Planning Manager

**Key Accountabilities**:
**Strategy & Plans**
- Assist the GM in developing the Field Services strategy in line with the functional strategy to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departments.
- Regularly report to the manager on the operational activities of department, challenges and issues faced, mitigations taken, etc. as required, to keep them informed and updated on the department’s activities.

**Budget Management**
- Contribute to the preparation of the Field Services budget and manage and monitor the financial performance against the budget so that areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, rectified promptly and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalized upon.

**Setting Up Function**
- Support the GM in the feasibility stage by brainstorming with internal and external experts, conducting research on the business models, analyzing the success factors, risks and failures, to ensure the all aspects are considered while developing the strategy and business model.
- Assist in setting up of the centralized Field Services business unit, by contributing the strategy, business plan, revenue model, profitability analysis, resource planning, budgets, growth objectives, policies etc., to ensure the design of a viable business model, that will bring cost synergies and better efficiencies for NOMAC in the long term.
- Plan the resourcing, structuring and manpower planning for the function, by identifying and recruiting a capable team of experts, who can help implement the strategy of the function.

**Pilot Project**
- Manage the implementation of the pilot project for a plant in KSA by planning, managing and implementing a full outage for critical equipment, to ensure the client is satisfied with the services.
- Review and analyze the pilot project and identify lessons learnt to alter and further strengthen the model / service level agreements.

**Planning**
- Collaborate with the clients to understand their outage management requirements and develop a roadmap to ensure proper and timely planning and deployment of resources of the Field Services team, depending on the location / complexity of the equipment / number of days etc.
- Work with the Plant Engineers of the respective plant, to plan the outage management strategy, resources needed, local manpower requirements, spare part requirements, QA plan etc., well in advance (up to 18 months ahead) to ensure a thorough and robust plan is developed, considering all possible aspects that might impact the execution.
- Develop a project schedule to define outage goals, assign resources, finalise the scope and budget estimation and purchase orders as well as to identify areas of concern to lay out the coordination strategy and direct the overall execution for both the interrelated and independent tasks.
- Prepare the Administrative procedures, Technical procedures, quality plans, shutdown safety plan and temporary services/facilities plan and share it with the plant and contract staff to ensure they are all updated and well-versed with the procedures.
- Coordinate and manage the work control documents, level-I and level-II schedules, outage - hand book, logistics arrangements, spare parts checking etc., to ensure all relevant aspects are shared with respective stakeholders prior to the outage.
- Organize a pre-outage peer review through a contractor to get an independent challenge review of every outage management activity including scheduling, cost control, specialized tooling assessments, craft needs and field administration, to ensure robustness and alterations to the plan prior to execution.
- Plan and coordinate the outage coordination meetings with the stakeholders, to ensure robust planning and execution and timely escalation and resolution of issues.

**Policies, Processes, Systems & Procedures**
- Adhere to all relevant organisational and departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out to the required standard and in a consistent manner.

**Health, Safety, Security and Environment**
- Adhere to all relevant health, safety, security and environmental procedures, instructions and controls so that the safety of employees and environmental compliance can be guaranteed.

**Related Assignments**
- Perform any other duties which the organization may require to be carried out.

**Skills**:
**Skills**:

- Strategic and commercial mindset to set up a new business unit
- Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
- Understanding of the business value chain and operations
- Knowledge of applicable legal / quality / HSSE requirements
- Thorough knowledge of power plant operations its equipment, practices, procedures.
- Experience in Operations and Maintenance Planning
- Experience in outage management of Steam / Gas Turbines

**Education**:
A Bachelor degree holder in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering