Company:

INEOS Oligomers

Organizational context and job purpose

Organizational Context:

With LAO manufacturing facilities in Canada and Belgium, INEOS Oligomers is one of the large merchant suppliers of Linear Alpha Olefins (LAO).

LAO is used in a variety of industries, with main markets being comonomers for polyethylene, feedstock for production of lubricants, surfactants, lubricant additives, and paper sizing chemicals, and base stock for drilling fluids. PAO is a synthetic lubricant.

As part of its growth strategy, INEOS Oligomers invested $500 million in a new world scale LAO & PAO production facility located in Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, Texas.

INEOS Oligomers is hiring a TAR & Capital Planner that will report to the TAR & Capital Supervisor.

As a Responsible Care company, we encourage our employees to embrace the principles of Responsible Care® by actively practicing them, promoting awareness of Responsible Care® and encouraging others to commit to these principles. Responsible Care® is the chemistry industry's commitment to sustainability - the betterment of society, the environment, and the economy. Its ethic and principles compel us to innovate for safer and more environmentally friendly products and processes, and to work cooperatively to identify and eliminate harm throughout the entire life cycle of their products.

This position has accountability, in keeping with the INEOS Responsible Care principles and ethics, for all aspects of the operation of the Plant, including safety/environment, people management, cost control, quality, production planning, project and process follow-up.

Purpose of the job:

The TAR & Capital Planner is responsible for the planning and estimating expertise for development of detailed Turnaround (TAR) and Capital Projects plans based on the INEOS FEL process. The TAR & Capital Planner ensures delivery of detailed work and logistical plans that comply with all applicable procedures, policies, and codes to ensure the protection of the environment and the health and safety of employees and the community in which we operate. The TAR & Capital Planner is responsible for ensuring Turnarounds and Capital Projects are completed safely per approved scope, budget, and schedule.

Internal Factors –

Company policies and procedures
Technical training, documentation, and tools
Equipment reliability
Maintenance budget
Equipment preparation and work permit process
Maintenance department organization

External Factors –

Vendor support and know-how

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

Major responsibilities for the Planner include but are not limited to the following:

Work safely by following all Company and Site policies, procedures, and expectations.
Provide planning and estimating expertise for development of detailed TAR and project execution plans.
Lead the execution of Turnaround and Projects.
Job Rep & Coordinate 3rd party contractors on site for Maintenance.
Deliver the plan and cost estimate for all TAR jobs and small projects.
Assist the TAR Scheduler in defining the critical and sub-critical path activities, communicating them to the core and integrated TAR teams.
Assist the identification of cost and schedule risks and their incorporation into the budget/schedule.
Assure the work packages are issued for review and approval.
Review the manpower planning, ensuring that conflicts or duplication of resources is resolved.
Lead the logistical planning for TAR’s and projects.
Assist the TAR & Capital Project Supervisor to prepare the Request for Proposal (RFP) packages for the general contractors.
Establish and agree on man-hours/labor and material budget with TAR and project contractor(s).
Lead the planning of pre/post shutdown activities.
Facilitate asset prioritization of TAR work scope and assist the TAR Supervisor with managing TAR work list.
Procure and manage the TAR and project materials per the process defined by the TAR & Capital Project Supervisor.
Implement and oversee a harmonized planning process to be used by technical disciplines on a planning team for both TAR and capital project activities.
Review completed TAR plans for accuracy and completeness and ensure Operations and the Execution Teams needs are met. Ensure there are no significant timing or space conflicts.
Perform TAR capital projects planning and scheduling to help create a basis for systematic coordination and tracking during all phases of the project.
Obtain quotes for services and materials and ensure pricing is entered accordingly into requisitions to ensure proper DOA approval levels have been met.
Plan and integrate project scope changes and/or TAR discovery work into the schedule to help determine manpower and schedule duration impacts.
Update or oversee the updating of plans post TAR/Project to capture plan deviations vs. actual execution.
Participate and provide input in post TAR & Project critique/lessons meetings.

Skills Required

Level of education & Experience in general

High School Diploma or equivalent required.
Minimum 5 years in turnaround field execution roles, preferably in a lead function.
Minimum 10 years in a refinery/chemicals maintenance, construction, or turnaround environment.
Advanced knowledge of MS Office suite, SAP, and Primavera.

Technical skills

Ability to demonstrate strong working knowledge of process and personal safety and health practices applicable in the petrochemical industry. This includes energy isolation, lockout tagout, work permitting, confined space entry, working from heights, hazard communication, lifting and hoisting, incident reporting and investigation, and MOC.
Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of mechanical and electrical safe work practices applicable in the petrochemical industry.
Experience and knowledge of industrial plant instrument, electrical, and analyzer equipment inspection, calibration, and repair techniques.
Working knowledge of instrument, electrical, and analyzer standards as applied in petrochemical industry and general knowledge of various Codes (e.g. API, ASME, ANSI, NFPA, ISA).
Experience and knowledge of industrial static and rotating equipment inspection, maintenance, and repair techniques. See preferred experience requirements listed below.
Working knowledge of mechanical standards as applied in petrochemical industry and general knowledge of various Codes (e.g. API, ASME, ANSI, NFPA).
Working knowledge of technical documentation associated with mechanical design and equipment.
Working knowledge of safe rigging and lifting operations.
Working knowledge of technical documentation associated with instrument, electrical, and analyzer design and equipment,
Demonstrated technical capability to assess vendor quotes against repair objectives,
Demonstrated capabilities to assess work sequencing, optimize work planning, scheduling, and cost is a plus.
Knowledge and experience in executing preventive maintenance plans.
Ability to read P&IDs.
Experience with maintenance work order scheduling software like Primavera and SAP.
Prefer experience with Microsoft Office and SAP.
Fluent in English.

Behavioral skills

Safety minded, demonstrated strong safety and environmental performance,
Strong customer service skills.
Strong ability to work with others, team builder.
Strong verbal as well as written communication skills (upward, lateral, and downward).
Strong bias for action to identify potential problems and co-ordinate their resolution before they become an issue.
Ability to manage work priorities to deliver performance improvements and reliability in a demanding work environment.
Good analytical and organizational skills.
Stress resistant and methodical.
Problem solver and change agent.
Inspiring and motivating.

Must be able to acquire a TWIC card.

ADA Physical requirements, visual acuity requirements and environmental conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift at least 50lbs, walking, climbing ladders/stairs, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to perform climbing, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling and manual operation of various size valves and equipment.

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.