Eram Talent Looking for Mechanical Shop Planner at Saudi , Dhahran Full Time

Eram Talent, a leading Talent Acquisition Consultancy in the Oil & Energy Industry is looking for a Mechanical Shop Planner to join their team. The Mechanical Shop Planner will be responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance activities in the company’s Mechanical Workshop while ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Receives work packages, checks work scope for clarity and accuracy; ensures received equipment contains all parts necessary to complete the repair of the equipment
• Under guidance of the Shop Planner shops prepares an estimate of man-hours required to do the work using standard or by developing a technical estimate
• Under guidance of the Shop Planner Shops prepares daily/weekly work schedules for the assigned
• In the event of work scope changes re-evaluate as necessary man-hours required to complete units
• Controls the movement of work by assigning work tags to items under repair
• Updates job status in SHOPS after consultation with Unit Heads and Supervisors
• Progress of work on each active work order, updates the current job status on SAP system after daily consultation with Foremen of units involved, Prepares daily/weekly/monthly reports of each unit#s workload, performance indices or other information as required
• Maintains up-to date status reports on all backlogged jobs waiting materials, manpower or other resources. On receipt of parts reassigns job to active status
• Informs Shipping and Receiving after ensuring that repair card, OK Inspection tag, etc. is attached to equipment that job is ready for shipping
• Developing a technical estimate as applicable for equipment repair, set work standard for initial disassembly and preparation of work scope
• Revises estimated completion date, taking into account current workload in each shop involved in repair, the availability of spare parts, raw material, specialized processes or specialized manpower which may be required
• On receipt of material or parts re- activate job and enters onto work schedule, Ensures that the agreed procedures are followed prior to shipping equipment to field such as: attach repair card, shipping tag and green OK tag to equipment
• Updates the progress status on deliveries of spare parts of critical repairs, and examines current method used to effect equipment repair, investigates means by which productivity of repair units could be improved, turnaround time decreased, quality of repair improved or safety hazard eliminated
• Monitors KPIs relevant to his area of work, and ensure all relevant metrics perform in the desired target zones

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in mechanical maintenance planning in Oil & Energy Industry
• Completion of a recognized apprenticeship / vocational Maintenance Machinist or maintenance electrician program.
• Candidate must have good communication skills in English speaking, reading and writing
• Completion of SAP and Microsoft training program in the planning and scheduling work activities
• 13 years’ experience in at least one craft inclusive of training, two years of which must have been in full time field maintenance work in the oil and gas industry