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

Wood Group • Plaquemine, LA

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Wood is recruiting Maintenance Planners for its Operations Americas business, supporting operating assets and project transitions in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The position is onsite and supports global energy demand through LNG plant designs focused on efficiency, reliability, and lower capital cost. Discipline-focused planners are sought in Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation & Controls (I&C).

The role supports CMMS optimization and maintenance data improvement initiatives. Planners work with CMMS Specialists, Reliability Engineers, Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to improve maintenance planning data, preventive maintenance programs, equipment hierarchies, and Bills of Material within SAP PM. They provide maintenance planning expertise and equipment knowledge for data validation, maintenance strategy alignment, and standardization of maintenance master data to support safe, reliable long-term operations.

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 in 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.
• Experience reviewing OEM documentation, IOM manuals, and spare parts data.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data manipulation, filtering, lookup functions, and large dataset management.
• 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 using 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.
• Review, cleanse, validate, and manipulate data 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

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to industry leaders across Operations Americas.
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team, and individual needs, including onsite working.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion, with employee networks that give employees a voice.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews.
• Flexible benefits package adaptable to individual lifestyles.
• 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