Electrical Planner

SUMMARY The Electrical Planner is a key member of the maintenance team, responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating site electrical and process controls activities to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operation of electrical and process systems. This role works closely with maintenance, operations, warehouse, contractors, and reliability teams to optimize maintenance performance and plant uptime. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Planning & Scheduling • Develop and maintain daily, weekly, monthly, and long-term electrical and process controls schedules to optimize labor, materials, and equipment availability. • Plan and coordinate shutdown and outage activities to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime. • Identify required manpower, skills, materials, and timelines for all planned work. • Coordinate and oversee contractor and temporary labor activities as required. Maintenance Systems & Data Management • Administer and maintain the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) (IFS), including work orders, master data, and reporting. • Ensure accuracy and integrity of records, maintenance history, parts lists, and component tracking. • Create, manage, and maintain all electrical and process controls work orders, including developing new work orders, updating existing, and ensuring accurate and complete documentation of work performed and equipment history. • Actively manage the work order backlog by prioritizing and tracking outstanding tasks to ensure timely completion, preventing delays that could lead to equipment failure or unplanned downtime. • Develop, maintain, and generate maintenance and cost reports, including key performance indicators (KPIs). Maintenance Strategy & Reliability • Support and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for electrical department. • Collaborate with the reliability engineering team to enhance maintenance strategies, processes, and system effectiveness. • Facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for chronic or high-risk equipment failures and implement corrective actions. • Participate in risk assessments and continuous improvement initiatives. • Develop, update, and maintain standard job procedures for routine and non-routine maintenance activities. Materials & Resource Coordination • Coordinate with warehouse personnel on parts availability, non-inventory procurement, warranty claims, and core returns. • Work with warehouse to manage inventory parts quantities for electrical and process controls activities. • Identify and procure required materials and services to support planned electrical and process controls activities. • Maintain component and warranty tracking systems for major equipment. Budgeting & Cost Control • Assist in the development of the electrical department budget and forecasts. • Monitor electrical…