Maintenance Planner (Mechanical, I/C, Electrical) - Expression of Interest

Wood • Plaquemine, LA

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Wood is recruiting a Maintenance Planner to join its Operations Americas business. This onsite opportunity is based in Plaquemine, Louisiana, supporting operating assets and project transitions through CMMS optimization and maintenance data improvement initiatives. The role works closely with CMMS Specialists, Reliability Engineers, Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to improve maintenance planning data, preventive maintenance programs, equipment hierarchies, and Bills of Material (BOMs) in SAP PM.

Wood seeks discipline-focused planners in Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation & Controls (I&C). The planners provide maintenance planning expertise and equipment knowledge to support data validation, maintenance strategy alignment, and standardization of maintenance master data for safe and reliable long-term operations.

Wood's Operations business serves clients across the global energy and materials industries, providing operations, maintenance, modifications, brownfield engineering, asset optimization, and management solutions throughout the asset lifecycle.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of maintenance planning experience in LNG, oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or heavy industrial facilities.
• Strong maintenance planning experience within the assigned discipline.
• Hands-on experience with SAP PM.
• Strong understanding of preventive maintenance programs, maintenance workflows, and equipment strategies.
• Experience developing or reviewing maintenance plans, task lists, functional locations, equipment records, and Bills of Material (BOMs).
• Experience reviewing OEM documentation, IOM manuals, and spare parts data.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data manipulation, filtering, lookup functions, and management of large datasets.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning best practices and maintainable asset structures.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting CMMS optimization or maintenance data improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of ISO 14224 equipment hierarchy principles.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, or project turnover activities.
• Familiarity with maintenance reliability concepts and criticality assessments.
• Experience with bulk data load tools such as Winshuttle.

Responsibilities

• Review and optimize maintenance plans, job plans, and task lists within SAP PM.
• Validate preventive maintenance requirements based on OEM recommendations, maintenance strategies, and operational experience.
• Support maintenance planning standardization across facilities and systems.
• Develop and improve work packages, labor estimates, durations, sequencing, and resource requirements.
• Participate in maintenance strategy and preventive maintenance optimization workshops.
• Validate equipment records, functional locations, and parent-child relationships.
• Support alignment of equipment hierarchy structures with client standards and ISO 14224.
• Review equipment criticality, maintainable asset boundaries, and system relationships.
• Assist with field verification and validation of equipment and associated data.
• Support cleansing and consolidation of equipment and tag data.
• Review and validate spare parts lists, SPIR/SPIL documentation, and OEM recommendations.
• Support BOM development and optimization for maintainable assets.
• Identify interchangeable, repairable, and common spare opportunities.
• Assist with material master mapping and spare part standardization.
• Support workshops and reviews with maintenance and technical subject-matter experts.
• Perform data review, cleansing, validation, and manipulation using Excel and SAP.
• Support bulk data updates and load sheet validation activities.
• Track action items, progress updates, and KPI reporting.
• Ensure maintenance data complies with client master data standards and governance requirements.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team, and individual needs, with onsite working offered.
• Employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews.
• Flexible benefits package adaptable to individual lifestyle.
• Continued professional development through plans tailored to individual needs and interests.
• Global connections with leading industry experts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed