Job Description
About the Role:
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We are seeking a practical, detail-oriented Maintenance Support Planner - Onshore to support the safe, efficient, and reliable execution of maintenance and project-related work across our onshore oil and gas operations. This 12-month contract role is responsible for maintaining short- and medium-term schedules, coordinating planning meetings, tracking schedule readiness, and ensuring work is appropriately prioritised, resourced, and executable.
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Working closely with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Projects, Logistics, HSE, and external contractors, this role plays a key part in driving planning discipline, schedule visibility, and cross-functional alignment. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with planning systems and data, proactively identifying schedule risks, and supporting the delivery of maintenance, campaign, and shutdown activities.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Develop and maintain the 2-Week Schedule to ensure work is planned, prioritised, resource-loaded, and executable.
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Coordinate and facilitate 28-Day Planning Meetings, ensuring readiness reviews are completed for materials, work packs, MOCs, HAZIDs, resources, and logistics. Maintain and update the 28-Day Plan.
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Liaise with engineering team / engineering planner to confirm project scope, engineering deliverables, and overall project readiness for execution into 90 day plan.
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Coordinate and facilitate 90-Day Planning Meetings, ensuring long-term work scopes are reviewed for material readiness, work pack development, MOC requirements, HAZID completion, and resource availability. Maintain and update the 90-Day Plan.
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Act as the custodian of 28-Day and 90-Day KPI reporting, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and timely distribution to stakeholders.
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Maintain scheduling and planning data within SAP and P6, including system administration, data quality management,



and reporting support.
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Produce and maintain Break-In Reports, highlighting schedule intrusions, emerging priorities, and key issues impacting planned work execution.
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Collaborate with stakeholders to identify schedule risks, resource constraints, and opportunities to optimise work execution and efficiency.
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Support WNA campaigns by coordinating resource requirements, vessel availability, and helicopter (HELO) alignment to ensure successful campaign delivery.
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Support Shutdown (SD) planning activities, assisting with the integration of pre-shutdown work scopes into the schedule to maximise shutdown efficiency and increase the likelihood of successful execution.
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Facilitate alignment between maintenance, operations, projects, engineering, and logistics teams to achieve planning and execution objectives.
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Qualifications and Experience:
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High school diploma or TEE equivalent required; relevant trade, technical, planning, engineering, or maintenance qualification considered an asset.
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Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, or maintenance support, preferably within oil and gas, resources, or heavy industry.
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Strong knowledge of planning and scheduling processes, including schedule readiness, resource planning, work packs, and KPI reporting.
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Experience using SAP for maintenance planning and reporting; experience with Primavera P6 or similar scheduling software considered desirable.
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Robust coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Projects, Logistics, and HSE.
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Sound understanding of safety, risk management, and operational readiness requirements, including MOC, HAZID, permit-to-work, materials readiness, and logistics considerations.
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What We Offer:
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Competitive wage.
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Development in multidisciplinary team.
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📌 Onshore Support Planner (Western Australia)
🏢 Vermilion Energy
📍 Western Australia