Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner develops maintenance plans and schedules for online work, outages, and projects, coordinating labor, tools, equipment, and contractors to ensure efficient execution. The role also supports budgets and project scope preparation.

Excelerate Energy is changing the way the world accesses clean, affordable, and reliable energy. We are focused on providing flexible LNG solutions to emerging markets across the globe and delivering a lesser emitting form of energy to markets that often rely on coal as their primary energy source.

We strive to achieve sustainable results by delivering what we promise and by investing in our people, assets, and technology while promoting a culture of safety, quality, and environmental stewardship.

We believe our human capital is our most valuable asset. We hire exceptional people who thrive in a dynamic work environment. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of safety and collaboration. Together, we can create a better future by delivering clean energy to the global communities that need it most.

JOB TITLE: MAINTENANCE PLANNER 

Work Location: Montego Bay

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing maintenance plans and schedules for online work, forced outages, planned outages, and projects to ensure effective and cost-efficient execution. This role ensures proper coordination of labor, tools, equipment, and contractor services to avoid delays and overlaps. The Maintenance Planner supports the seamless execution of maintenance projects, including preparing project budgets and scope documentation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Prioritize and organize work activities, managing multiple tasks to meet established timelines.
• Collaborate with relevant personnel to optimize job and resources scheduling
• Manage maintenance backlog using internal and external resources to ensure high safety, compliance, and asset health standards.
• Promote reliability through preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance.
• Monitor and ensure timely execution of work plans, escalating deviations to the Operations and Maintenance Manager.
• Prepare outage scopes and ensure spare parts availability to support maintenance needs.
• Communicate material and inventory needs to warehouse/inventory personnel in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate documentation, including reports on outages, maintenance plans, and inventory usage.
• Utilize the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to schedule and align maintenance activities and generate work orders.
• Review and sign off on Job Safety Analyses prior to job scheduling
• Manage and maintain repository for commissioning reports
• Maintain detailed equipment performance records to guide procurement and planning decisions.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent Project Management certification.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in a similar role within a process plant or equivalent environment.
• Certified training in Project Management.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools.
• Strong planning, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.