Instrumentation Planner
USA, Beaumont
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week
Experience: Not applicable
Conventional Energy
What are you going to do
Brunel is recruiting a Senior Instrumentation / I&E Planner - Maintenance & Operations Support to wok in Sabine Pass, TX for initially 1 year contract.
Schedule: 5/40 (Monday-Friday)
Per Diem: Not available - Local candidates only
We are seeking an experienced Instrumentation / I&E Planner to support our client's team in Sabine Pass. This role is critical to ensuring instrumentation maintenance programs are properly scoped, planned, and scheduled using SAP, with a strong emphasis on reliability, safety, and compliance.
The successful candidate will have an extensive background in instrumentation and controls, combined with deep experience in maintenance planning in SAP.
Responsibilities:
- Instrumentation Planning & Scheduling
- Develop and maintain detailed maintenance plans for instrumentation and low-voltage (≤120V) I&E systems.
- Plan preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to support asset reliability.
- Build, prioritize, and manage work orders in SAP (PM/MM modules).
- Coordinate instrumentation work schedules with operations, engineering, and maintenance teams.
- Create comprehensive job packages including task lists, diagrams, tools, permits, scaffolding, manpower, and material requirements.
- Verify readiness of materials and coordinate staging with supply chain/vendor support.
- Serve as the second-line point of contact before engineering - translating technical requirements into actionable job plans.
- Provide field support for troubleshooting and reliability issues in instrumentation systems.
- Ensure compliance with site HSE procedures, PHMSA requirements, and relevant industry standards (ISA, NEC).
- Track and analyze backlog, KPIs, deviations, and schedule compliance in SAP.
- Identify opportunities to consolidate maintenance programs and optimize execution strategies.
- Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring I&E issues.
- Assist in long-term planning, including TAR/Outage preparation and multi-year maintenance lookaheads.
Essential skills and knowledge
Qualifications:
Education:
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Technical training in Instrumentation / I&E trades strongly preferred.
- Engineering degree not required.
- 7-10 years recent years of Instrumentation Planning experience in Oil & Gas/Petrochem facilities
- 10-20 years of hands-on Instrumentation / I&E experience in Oil & Gas, LNG, or Petrochemical facilities.
- Strong knowledge of I&E maintenance processes, job pack development, and scheduling best practices.
- Technical Skills:
- Extensive SAP planning and scheduling expertise.
- Strong working knowledge of field instrumentation, analyzers, transmitters, PLC/DCS interfaces, and low-voltage electrical systems.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and reporting tools.
Preferred:
- Experience with Prometheus, Primavera P6, or MS Project.
- Previous Oil & Gas OR LNG facility maintenance planning experience.
- Familiarity with PHMSA pipeline regulations and/or gas compression equipment.
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