Mechanical Planner

• Join a high-performing shutdown and maintenance team supporting critical process plant operations.
• Take ownership of planning activities that directly impact plant reliability, safety, and operational performance.
• Develop your expertise across shutdown planning, CMMS systems, cost control, contractor coordination, procurement, and maintenance execution.

UGL provides engineering, construction, and maintenance services across industries including oil and gas, power, renewables, resources, water, defence, and telecommunications, in a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment. 

As a member of the CIMIC Group of companies, we value diversity in our team's backgrounds, ideas and work styles. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.

We are seeking an experienced Mechanical Planner to support ongoing shutdown and maintenance activities across multiple sites. Based in Brisbane, this role will involve site visits as required and is responsible for developing detailed maintenance plans, coordinating resources, managing work packs, and ensuring shutdown activities are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with operational requirements.

You will work closely with planners, supervisors, contractors, and site stakeholders to ensure maintenance work is thoroughly prepared and executed to the highest standards.

• →Develop detailed shutdown and maintenance work packs including labour estimates, materials, tooling, scaffolding, cleaning and access requirements.

• →Coordinate maintenance planning activities, ensuring work orders, schedules and scopes are accurately prepared to support safe execution. 

• →Manage procurement activities including material reservations, purchase requisitions and contractor engagement to ensure timely delivery of services and parts.

• →Monitor shutdown costs, provide progress reporting, and support the management of budget performance through effective planning and change control. 

• →Collaborate with operations, maintenance and contractor teams to optimise shutdown execution, improve reliability outcomes and capture lessons learned for future improvements. 

• Experience in Mechanical Planning, Shutdown Planning or Maintenance Planning within industrial, oil & gas, resources, petrochemical, energy or heavy industry environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing work packs, maintenance scopes and shutdown schedules.
• Strong knowledge of CMMS systems and work order management processes.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, contractors and suppliers while maintaining high levels of safety and quality.
• Strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills with a collaborative approach to planning activities.

If this role sounds like you, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this opportunity.

Please note: As part of the recruitment process, relevant screening checks will be conducted. These may include reference checks, verification of the right to work in Australia, a national criminal history check, anti-money laundering checks, and a pre-employment medical assessment (including drug and alcohol screening).

Introduce a new member of staff at UGL Resources and not only could you be giving someone a rewarding new career, you'll also earn yourself $1000 to $3000 if they fill one of our vacant positions.

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