Lead Specialist, Digital infrastructure II

Job Description

1. JOB DETAILS:

Position Title: Planner: Grade I

Broad Band: M08: Semi - professional

Talent Pipeline Layer: Manage Self Operational (MS)

2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:

The purpose of the role is to provide a continuous 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. High school certificate

2. Maths and Science preferred

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

Experience:

4 Years practical experience in planning/scheduling softwares

Skills:

* Acute safety awareness and attitude
* Extensive experience of shutdowns
* Sound knowledge of statutory process compliance requirements, and understanding of the relevant regulatory and compliance issues specific to the Affiliate
* Managing projects
* Familiar with materials, services, financial and other planning related work methods
* Sound management skills
* Have an understanding of production (plant) operations, equipment and process
* Have full understanding and effectively apply all planning and related processes and procedures
* Advanced understanding of planning concepts within the automated application system
* Data processing
* Effective facilitating skills
* Proficient working knowledge of appropriate tools and systems to find, extract and analyse 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 writing communication skills (incl 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

4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Focus Area

Get results through individual contribution, effort and self management

Operational / Functional

1. Consistently achieve all delivery targets (e.g. tons, products, services)
2. Ensure all work is met through quality results (agreed standards, quality, quantity and due dates)
3. Cost awareness and control
4. Resources utilization and efficiency through optimizing available resources and contained cost
5. 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 (gate keeping 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 in shutdown program validation
* Open work order control as per agreed targets to support committed cost flow
* Have an influence to reduce maintenance cost, optimise and reduce equipment time
* Optimisation of resources required to execute work
* Confirm material/spares, services and resources
* Adhere to and ensure adherence to Ma'aden safety standards
* Plan, organise and control work and projects, meeting technical objectives
* Assist with compiling and updating of 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
* Be acquainted with operational methods and details related to day-to-day maintenance
* Categorise 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 solved with changing business and work requirements with timely feedback provided
* Assist leader to manage planning offices to enable a continuous service delivery to partners
* Provide details to planner/junior planner for creation of work orders
* Assist leader to manage planning office to enable a continuous service delivery to partners

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. Takes responsibility, agree on and review personal performance goals and achievement of high performance goals
4. Plan, organize, control and report own work and consistently ensure that work is completed to plan
5. Regularly achieves the application/compliance of policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods
6. 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 optimise resources
* Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with customers

Relationships

1. Fully understand and deliver on customers/partner needs and expectations through positive working relationships with all related stakeholders (internal and external)
2. Consistently maintain constructive relationships within the team and with all stakeholders through relationships and collaboration
3. Team and customer communication
4. Continuous improvement through sharing new ideas and implementing them

* Daily communication and meeting with production and maintenance on plant status and critical activities
* Interdependent working relations with external and internal partners and co-ordination of actions
* 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 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 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
* 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 analyse 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 digitalisation within the function
• Networking and collaboration

* Continous improvement

Safety

• Safety advocate - anywhere and everywhere
• Advanced awareness and understanding of HSE rules and procedures
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others
• Ability to pro-actively identifying safety hazards and act accordingly

* Awareness of specific HSE regulatory and statutory compliance requirements