Job DescriptionWood is recruiting for a Maintenance Planner to join its Operations Americas business. This opportunity is onsite in Lake Charles, LA supporting global energy demand through innovative, modular LNG plant designs focused on efficiency, reliability, and lower capital cost.
#LI-OnsiteThe Role
As the Maintenance Planner, you will be responsible for supporting CMMS optimization and maintenance data improvement initiatives across operating assets and project transitions. These roles will work closely with CMMS Specialists, Reliability Engineers, Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to improve maintenance planning data, preventive maintenance programs, equipment hierarchies, and Bills of Material (BOMs) within SAP PM.
Discipline-focused planners are required in the following areas:
• Mechanical Planner
• Electrical Planner
• Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Planner
The planners will provide maintenance planning expertise and equipment knowledge to support data validation, maintenance strategy alignment, and standardization of maintenance master data for safe and reliable long-term operations.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities
Maintenance Planning & Execution Support - Review and optimize maintenance plans, job plans, and task lists within SAP PM
- Validate preventive maintenance requirements based on OEM recommendations, maintenance strategies, and operational experience
- Support maintenance planning standardization across facilities and systems
- Develop and improve work packages, labor estimates, durations, sequencing, and resource requirements
- Participate in maintenance strategy and PM optimization workshops.
Asset Register & Equipment Hierarchy Support - Validate equipment records, functional locations, and parent-child relationships
- Support alignment of equipment hierarchy structures to client standards and ISO 14224
- Review equipment criticality, maintainable asset boundaries, and system relationships
- Assist with field verification and validation of equipment and associated data
- Support cleansing and consolidation of equipment and tag data
Bills of Material (BOM) & Spare Parts Support - Review and validate spare parts lists, SPIR/SPIL documentation, and OEM recommendations
- Support BOM development and optimization for maintainable assets
- Identify interchangeable, repairable, and common spare opportunities
- Assist with material master mapping and spare part standardization
- Support workshops and reviews with maintenance and technical SMEs
Data Management & CMMS Support - Perform data review, cleansing, validation, and manipulation using Excel and SAP
- Support bulk data updates and load sheet validation activities
- Track action items, progress updates, and KPI reporting
- Ensure maintenance data complies with client master data standards and governance requirements
QualificationsWhat makes you remarkable? At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.
Required Qualifications- 10+ years of maintenance planning experience in LNG, oil & gas, petrochemical, refining, power generation, or heavy industrial facilities
- Strong maintenance planning experience within assigned discipline.
- Hands-on experience with SAP PM
- Strong understanding of preventive maintenance programs, maintenance workflows, and equipment strategies
- Experience developing or reviewing:
- Maintenance Plans
- Task Lists
- Functional Locations
- Equipment Records
- Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Experience reviewing OEM documentation, IOM manuals, and spare parts data
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including data manipulation, filtering, lookup functions, and large dataset management
- Strong understanding of maintenance planning best practices and maintainable asset structures
- Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities
Preferred Qualifications- Experience supporting CMMS optimization or maintenance data improvement initiatives
- Knowledge of ISO 14224 equipment hierarchy principles
- Experience supporting commissioning, startup, or project turnover activities
- Familiarity with maintenance reliability concepts and criticality assessments
- Experience with bulk data load tools such as Winshuttle
Core Competencies - Maintenance Planning
- SAP PM/MM
- Equipment & Asset Hierarchies
- Preventive Maintenance Optimization
- BOM & Spare Parts Management
- Data Quality & Validation
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Technical Problem Solving
- Continuous Improvement
Physical & Work Environment- Site-based with occasional field visits as required
- Ability to participate in field walkdowns and equipment validation activities
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced project and operations environment
