The purpose of the role is to provide continuous input and support into maintenance, shutdown, and project planning activities at various sections and apply planning processes at an operational level.

Qualifications, Experiences and Skills

Qualification:

• High school certificate

• Maths and Science preferred

• Trade test + 1 Year as Planner (subject to personal performance)

Experience:

• 4 Years practical experience in planning/scheduling software

Skills:

• Acute safety awareness and attitude

• Extensive experience in shutdowns

• Sound knowledge of statutory process compliance requirements and understanding of relevant regulatory and compliance issues

• Managing projects

• Familiarity with materials, services, financial, and other planning-related work methods

• Sound management skills

• Understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment, and processes

• Full understanding and effective application of all planning and related processes and procedures

• Advanced understanding of planning concepts within the automated application system

• Data processing

• Effective facilitation skills

• Proficient working knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract, and analyze data and produce reports

• Problem sensitivity and effective problem-solving skills

• Advanced knowledge of safety rules and procedures

• Sound knowledge of planning and related processes and procedures

• Effective verbal and written communication skills (including reporting)

• Ability to follow rules and procedures

• Coping with pressures and setbacks

• Effective in creating Bar/Gantt charts and effectively using relevant software programs

• Effective decision-making skills

Key Accountabilities

Focus Area - Operational / Functional:

• Consistently achieve all delivery targets (e.g., tons, products, services)

• Ensure all work is met through quality results (agreed standards, quality, quantity, and due dates)

• Cost awareness and control

• Resource utilization and efficiency through optimizing available resources and containing costs

• Consistently achieve all HSE targets

Successful execution of shutdowns and complicated jobs:

• Successful implementation of planning processes

• Promote and meet expected output on planning deliverables

• Arrange and participate in plant walks, compile scope of work, and draw up detailed task lists

• Assist with accurate and quality work order feedback information

• Evaluate and verify correctness of notification information and take action on deviations (gatekeeping function)

• Assist and ensure statutory process compliance

• Assist to ensure leak seal process compliance

• Planning and control of plant equipment, ensuring process compliance

• Assist maintenance to compile shutdown scope list (contingency/opportunity and statutory work)

• Contribute to shutdown program validation

• Open work order control as per agreed targets to support committed cost flow

• Influence to reduce maintenance cost, optimize, and reduce equipment time

• Optimization of resources required to execute work

• Confirm material/spares, services, and resources

• Adhere to and ensure adherence to Ma'aden safety standards

• Plan, organize, and control work and projects, meeting technical objectives

• Assist with compiling and updating task lists for strategies and repetitive maintenance work

• Assist with compiling Bar/Gantt chart programs for complex jobs

• Assist to ensure a reliable and achievable work packed for execution week

• Acquainted with operational methods and details related to day-to-day maintenance

• Categorize work according to criticality/priority

• Assist with scope kick-off meetings for complex jobs, general overhaul (GO), and turnaround (TA)

• Assist to draw up network diagram, create Bar/Gant chart, and obtain approval for program execution

• Monitor and coordinate execution of work activities and note deviations from program (day-to-day, shutdowns, GO & TA)

• Provide information/reports on request to line management

• Full contribution to statutory compliance and management decisions

• Assist maintenance to ensure optimal affectivity of maintenance strategies

• Ensure the statutory process is maintained and adhered to

• Assist with work order control within set targets and according to prescribed standards

• Have an understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment, and process

• Have full understanding and effectively apply all planning and related processes and procedures

• Assist with documentation preparation

• Initiate the maintenance strategy review process

• Establish and maintain professional standards for service provision and contribution

• Manage change in scope of work during execution

• Attend and give input in meetings related to one's role within Planning

• Problem solve with changing business and work requirements with timely feedback provided

• Assist leader to manage planning offices to enable continuous service delivery to partners

• Provide details to planner/junior planner for creation of work orders

• Assist leader to manage planning office to enable continuous service delivery to partners

Leadership:

• Understand, support, and live the Ma'aden vision, values, and goals

• Take accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development, and effectiveness

• Take responsibility, agree on and review personal performance goals and achievement of high performance goals

• Plan, organize, control, and report own work and consistently ensure that work is completed to plan

• Regularly achieve the application/compliance of policies, practices, standards, procedures, and methods

• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively through problem-solving and decision making

• Develop skills to interpret regulations on codes, reading ISO drawings, Mechanical/Electrical/Instruments flow diagrams, and other technical drawings

• Attend training events as scheduled

• Provide on-the-job-training and coaching to less experienced peers, colleagues, and 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

• Establish and maintain professional standards of service provision and contribution

• Liaise with partners, services, and contractors to optimize resources

• Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers

Relationships:

• Fully understand and deliver on customers/partner needs and expectations through positive working relationships with all related stakeholders (internal and external)

• Consistently maintain constructive relationships within the team and with all stakeholders through relationships and collaboration

• Team and customer communication

• Continuous improvement through sharing new ideas and implementing them

• Daily communication and meetings with production and maintenance on plant status and critical activities

• Interdependent working relations with external and internal partners and coordination of actions

• Continuous communication with maintenance and service providers

• Liaise with partners, services, and contractors to optimize resources

• 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

Competencies
Technical/Functional:

• Have an understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment, and process

• Have full understanding and effectively apply all planning and related processes and procedures

• Basic ability to read ISO drawings, Mechanical/Electrical/Instruments flow diagrams, and other technical drawings

• General working ability to draw meaningful relationships from data sourcing

• Proficient in understanding and articulating the relevant regulatory and compliance issues related to the planning functions and affecting the specific Affiliate

• Sound understanding of specific area of responsibility comply with applicable planning procedures and processes

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of HSE rules, processes, and procedures

• Proficient in recognizing 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

• Proficient understanding how data is structured and flows and navigates planning systems and databases to input and extract relevant information

• Proficient working knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract, and analyze data and produce reports

• Manage projects

• Proficient knowledge of the overall philosophy and functionality of Planning and its interrelationships with the other related/affected systems and processes

Leadership:

• Developing self

• Embrace digitalization within the function

• Networking and collaboration

• Continuous improvement

• Safety advocate - anywhere and everywhere

• Advanced awareness and understanding of HSE rules and procedures

• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others

• Ability to proactively identify safety hazards and act accordingly

• Awareness of specific HSE regulatory and statutory compliance requirements