Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Team Lead-Lake Charles, LA

Company: Phillips
Location: Lake Charles
Posted on: May 21, 2023

Job Description:

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--- Description

The Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Team Lead implements Maintenance Excellence Strategies to effectively execute Routine Maintenance, Infrastructure Projects, and Reliability improvements utilizing the corporate best practice work processes. This position is responsible for leading and developing the Routine Maintenance Planners and Schedulers. This position gives directions, sets priorities and is fully responsible for all Routine Maintenance Planning and Scheduling activities focusing on cost management, continuous improvement and people development while not compromising on safety or quality. This position reports to the Area M Manager.

--- Responsibilities May Include

+ Develop cross-plant Maintenance Strategies through networking with Maintenance Superintendents, Chief Inspector, and the Turnaround Manager.

+ Facilitate the development and continuous improvement of the refinery Routine Maintenance planning and scheduling processes.

+ Responsible for the effective and efficient planning and scheduling of all Routine Maintenance work performed by P66 or Contract Planners and Schedulers.

+ Responsible for the supervision, development and training of the refinery Planners and Schedulers.

+ Utilize soft skills to build and influence high performing teams of operations, crafts, engineers, and salaried maintenance.

+ Ensure efficient and seamless flow of information to the Maintenance Front Line Supervisors such that the maintenance schedule can be implemented.

+ Attend regular meetings with area personnel to ensure that the maintenance schedule and corrective work are effectively planned, coordinated and delivered based on priority.

+ Accountable for the planning, scheduling and compliance reporting of all MI Inspections, Regulatory, and Reliability Preventative Maintenance in the refinery.

+ Review and evaluate performance of assigned contractors working on the routine maintenance schedule.

+ Manage and review planning and scheduling metrics along with Routine Maintenance KPIs, implementing improvement plans where necessary.

+ Demonstrate personal commitment to health, safety & environmental compliance with Lake Charles standards.

+ Responsible for your own health/safety as well as health/safety of assigned employees and contractors.

+ Assures HSE requirements are considered and integrated into the activities of each team member.

--- Required Qualifications

+ Legally authorized to work in the job posting country

+ Hold TWIC card or be able to obtain a TWIC card

+ High School Diploma or GED equivalent

+ Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel

--- Preferred Qualifications

+ 5 or more years of maintenance, engineering and/or construction experience

+ 3 or more years of refining or petrochemical experience

+ 1 or more years of Supervisory experience

+ Proficient with SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) and Symphonic scheduling modules

+ Organized, self-motivated, proactive, creative and results oriented

+ Well-developed interpersonal communication skills with all levels of the organization

+ Able to plan, schedule, manage risk, analyze cost/benefits and implement accordingly

+ Able to understand requirements, recognize issues, concerns and proactively address issues and concerns

+ Able to act in the absence of immediate direction when needed

+ Able to maintain relationships to accomplish business objectives while meeting interpersonal needs

+ Able to maintain trust by fulfilling commitments and speaking the truth in difficult circumstances

+ Able to understand other's oral or written communication and to effectively communicate information orally and in writing

+ Able to manage transitions to facilitate the implementation of significant change

The Lake Charles Refinery is located in Westlake, Louisiana. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. Facilities also include a specialty coker and calciner. The refinery processes a mixture of light to heavy, low- and high sulfur and low- and high-acid crude oils. It receives domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil through truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals, including the Beaumont and Clifton Ridge terminals and the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Lake Charles produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include off-road diesel, home heating oil, feedstock for our Excel Paralubes joint venture, specialty graphite petroleum coke and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed in the southeastern and eastern United States by truck, rail car, barge or pipelines and exported to Latin America and West Africa.

--- Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being - physical, emotional, social, and financial - is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results - personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

+ Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus

+ 8% 401k company match, with an additional 0-4% Company 401k contribution based on the Company's financial performance

+ Cash Balance Account pension

+ Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP

+ Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

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--- To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of May 31, 2023.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

--- Phillips 66 is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

--- Requisition ID: 57643

--- Location: Louisiana - Lake Charles

--- Job Field: Maintenance

--- Division : Lake Charles Refinery

--- Technical Req : No

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