OxyChem Maintenance Planner - Battleground

Maintenance Planner

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with OxyChem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? OxyChem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people.

OxyChem, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading producer of essential chemistry with operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. OxyChem's products play an essential role in everyday life, supporting critical applications in water treatment, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, personal hygiene, and residential and commercial construction. OxyChem actively participates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program, underscoring our commitment to safety. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, OxyChem is a top three U.S. manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali and chlorinated organic chemicals, and calcium chloride.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, coordinating, and monitoring maintenance activities to ensure plant reliability, safety, and environmental compliance. This role located at the Battleground Plant located in La Porte, Texas supports both internal maintenance teams and external contractors, manages work orders, and assists with technical specifications and plant coverage.

Essential Job Duties:

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products, as our highest priority.
• Provide leadership in assuring all requirements of the routine maintenance work process are utilized consistently and effectively to continuously improve the process and ensure goals are met.
• Interface daily with production and maintenance department personnel to review work orders for maintenance services. Review and provide input on definition, accuracy and priority.
• Develop the scope of each mechanical (fixed equipment) or SIPA work order. Procure all required material, outside contract services, rental equipment and specialized tools to include emphasis on all the requirements of company specifications, HESS and PSM programs.
• Track area planning backlog & work orders ensuring data is current & accurate.
• Evaluate non-resident contractor performance, including quality & safety performance.
• Assist engineers with plant projects, technical details, & specifications. Make recommendations on projects such as timeline, labor requirements, work scope, & material.
• Follow the Management of Change Process to document & implement plant PSM changes.
• Provide planning and supervisory support for outages.
• Provide off-hour support for maintenance issues, material or service as necessary.
• Create & maintain repetitive job plans.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 5 years planning/scheduling experience;
• Hands-on experience in boiler making, pipe fitting, and/or welding preferred.
• Working knowledge of the routine maintenance process, regulations and policies.
• High proficiency in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to read, write and speak in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and respond to callouts on a non-routine basis.
• Physical requirements Must be able to lift 40 lbs, climb ladders and stairs. Walking, bending, stooping is required. Must be able to wear personal protective equipment including the use of a respirator. Must be able to respond to visual and audible alarms.

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of SAP.
• Prior planning experience preferred.

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