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Associate Engineer - Maintenance Planning

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Reference ID R168102 Updated 01/17/2025
Maintenance, Reliability and Turnarounds
India
Chennai
N/A

Where you fit in

The new SEAM organization integrates Safety, Environment & Asset Management activities, with a broad geographical footprint, that will support Shell’s business & assets around the world.

The vision of SEAM is to provide capability across the spectrum of Safety, Environment and Asset Management with:

  • Shaping the future ways of working through introducing to the business new technology and news way of working, including e.g. digital, SBO, and real-time, data-driven, end-to-end optimization and risk management, but also global programs like Human Performance Based Safety Philosophy.

  • Providing performance feedback driving disciplined execution to deliver reliable, predictable results

  • Helping the businesses build their improvement plans and provide support to execute them

  • Sustaining performance through strong core capabilities (internal, including SBO & contingent) through building expertise and a company-wide consistent approach

What's the role

This role is intended to help Mechanical Maintenance engineers in work planning and implementing the standard work packs for preventive/corrective maintenance of mechanical equipment, Wells corrective Maintenance Planning, Wells Operations Program Planning

  • Primary responsibility in preparing/developing work plan with comprehensive work packs from overhaul reports, maintenance reports, general task list, equipment specific task lists, spare part list, equipment drawings, circuit diagrams, P&IDs, operation and maintenance manuals of OEMs, Asset best practices , technical implementation letter (TIL) etc. for heavy equipment

  • Building work packs that include detailed description of the tasks that need to be performed for overhauling / maintenance of each machine, parts required, resources, tools required, time required and relationship between tasks.

  • Prepare Initial response, carry out assessment, ensure correct prioritization of work, troubleshoot & propose technical solutions virtually, co-ordinate discussion with stakeholders, conduct Risk Assessment, ensure good QA/QC, record keeping, & final job closure to enable high equipment reliability & plant technical availability.

  • Planning PM & CM work orders in Maximo/SAP and building library work packs that include detailed description of the tasks that need to be performed for time & condition-based maintenance, breakdown maintenance, ordering parts required, service or tools required, estimating time required, Estimating cost of work order, network mapping and quality check points for minimum assurance tasks.

  • Identifying the system condition for each operation activity tasks should be ascertained about the shutdown windows availability or suitable opportunities for maintenance activities.

  • Planning of end-to-end work orders to enable efficient scheduling and ensure compliance of executable work orders.

  • First level diagnosis of damage history, determining the failure mode on the basis of anomaly reports and information given in corrective maintenance work request/ notification.

  • Investigating and analysis of CM work request to identify the true cause of the problem and prepare work orders with the detailed tasks to repair the damage with as much as detailed information required to complete the job effectively including procedures, sketches, specifications or drawings deemed necessary.

  • Improving productivity by ensuring the resource, special tool, material and service requirements availability before the job begins.

  • Customize the equipment make and model specific work packs into site specific workpack by adding site conditions and parameters.

  • Accommodate the PM library changes by converting the turnaround documents to the global workpacks.

  • Constantly engage with site maintenance leads, original equipment manufacturers, vendors and modify the workpacks as recommended/required by the site maintenance personnel.

  • Anticipate & plan for mandatory spares, tools and tackles and manpower required for the heavy-duty equipment based on the information extracted from maintenance manuals, collate any additional information about equipment & its spares, if required from the vendors and accommodate the information in the workpack.

  • Interact and communicate with the site focal for Preventive Maintenance Libraries and maintenance strategies, understanding the intricacies about how the actual maintenance activities for heavy duty equipment and other machinery have been planned and performed in various Operating Units of Shell.

  • Understanding the functions of the various equipment and instruments and also thorough knowledge of reading/ interpreting the engineering drawings (P&IDs, PEFS, PFDs).

  • Identifying & resolving the bottlenecks for data analysis, maintaining issue logs and use the same in implementing changes/improvements in the processes.

What we need from you

  • University Degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Instrumentation Engineering

  • Preferably with at least 2 years to 5 years of overall working experience in Field operations and maintenance in Oil & Gas / Refinery/Petrochemicals Industry/equivalent industry.

  • Extensive experience in maintenance planning for any of the following:

    • Heavy rotating equipment

    • Static equipment

    • Major Turnarounds/ Shutdowns

    • E&I work planning

  • Skills at professional level in GSAP / CMMS / Maximo / Primavera / Roser

  • Strong attitude for Learner Mindset, Eager to make the things better without supervision

  • Works effectively in a Team environment and build consensus.

  • Flexibility to move quickly across changing priorities and manage multiple Projects/ Programs

  • Ability to independently, resourcefully, and creatively research and implement new solutions

  • Ability to engage and effectively communicate at all levels inside and outside Shell and within different cultural settings.

  • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to challenge and ability to build internal and external relationships based on trust and to integrate across multiple functions.

  • Continuous Improvement and Knowledge of Lean CI methodology is an added value.