Job Title:
TAR Planner
Location:
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA, Decatur, USA
Reporting To:
Maintenance Planning Lead
Job Description:
General Description:
The Turn Around (TAR) Planner plays a key role in preparing, coordinating, and supporting turnaround work to ensure planned activities are executed safely, efficiently, and within established scope, schedule, and cost expectations. This position serves as a central planning resource between Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, contractors, and TAR leadership by developing accurate work packages, maintaining milestone alignment, supporting schedule readiness, and helping remove barriers before and during execution.
The TAR Planner optimizes turnaround expenditures and work execution productivity by applying best-practice planning methods that support effective scheduling and safe, reliable plant operation. The role partners with Procurement to obtain an optimized total cost for materials and services within specification requirements; supports safe work practices, plant safety, and operational objectives; and provides data to support TAR metrics. Key responsibilities include maintaining TAR milestones, facilitating stakeholder alignment, reviewing TAR notifications, creating TAR maintenance orders, validating planned jobs for accuracy and cost, maintaining cost-tracking tools, generating the TAR work priority list, reviewing schedules and contractor quotes, supporting contractor bid reviews, and helping execution teams minimize planning errors in accordance with TAR maintenance planning procedures.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Planning and Work Package Development
Screen all TAR notifications to ensure the scope of work is accurate, meets priority criteria, represents a valid TAR request, and is funded by the applicable TAR capital budgetConvert TAR notifications into Maintenance Orders (MOs), create maintenance work plans, and secure additional information as needed before order conversionDirects goals and expectations to the TAR Contract PlannersReview detailed job plans for all TAR MOs in SAP, including field walkdowns or evaluations, manpower estimates, scheduling requirements, and applicable safety considerationsReview all TAR job packages for accuracy, completeness, and cost alignmentDevelop scopes of work for competitive bid processesReview past TAR lessons learned with TAR contract planners and apply applicable improvements to future planning activitiesScheduling and Work Prioritization
Assist Project Engineers with entering maintenance projects into the master scheduleAssist Operations with prioritizing and facilitating TAR activitiesProduce or assist with creating TAR schedulesMaintain a prioritized TAR work list for planning and schedulingCreate and maintain a database of planned, ready-to-work Maintenance Orders (MOs) and provide resource data to the Planning Lead to support schedule resource levelingCost Control, Materials, and Procurement Support
Review cost estimates with the applicable TAR Superintendent before releasing orders and finalizing estimated costsCreate and maintain the TAR cost sheetProvide materials, tools, services, and equipment through requisitions, storehouse stock, or rentalsCommunicate with vendors, manufacturers, contractors, Maintenance, and Operations to expedite materials and services for TAR work in accordance with planning directivesExecution Support and Stakeholder Coordination
Create TAR meeting agendas and lead Pre-TAR and daily execution update meetings with stakeholdersCoordinate field execution with TAR maintenance teamsMaintain communication between Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspections, Planning, and SchedulingCoordinate assigned TAR Scope Change (TSC) and Job Scope Change (JSC)tasksMilestones, Metrics, and Records
Maintain TAR milestones and report progress to the TAR Superintendent.Review TAR critical equipment against required due dates and ensure critical work is completed before the TAR due dateCode TAR MOs with required TAR SAP fields and maintain PPM tasks and orders in SAP for scheduling useProvide planning and scheduling metric input and update critical records following work execution.Safety, Compliance, and General Duties
Comply with all site safety, environmental, Health Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE), and TAR guidelinesMaintain a clean and well-organized work areaAttend meetings and training as requiredPerform special projects, miscellaneous duties, and other responsibilities as assigned by the Maintenance Planning Lead
Preferred Skill Set
Qualification
Experience:
Education/Experience/Certifications Required:
High school diploma or GED requiredTen years of experience in plant maintenance, chemical manufacturing, refining manufacturing, or constructionFive years of experience in TAR planning, scheduling, and executionThorough understanding of maintenance cost driversAbility to interpret P&IDs, PFDs, blueprints, and isometric drawingsThorough knowledge of job plan estimatingProficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including ExcelProficient knowledge of ERP planning and scheduling toolsDemonstrated leadership ability, including strong interpersonal skillsEffective oral and written communication skillsEducation/Experience/Certifications Preferred:
Knowledge of SAP, including the ability to generate reports, create plans, and set up spare partsThorough knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) Mechanical Integrity and safety proceduresProficiency in Microsoft AccessKnowledge of Primavera or other scheduling toolsTwo-year technical degree in Maintenance TechnologyPhysical Capabilities Requirements:
Please see Maint Planner Job Element Checklist.docx