Analyst, SAP/CMMS

Venture Global LNG•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Analyst, SAP/CMMS provides SAP-based computerized maintenance management system oversight and support for a pipeline asset. The role establishes and maintains managed equipment inventories and functional locations, develops and improves maintenance plans and strategies, schedules maintenance for in-house and contracted crafts, coordinates materials and equipment for work execution, and facilitates work-order closure. The SAP CMMS Analyst serves as a subject matter expert and plans and schedules maintenance work for pipelines operated by Venture Global. The position builds and maintains SAP maintenance data and processes, including equipment hierarchies, specifications, frequencies, maintenance strategies, task lists, work centers, bills of materials, and related records. It also develops detailed job plans, estimates costs and manpower, identifies risks and permitting or energy-isolation needs, and coordinates materials, equipment, and contract services. The analyst supports coworkers and junior planners and technicians in using SAP, reviews monthly KPI reports and backlog, and identifies continuous-improvement opportunities.

Requirements

10 or more years of SAP and maintenance-planning experience in a natural gas processing or fractionation plant, gas gathering system, or transmission pipeline.
Experience planning, leading, or executing industrial maintenance work in an oil and gas environment.
Ability to perform light lifting, squatting, and climbing.
Proficiency with computers, including SAP, Microsoft applications, and email.
Experience with maintenance management software tools.
Effective organizational skills.
Excellent communication skills and ability to work as a team player.
Accountable, self-driven, and continuously striving for improvement.
Strong technical background and knowledge of craft activities, with proven field experience.
Knowledge of pipeline systems and operations.
Understanding of the benefits of effective maintenance planning and scheduling.
Strong work ethic, motivation, and self-starting ability.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to network with peers and liaise with operations and maintenance staff.
Strong computer skills and ability to navigate various databases.
Ability to read and understand schematics and drawings, including P&IDs.
Knowledge of preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance.
Knowledge of repair methods for valves and piping.
High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain all aspects of maintenance in SAP.
Assemble technical data, including hierarchies, equipment specifications, and maintenance frequencies.
Maintain data standards and asset registry information, define maintenance strategies, and manage P&IDs, criticality, call horizon, span, task lists, measurement points, work centers, SCE identity, and bills of materials.
Build maintenance orders in SAP with detailed job plans.
Understand and address job processes, including permitting, energy isolations, and risk identification.
Perform job estimates for cost and manpower and identify equipment support needs.
Identify and order materials and request contract services needed to execute planned jobs.
Confirm that materials, equipment, and support are available before identifying work as waiting schedule.
Plan and schedule maintenance work for Venture Global-operated pipelines, including work assigned to in-house and contracted crafts.
Facilitate work-order closure.
Assist coworkers with learning the SAP CMMS system.
Mentor new SAP analysts and field technicians as a subject matter expert.
Create job plans for future planning opportunities.
Review monthly KPI reports and identify continuous-improvement opportunities.
Attend scheduled training and help direct junior planners.
Interact with operations to understand risks associated with jobs.
Conduct monthly backlog reviews and identify opportunities to reduce backlog.