Maintenance Planner / Scheduler II
BH-551562-1
Posted: 08/10/2026
- $50 - $55 per hour
- United States Texas Spring
- Contract
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Oil & Gas
Maintenance Scheduler
Job Description
The Maintenance Scheduler II is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining maintenance schedules that support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of oil and gas facilities. This role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure maintenance activities are properly planned, prioritized, resourced, and executed. The Scheduler monitors backlog health, coordinates workforce and contractor resources, tracks schedule performance, and drives continuous improvement in maintenance work management processes.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
#BEDROCK
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
Job Description
The Maintenance Scheduler II is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining maintenance schedules that support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of oil and gas facilities. This role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure maintenance activities are properly planned, prioritized, resourced, and executed. The Scheduler monitors backlog health, coordinates workforce and contractor resources, tracks schedule performance, and drives continuous improvement in maintenance work management processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain 1 to 4-week maintenance schedules.
- Create and manage weekly and daily maintenance work schedules.
- Coordinate labor, contractor, material, and equipment resources.
- Ensure work orders are ready for execution prior to scheduling.
- Monitor maintenance backlog and work order aging.
- Support facility outages, shutdowns, and major maintenance events.
- Track schedule compliance, schedule attainment, and maintenance KPIs.
- Participate in daily and weekly planning and scheduling meetings.
- Communicate schedule changes and execution risks to stakeholders.
- Promote maintenance planning and scheduling best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, maintenance coordination, or related operations roles.
- Experience in oil and gas, energy, industrial, manufacturing, or related operations.
- Proficiency with SAP PM, Maximo, Oracle, Emaintenance or similar CMMS systems.
- Microsoft Excel skills, including reporting and data analysis.
- Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Working knowledge of maintenance work management processes and scheduling principles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's degree in a technical, business, engineering technology, or related field.
- Experience supporting production facilities, compressor stations, gathering systems, pipelines, or gas processing plants.
- Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Experience with Power BI or similar reporting and analytics tools.
- Experience coordinating facility shutdowns, turnarounds, or outage planning.
- Experience mentoring junior schedulers or leading scheduling meetings.
- Familiarity with reliability-centered maintenance and continuous improvement practices.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, maintenance coordination, or related operations roles.
- Experience in oil and gas, energy, industrial, manufacturing, or related operations.
- Proficiency with SAP PM, Maximo, Oracle, Emaintenance or similar CMMS systems.
#BEDROCK
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.