Engineer, Planning - SABTANK

Chemistry that Matters™ 

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Job Post Start Date: May 4, 2026

Job Post End Date: May 18, 2026

Job Purpose:

Organizes, develops, and maintains the maintenance planning section to be the control point of maintenance service application as per Asset Maintenance Work Process (AMWP).  Monitoring/Maintaining outstanding work order records & Provides data, statistic, and analysis of maintenance performance parameters for continuing self-audit of department performance. Controls all plans and technical studies for equipment reliability to reduce maintenance downtime and provide overall monitoring manpower utilization & spare parts and inventory optimization. Master Data implementation for any changes requires in SAP System. 

• Key Accountabilities:

• Support to finalize berth annual shutdown schedule, plans and activities.
• Support in establishing Routine Planning procedures, RACI and work instructions.
• Provide appropriate analysis of planning KPI’s and highlight major concern and recommend strategic solution to eliminate risk.
• Responsible to generate reports by daily, weekly, and monthly as per needed by management including KPI, Cost, etc.
• Give recommendation in improving the maintenance strategy in-line with approve annual budget.
• Take proactive and timely actions for PM deferrals.
• Conduct spot verification of the effectiveness in gatekeeping control requiring approval of managers before release for work orders.
• Lead Master Data updating and implementation in SAP and continuous improvement of Master Data quality by monitoring and reviewing with
• Technical Team and Maintenance Evaluate unplanned CAPEX and prioritize projects budgets accordingly for the 3 SABTANK affiliates and its 14 users.
• Prepare Project justification based on company risk assessment and business planning to ensure initial project justification calibrated prior to screening exercise
• Mega Projects evaluation and initiation.
• Prepare Project justification based on company risk assessment and business planning to ensure initial project justification calibrated prior to screening exercise.
• Monitor projects spending and improve/suggest cost control tools. 
• Give recommendation in improving the budgeting strategy for better traceability and control of expenses.
• Reviews the overall maintenance planning activities for all plants and facilities to control the application of maintenance resources to result in
• improved plant reliability and extended period of uninterrupted operation.
• Support area planner to generate yearly PM and level them according to operation change over plan.
• Manages the preventive maintenance work orders. Audits SAP system for high-cost maintenances equipments & suggests tools for controlling.Invoicing and invoice tracking.
• Administrates weekly / bi-weekly meetings along with the area Planners with operations, other in-house customers & maintenances to review pending notifications, work orders in the SAP systems.
•  Suggests operations & other in-house customers for enhancing of quality of notifications & clarifies them the reason(s) for pending work orders with the corrective actions taken with target date of completions.
• Assists in preparation of development and implementation of the manpower plan, annual budget, objectives and training, resolving day-to-day maintenance planning problems, preparing manuals as required and optimization of materials, cost reduction and safety issues. Assists turnaround team in preparation of annual TA of unit or complex.
• Audits the pending notifications & WO in the SAP systems. Advised the Field Planners to take corrective actions. Also advised the Maintenance / Inspections Supdts. for the correctives actions to be taken by the respective Maintenance / Inspection Supervisors in connection with the best utilization of SAP system.
• Computerized software and support for maintenance planning. Audits cost reports for both materials & services & suggests tools for proper controls. Take corrective action not to re-occur the pending work orders for the same reasons, especially due to shortage of materials. In this connection, advises the concerned section for creation of new materials, correction of material MRP type, levels, correction of material descriptions for not to have wrong material delivered. Indigenizes the general spares with local resources to reduce inventory, cost & lead time.
• Audits Maintenance KPI as defined by SABIC & suggests corrective actions for improvements. Audits, adjusts, and monitors Preventive Maintenance plans and schedules. Coordinates with concerned sections regarding proper scheduling of preventive maintenance activities. Targets to have zero pending Preventive Maintenance work orders (PM03). Escalates PM non conformances to concern operations sections for making waivers
• Administrations the planning functions such as the coordination between maintenance and operation departments, Maintenance / Planning Business procedures implementation like notification, emergency jobs, emergency SD procedures in line with SABIC SAP procedures. Reviews all Maintenance / Planning Business procedures as per assigned frequencies & suggests improvements to his supervisor. Validates BOM & task lists in SAP system.  

Requirements:

• Should have University Engineering Degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• Functional, Technical, and basic knowledge in centralized integrated computer system like SAP

Minimum Experience:

• 5-9 years of experience various practical and Management experience in the Production of Operation firms.

Job Specific Skills:

• Very good knowledge of SAP systems, and planning software
• Strong in data analysis.
•  Advance on English
• Advance on MS office.
• Presentation Skills.
• Communication Skills 

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