Planning Engineer📣 إعلان

About the Role

Acwa is seeking a Planning Engineer to join its Technical Support team in Rabigh. This full-time role is central to ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the plant through meticulous planning, scheduling, and control of maintenance activities. The successful candidate will work closely with Maintenance and Operations teams to optimize both preventive and corrective maintenance, thereby maximizing plant availability.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and monitor preventive and corrective maintenance activities utilizing SAP.
• Review maintenance notifications and work orders to ensure completeness, progress, and timely closure.
• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance task lists, maintenance plans, and schedules.
• Coordinate planned shutdowns and annual outages using MS Project to optimize maintenance execution and minimize downtime.
• Analyze equipment failures and maintenance reports to recommend improvements to preventive maintenance strategies.
• Coordinate with maintenance disciplines and operations to execute routine maintenance and outage activities.
• Process and monitor warranty defect notifications and coordinate warranty claims.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc maintenance performance reports for management.
• Maintain equipment master data, maintenance history, and configuration information within SAP.

Operational Improvement and Training

• Recommend and implement continuous improvements to maintenance planning processes and procedures.
• Support effective utilization of maintenance resources and improve planning efficiency.
• Provide on-the-job training and support the development of maintenance personnel.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Compliance and Safety Adherence

• Ensure compliance with company policies, legal requirements, contractual obligations, and Integrated Management System (IMS) requirements.
• Participate in Health, Safety, Security, Environmental, and Quality programs and promote a strong safety culture.
• Support hazard identification, risk assessments, incident investigations, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

Required Experience

Candidates should possess 5 to 10 years of experience in a relevant planning engineering role.

Working Conditions

This is a plant-based position that may involve occasional work near operating mechanical equipment and in outdoor environments. The role may include exposure to elevated work areas, noise, airborne particles, chemicals, electrical equipment, and varying weather conditions. Adherence to all applicable safety procedures is mandatory.