes in design, or specifications and requests changes in procedure to complete work.
• Inspects completed work and ensures closeout processes are followed.
• Prioritize and plan maintenance work to meet refinery objectives and operational requirements. The primary focus of this position is the planning and coordination of work for rotating equipment, including compressors, pumps, and steam turbines. Additional support may be required across other planning disciplines as plant needs dictate.
• Perform walk downs on all jobs to ensure plan accuracy, which includes climbing stairs and ladders to reach refinery equipment at heights.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain (Global Procurement and Warehouse) and vendors to obtain necessary materials for scope execution.
• Support operational needs outside of normal business hours, including on-call coverage and extended hours during Turnarounds and planned outages.
• Contact and schedule outside resources when necessary for execution of work.
• Train backfills as necessary to perform planning duties during absences.
• Support the Refinery maintenance Scheduler as needed.

Education, Experience and Skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have a High school Diploma or GED.
• Must have at least five (5) years of rotating equipment maintenance experience or planning or scheduling experience in a maintenance, TAR or operations department in a refinery or petrochemical industry.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft 365: Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must be able to wear appropriate PPE in the refinery and be able to physically perform all tasks in the field including climbing stairs and ladders.
• Must be able to take hair drug test and physical.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must be able to obtain a TWIC Card.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without the need for future VISA sponsorship.
• Travel requirement: up to 10%.
• Must be able to work onsite Monday - Thursday - 10 hour days, handle after hours calls and support TAR outages as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of CMMS (SAP) system is preferred.
• Experience planning maintenance activities and creating job plans is preferred.
• Scheduling experience is preferred.

Additional information

This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency and skill level. Actual position title and pay grade will be based on the selected candidate's experience and qualifications.

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Location: Kenai, Alaska

Additional locations

• Job Requisition ID: 00024680
• Location Address: 54741 Energy Way
• Education: High School (Required)
• Employee Group: Full time
• Employee Subgroup: Regular