The Maintenance Planner will ensure that the principals of preventative maintenance, spare parts, risk base maintenance and the CMMS system, for the facilities in order to meet the required maintenance performance targets and operational excellence during asset creation and during commercial operations. He/ She will ensure that all required spares inventory are always maintained at minimum stock level in order to ensure that the plant can be maintained in a timely manner without loss of production. He/ She will be actively involved in the upkeep of the CMMS database, and that all planned maintenance are incorporated in the data of the CMMS. As such, the planning is not restricted only to qualified personnel but also includes for planning of special equipment and if required outside contractors. He/she will be responsible for the management of the plant asset register and that all such assets are properly maintained and will have responsibility on the maintenance assets, records, archives, warranties and maintenance scheduling. During commercial operations the position will be in charge of maintenance planning, sufficiency of spare parts, preventative maintenance, risk base maintenance on certain plant equipment and in conducting in a timely manner all required plant emergency repairs. Some of the components of the position include Shutdown planning, oversight of in-house contractors, and maintenance of other maintenance contracts in the plant.