Job Description: Shutdown Planner

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Wood is currently sourcing for a Shutdown Planner on a temporary basis, with an initial duration of approximately 8 months.

About the Role

The position will support shutdown preparation for two client FPSO’s offshore Angola. The role can be based remotely or in Angola (Luanda), but the candidate should be able to visit the client Luanda office as required, with possible requirements to attend Wood regional offices.

Please note this is an Expression of Interest position at present but we anticipate the position will proceed with a view to starting as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities

The shutdown planner is responsible for maintaining the detailed shutdown plans for all shutdown activities. This includes the WBS, layouts, scheduled dates, durations, logic links, and filters. The shutdown planner will manage the shutdown meetings ensuring correct attendees are invited, and the reporting narrative is issued with each progressed plan issue.

Must be experienced in Primavera and shutdown activity sequencing, including ramp-down and ramp-up of shutdown activities. The candidate must have a solid understanding of maintenance, projects, integrity, and other requirements typically related to shutdown events. The role will coordinate with the work preparer/planners/schedulers during the planning phase and work with field Coordinators, Contractors, Operations, Project, and Discipline Engineering Groups.

Scope of planning role includes all aspects of shutdown planning, including preparation planning and scheduling, shutdown, decontamination, maintenance, project execution, commissioning, and restart; and lookbacks for learnings and future planning.

To act at all times in accordance with policies on Health, Safety, and Environmental and proactively manage all shutdown activities accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Shutdown Planning and Execution:
  • Planning and preparation of shutdown activities for multiple client assets.
  • Management of the shutdown activities input into Primavera. This includes all activity details such as scheduled dates, durations, logic links, resources, WBS, and code structure.
  • Production of resource histograms and ‘S’ curves for shutdown plans.
  • Production of planning statistics and narrative after each progress measure for management reporting.
  • Inputs to planning processes and procedures.
  • Attend shutdown planning meetings and update plans prior to plan approval and report issue.
  • Familiar with CMMS such as Maximo and SAP.
  • Extensive knowledge of Primavera.
  • Quantify impact of maintenance activities in downtime, lost production, increased venting/flaring, and operational inefficiencies and communicate to Production Operations leadership.
  • Responsible for preparing an overall resource schedule for the shutdown duration; monitoring key materials delivery dates, availability of critical resources, and operational requirements.
  • Key input into coordination, sequencing, and scheduling of the detailed scope and execution plan for all scope in the area: maintenance, plant changes, capital projects.
  • Assists Shutdown Event Manager and Shutdown Coordinator in the development of the shutdown organization plan.
  • Coordinates optimization activities including Reviews, Schedule Optimizations, resource levelling, etc.
  • Works closely with operations to ensure proper integration of shutdown activities.