Manager, Maintenance Planning / Scheduling

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost

We are seeking an experienced Manager Maintenance Planning/Scheduling to join in our Houston, TX or Lake Charles, LA.

General Description:

The Manager Maintenance Planning/Scheduling reports to the Senior Manager Maintenance Planning/Scheduling and leads/participates in the delivery of safe effective Maintenance Planning/Scheduling for Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation corrective and preventive work that has been identified on the Liquefied Natural Gas pipeline. This position is a working manager role, performing and managing maintenance work management activities.

Responsibilities:

• Work in close partnership with Operations, Reliability, and Integrity to develop and load into SAP Maintenance Strategies and Job Plans to ensure equipment performs as intended and without failure.


• Perform job cost estimating (material and labor).


• Facilitate the Scheduling of Work Orders with field technicians and service providers. 


• Facilitate look-aheads and backlog.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including the Maintenance Optimization Team and related technical, functional, and business teams.


• Create and maintain training materials as well as conduct training sessions for end-users


• Provide first level support to users for SAP PM and SAP MM related issues, including triage and escalation of technical problems.


• Provide data mining in support of our Planning KPI’s to achieve excellence in Planning and review monthly KPI reports.


• Assist planning team members verify appropriate material(s) associated to Job Plan scope. 


• Maintain the SAP Job Plan library to streamline future planning


• Act as a subject matter expert for the Work Management process for the resources they support.


• Deep knowledge of Planning and Scheduling in SAP PM


• Manage backlog


• Ensure timely delivery of plans for DOT and any Regulatory work to minimize any deferrals.

Qualifications:

Education and Certifications

• Must have High School Diploma or Higher Education


• Legally authorized to work in USA


• Relevant experience with Planning/Scheduling in an Industrial environment such as Oil/Gas/Chemicals.


• Field experience is a plus.

Experience:

• Maintenance Planning and Scheduling


• Leadership qualities (Lead by example)


• Able to multi-task in a stressful environment

       Skill Requirements:

• 15+ years of direct experience in Planning & Scheduling Maintenance


• 5+ years of Resource Scheduling. (such as Promethius)


• Knowledge on Maintenance Strategies, Philosophies, & PM Optimization methods


• Create/Validate Maintenance Items & Plans


• Create/Validate Task list and Standard text


• Understanding of Workflows of Plant Maintenance system


• Bill of Material creation and assign to task list


• Knowledge of preventive maintenance, maintenance plans, time/strategy-based Maintenance, breakdowns, and all types of repair processes.


• Knowledge of all master data objects required to support SAP PM (bills of material, equipment Master, functional locations, Work Center etc).


• Experience with SAP S/4 HANA PM & MM Modules


• Strong understanding of resource scheduling. (Promethius)


• Strong technical background and knowledge of electrical, mechanical., and Instrumentation planning.  

Venture Global LNG is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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