Operations Services Planner

Duration/Status: Direct Hire/Staff employee

Location: Houston, TX (Downtown Houston)

Schedule: 5/40 schedule - all workdays at the Facility Site (remote/hybrid schedule NOT AN OPTION)

Company: Oil & gas company

Our Client is currently seeking an Operations Services Planner who’ll be a part of the Client’s “Ready for Operations (RFO) Program” that is responsible for the Client’s Louisiana-based Assets. The selected individual will be responsible for supporting development and facilitation of the organization’s RFO program, specific to the Client’s Natural Gas Processing Facilities.

The RFO Program is the main roadmap for the facility to achieve Ready for Operation milestones. This role is responsible for supporting the RFO Program Coordinators in developing, maintaining, driving, and communicating RFO deliverables database and tracking to completion. Alongside the RFO program build, this role will work closely on building the integrated operations planning worksteam as well as champion ad-hoc planning needs within operations.

The selected individual will lead the planning and building of RFO program as well as multitude of Operations planning initiatives, working closely with internal teams such as Operations, Operations Engineering, Maintenance, Procurement, HSE, Regulatory, IT, HR as well externally with applicable stakeholders of the Client’s Natural Gas Processing facilities.

This role will consist of travel to the Client’s Louisiana-based Facilities for RFO related scopes and will report to the Senior Manager, Ready for Operations

Responsibilities may include:

• Facilitate the establishment and execution of a structured, well-managed and executed RFO plan from end-to-end with a large number of stakeholders.
• Engage with key functional stakeholders and support groups daily to guide and monitor the planning and execution necessary to support timely completion of RFO deliverables (i.e., Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Commercial etc.).
• Review RFO deliverables schedules to ensure that the appropriate level of details and structure are applied with effective progress monitoring
• Conduct progress review meetings to co-ordinate, expedite and follow-up to meet RFO goals and objectives between all RFO functional teams.
• Implement tracking process and reporting for RFO deliverables, integrating with company systems such as PowerBI
• Report on project status, performance, constraints, and issues to advise management on data-driven decision making.
• Perform RFO schedule vetting to ensure accuracy and alignment of schedule with project milestones, logic and inter-dependencies between activities.
• Liaise with project scheduling resources to ensure RFO plan is aligned with project schedule.
• Identifying potential project schedule delays and facilitating intervention in a timely manner.
• Coordinate and facilitate RFO related validation activities to confirm operational readiness.
• Facilitate the development and monitoring of the Operations Integrated Plan in Primavera P6.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform additional planning assignments as required, for Operations Services support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferably in engineering or allied areas
• 10 years’ experience in Oil and Gas Operations
• Planning/Scheduling experience in support of operations, maintenance or project management
• Technical, project controls and schedule management & data analysis aptitude and be able to support the development and delivery of an integrated RFO plan, via interfacing, progress update, tracking and reporting for the Operating Assets.
• Specific expertise with Primavera P6 and Power BI
• Expertise in Project Management Tools including Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Project, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of RFO programs and its processes is highly preferred.
• Experience working independently in a dynamic, fast paced environment with excellent leadership and written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Exposure to technical aspects across multi-disciplinary operations and maintenance, HSE, Procurement, Operations Engineering, HR, IT.
• Knowledge of planning, system, services, processes, and procedures for Operating facilities.
• Ability to travel across sites in Louisiana is required.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $130,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Planning/Scheduling in oil & gas: 10 years (Required)
• supporting Oil & Gas Operational/Downstream: 8 years (Required)
• data analysis: 5 years (Required)
• Ready for Operations programs: 3 years (Preferred)
• Primavera P6 and Power BI: 6 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Houston, TX 77010: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person