Planning Engineer📣 Job Ad

Job Summary

Acwa China is seeking a full-time Planning Engineer to join its Technical Support team in Rabigh. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and controlling plant maintenance activities to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the plant.

Role Purpose

This role requires close coordination with the Maintenance and Operations teams. The primary objective is to optimize both preventive and corrective maintenance activities, thereby maximizing overall plant availability within the plant environment.

Key Responsibilities

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

Experience Requirements

Candidates for this full-time position should possess 5 to 10 years of experience in a relevant planning or engineering role, preferably within a plant maintenance context.

Work Environment

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

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to apply for this position.