1. JOB DETAILS:
Position Title: Senior Planner
Broad Band: M10: Professional
Talent Pipeline Layer: Managing Self Technical/Professional
2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:
The purpose of the role is to provide a continuous and expert input and support into maintenance, shutdown and project planning activities at various sections and to apply the planning processes at an operational level.
3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Qualification:
1. Bachelors Degree in relevant discipline
2. Trade test + 3 Year as Lead Planner
Experience:
7 Years relevant experience
Skills:
* Acute safety awareness and attitude
* Extensive experience of shutdowns
* Highly competent interpreting regulations and codes; reading ISO drawings Mechanical/Electrical/Instruments Flow Diagrams and other technical drawings
* Sound knowledge of statutory process compliance requirements, and understanding of the relevant regulatory and compliance issues specific to the Affiliate
* Competent independently managing projects
* Familiar with materials, services, financial and other planning related work methods
* Sound management skills
* Influencing skills
* Have expert understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment and process
* Have full understanding and effectively apply all planning and related processes and procedures
* Expert understanding of planning concepts within the automated application system
* Data processing
* Effective facilitating skills
* Advanced knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract and analyse data and produce reports
* Problem sensitivity and sound problem solving skills
* Expert knowledge of safety rules and procedures
* Expert knowledge of planning and related processes and procedures
* Effective verbal and writing communication skills (incl reporting)
* Coping with pressures and setbacks
* Effective in creating Bar/Gantt charts and effectively using relevant software programs (for complex jobs)
* Effective decision-making skills
4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Focus Area
Get results through individual contribution, effort and self management
Operational / Functional
"1. Consistently delivers on all service level agreements
2. Quality results through cost effective service and on time support
3. Cost awareness and control
4. Technical expertise and advice
5. Technical/operating systems and models
6. HSE targets"
* Support leader to manage planning offices to enable a continuous service delivery to partners
* Responsible for the smooth running of the maintenance planning office functionality
* Support in supervisory capacity (if required) during shutdowns
* Contribute in shutdown program validation
* Providing of information/reports on request from line management
* Execute ad hoc projects assigned by line management
* Successful execution of shutdowns, general overhauls (GO), turnarounds (TA), projects and complex jobs
* Manage multi-disciplined planning activities
* Lead, promote and meet expected output on planning deliverables
* Accountable for a reliable and achievable work package for execution week for all disciplines
* Evaluate and verify correctness of notification information and take action on deviations – (gate keeping function)
* Monitor and coordinate execution of work activities and note deviations from program; day-to-day / shutdowns, general overhauls (GO), turnarounds (TA), etc
* Updating of contingency work - ensure contingency process compliance
* Planning and control of leak seal activities
* Planning and control of plant and operations equipment and structural repairs
* Ensure statutory process compliance
* Open work order control as per agreed targets to support committed cost flow
* Familiar with materials, services, financial and other planning relates work methods
* Use own expertise and experience to realize cost savings within the planning/scheduling and execution of day-to-day, shutdowns, general overhauls (GO), turnarounds (TA) and projects work
* Have an influence to reduce maintenance cost; optimize and reduce equipment down time
* Provide Bar / Gantt chart programs for projects and complex jobs
* Optimize recourses required to execute work
* Confirm material/spares requirements for job execution
* Ensure work package readiness for execution by arranging permits and getting confirmation of availability of equipment, material/spares, services and resources
* Uphold high safety standards and set example
* Adheres to and ensures adherence to Ma’aden safety standards
Leadership
1. Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals
2. Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness
3. Supports and articulate personal goals that are aligned to the business direction, that lead to personal development and effectiveness; Continuously strives to improve personal mastery, professional growth and business skills (ensuring technical/professional development in specialist area)
4. Establish professional standards for work, project plans and organization to ensure service provision and effective individual contribution
5. Share expertise freely and often during the application/review of policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods
6. Conduct analysis to formulate recommendations and design solutions and implement them effectively, problem solving and decisions quality - Analysed, formulated recommendations, designed solutions and implemented them effectively
7. Progress monitoring, reporting and corrective action
8. Statutory compliance and professional practices
* Seek opportunities to get involved in ad-hoc committees/projects
* Provide on-the-job training and coaching to more junior staff
* Perform acting duties when required
* Provide mentorship to new incumbents
* Identify and implement value adding initiatives (new ideas, thinking and approaches adopted and supported by the business)
* Display a positive attitude to work and add value to team, partners and other areas of the business
* Continuously improve own work processes and that of the team
* Establish and maintain professional standards of service provision and contribution
* Liaise with partners, services and contractors to optimise resources
* Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers
Relationships
1. Build constructive working relationships with manager, peers, clients and other service providers (all stakeholders) to ensure effective stakeholder relationships
2. Supports peers/team members to achieve team objectives through knowledge sharing, networking and collaboration with colleagues and other teams
3. Maintain Manager and peer relationships marked by professional communication, behaviour and actions that results in high levels of credibility, trust and respect throughout the business unit or function
4. Consistently meet customer and business requirements through technical/professional communication
5. Puts forward new ideas, thinking and approaches adopted and supported by the business
* Interdependent working relations with external and internal partners and co-ordination of actions
* 'Daily communication and meeting with production and maintenance on plant status and critical activities
* Motivate other team members
* Continuous communication with maintenance and service providers
* Liaise with partners, services and contractors to optimize recourses
* Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers
* Provide details to planning assistants for creation of work orders
* Take action on outstanding and unplanned work
5. COMPETENCIES:
Technical/Functional
* Have an advanced understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment and process
* Have full understanding and effectively apply all planning and related processes and procedures
* Highly competent reading ISO drawings, Mechanical/Electrical/Instruments flow diagrams and other technical drawings
* Proficient ability to draw meaningful relationships from data sourcing
* Sound knowledge, understanding and articulating the relevant regulatory and compliance issues related to the planning functions and affecting the specific Affiliate
* Expert understanding of specific area of responsibility comply with applicable planning procedures and processes
* Expert knowledge and understanding of HSE rules, processes and procedures
* Proficient in recognising and effectively interpreting the relationship between the planning deliverables and business objectives
* Advanced competence using relevant software systems and programs
* Advanced understanding of planning concepts within the automated application system
* Sound understanding how data is structured and flows and navigates planning systems and databases to input and extract relevant information
* Advanced knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract and analyse data and produce reports
* Competent independently managing projects
* Expert knowledge of the overall philosophy and functionality of Planning and its interrelationships with the other related/affected systems and processes
Leadership
• Developing self
• Embrace digitalisation within the function
• Teamwork and collaboration
* Continuous improvement
Safety
• Safety advocate - anywhere and everywhere
• Sound knowledge and application of HSE rules and procedures
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others
• Ability to pro-actively identifying safety hazards and act accordingly
* Advanced knowledge of specific HSE regulatory and statutory compliance requirements