Long Term Planner
About Us
Senex is world-class supplier of reliable and secure energy – committed to delivering essential energy for life.
The energy we proudly provide is essential to our modern lives and for the thriving communities we serve.
We’re a critical energy provider to Australia’s manufacturing industry, supporting thousands of workers who make essential goods – from bricks to plasterboard to glass bottles.
Senex is proud to play our part in the global energy transformation, delivering essential energy for the journey to a cleaner energy future.
Our Head Office is in Brisbane, and we also have offices close to our producing assets in Roma and Wandoan, Queensland.
Our Culture
We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected, and empowered to genuinely make a difference.
Our roles are broad with diverse accountabilities which provides for interesting and challenging work as well as great opportunities for professional and personal development.
We offer a high-performance work environment where employees are encouraged to continuously improve the way we do things in the pursuit of fit for purpose practices and solutions that are efficient, effective, and sustainable.
We value integrity and collaboration and are committed to strong delivery and performance for our teammates, our customers, and the communities in which we operate.
Current Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced Long‑Term Planner to join our Maintenance team in our Brisbane office, supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of our gas compression, power generation, wellhead, and gas processing assets. In this role, you’ll lead the long‑range planning horizon, developing, sequencing, and preparing major maintenance events, overhauls, and shutdowns that are critical to sustaining asset performance.
You’ll work closely with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Supply Chain, and field maintenance teams to ensure all long‑term work is accurately scoped, fully resourced, and communicated well ahead of execution. Your work will directly improve schedule readiness, reduce unplanned downtime, and strengthen asset reliability across the business.
Key accountabilities will include:
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Planning and scheduling major maintenance events, including compressor overhauls, Jenbacher generator servicing, wellhead and drivehead programs, and major gas plant shutdowns
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Developing and maintaining multi‑year maintenance and overhaul schedules, ensuring all long‑term tasks are fully scoped, documented, and supported with accurate work packs, materials, permits, tooling, and contractor inputs
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Coordinating long‑lead spares, overhaul kits, specialist services, and procurement requirements to ensure readiness ahead of execution
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Collaborating with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and Supply Chain to confirm work readiness, sequencing, and resourcing requirements across the long‑term planning horizon
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Monitoring planning milestones, integrating condition‑monitoring and inspection data, and ensuring alignment with Work Management processes, asset integrity requirements, and regulatory obligations
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Supporting risk assessments, shutdown preparation, labour and contractor forecasting, and maintaining accurate long‑term plans and task lists within the CMMS (SAP)
About You
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Trade qualification, technical diploma, or degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
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Minimum five years’ experience in maintenance planning and scheduling
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At least ten years’ experience in a heavy industry operational environment
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Experience with gas production or processing facilities, including compression, dehydration, pressure vessels, pipelines, storage tanks, safety valves, electrical systems, or gas‑fired power generation
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Strong capability with maintenance planning systems, scheduling tools, and Work Management processes
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Demonstrated experience in long‑term planning, major overhauls, shutdown preparation, or similar large‑scale maintenance environments
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Valid driver licence and willingness to travel to remote operational sites as required
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Strong communication, problem‑solving, and organisational skills, with a commitment to safe and reliable operations
What’s in it for you?
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Attractive, market competitive remuneration package
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An inclusive team of industry experts who promote collaboration and innovation
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Celebrated success stories with ‘Living the Senex Values’ Awards
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A range of health and wellness benefits
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A learning platform housing over 100,000 resources
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16 weeks paid parental leave
Applications
All applications should include a cover letter which addresses your suitability for the position, along with a current resume. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia in order to be considered for this position.
At Senex our people have opportunities to learn and grow, along with a range of great employee benefits. We encourage and promote diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
To find out more about our company and discover some of the other reasons why you should apply for this role, visit our corporate website at: www.senexenergy.com.au