Instrument Maintenance Planner

Location: Qatar

Overview

An established industrial operator is seeking an experienced Instrument Maintenance Planner to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations. This role suits a hands-on instrumentation professional who understands field maintenance and can translate site requirements into well-structured maintenance plans. You will play a key role in coordinating maintenance activities, supporting shutdowns, and improving equipment reliability across a live operating environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities for instrumentation system
• Develop detailed job plans, work packs, task sequences, and work scopes for field execution
• Prepare material requests, spare parts lists, and tooling requirements in advance of work
• Coordinate with operations, engineering, and maintenance teams to ensure work readiness
• Review maintenance history and equipment performance to improve planning effectiveness
• Support shutdown, turnaround, and breakdown maintenance planning activities
• Track maintenance progress and provide clear status updates and reports
• Ensure all work complies with site safety rules, permits, and plant standards
• Assist with investigation of recurring instrument failures and reliability issues
• Maintain and update maintenance plans within the site CMMS

Instrumentation Scope

• Field instruments including pressure, temperature, flow, and level transmitters
• Control valves, on-off valves, and valve positioners
• Analysers and sampling systems
• PLC and DCS field instrumentation and I O support
• Calibration, loop checks, and functional testing
• Instrument air systems and field junction boxes

Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma or Degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, or a related engineering discipline
• Typically 5 to 10 years of hands-on field instrumentation maintenance experience
• Previous experience in a maintenance planning or coordination role is advantageous
• Strong understanding of plant instrumentation, maintenance practices, and safety systems

Skills and Competencies

• Strong maintenance planning and scheduling capability
• Ability to read and interpret P and IDs, loop diagrams, datasheets, and hook-up drawings
• Practical experience with calibration and fault finding
• Working knowledge of planning and scheduling tools such as Primavera P6
• Working knowledge of CMMS platforms used in industrial maintenance environments
• Clear communication, coordination, and documentation skills

Industry Background

• Experience within Oil and Gas, Refining, Petrochemical, Power Generation, or Process Industries is preferred
• Experience supporting shutdowns and turnarounds is beneficial
• Knowledge of recognised instrumentation standards and best practices