Mainteance planner vs Project planner

Submitted by Ilkin Nagiyev on
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Submitted by smiling shagger on Wed, 2008-08-20 03:57
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i was asked to attend to a situation some while ago, where leaking sink appeared at the premises. i told the lady that what she actually need is not a planner but a plumber.

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Submitted by Qiu Wei on Tue, 2008-08-19 05:24
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i do mainteance planner in the first 2 years of my career , now transfer to project planner /scheduler at 3 years ago .

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Submitted by Dieter Wambach on Fri, 2007-08-10 04:38
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Hi Ilkin



If you’ll study some of the threads especially under this topic you’ll find some agents.

Most difficult will be a work permit. Germany is extremely restrictive for all persons from outside European Community/Union - even against Poland, who is a member. We have no chance to hire people from outside!

More liberal seem - my impression - UK, Ireland and Spain,; France just for their former colonies.

Best market for you seems the UAE.

Good luck

Dieter

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Submitted by Ilkin Nagiyev on Fri, 2007-08-10 01:39
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Dieter,



thank you so much for your response. I am trying to find job through internet, I applied for planner positions in oil&gas industry, where most of the positions are related to project and construction. I have got only 5 years experince, last 4 of them are in oil&gas industry, and it is very strong experince. However I have not got any positive pesponse from applications I have done, I saw in your profile you are also in oil&gas, could you please recommend any agencies or web sites?



regards



Ilkin

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Submitted by Dieter Wambach on Thu, 2007-08-09 10:35
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Hi Ilkin



for my impression, maintenance planning is hard:

- shorter projects

- many the same time

- strong focus on resource planning

- big risk for interrupts - emergency cases, which remove personnel from planned activities



Shutdown-/ Turnaround-planning:

- Ten thousands of activities in some weeks/days

- Big risk for surprises

- Additional infrastructure, many additional persons, equipments....

- Simulations required before start



For both, your working place in inside the plant.



Projects (new buildings, plants...):

- Bigger

- More time for planning

- More time during project



Your working place is within an administration building.



So, it’s a very different style of planning. Both are challenging.



Why do you want to change? Maybe your reasons didn’t convince HR.



Regards



Dieter