Plant Templates

Plant Templates & SOPs — Free Downloads

Generic maintenance templates, procedures, checklists and forms from real plant practice, cleaned of all site-specific details. Every file is editable (Word, Excel or PDF) and free to download — no account, no login, no email required. Use them as-is, or adapt them to your own plant.

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If you are setting up maintenance at a new plant, download in this order:

  1. Safety & Risk Management — the HSE procedure and risk documents first.
  2. Permits, Isolation & Contractor Safety — permit-to-work and lockout/tagout before any hazardous job.
  3. Scheduled Maintenance — the interval matrix, then the checklist for your next due interval.
  4. Engine Overhaul & Internals — the procedure for the job in front of you.
  5. Inspection Checklists & Forms — record what was checked and found.

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Safety & Risk Management

7 files

The core risk documents every plant needs before work starts: how hazards are identified, assessed and controlled, and the forms that record it.

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Permits, Isolation & Contractor Safety

9 files

Permit-to-work, lockout/tagout, working at height, manual handling and contractor control — the procedures that govern who may do hazardous work, and under what controls.

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Scheduled Maintenance

14 files

The interval system: checklists and procedures from 100 hours to 30,000 hours, plus the planning matrix, the interval planner and the greasing calculator.

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Engine Overhaul & Internals

23 files

Component-level procedures for reciprocating gas engines: heads, power units, sleeves, turbochargers, inspection and fault response.

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Cooling, Lubrication & Fuel Systems

19 files

Cooling water and towers, radiators and heat exchangers, lube-oil handling and sampling, and gas fuel-system servicing.

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Inspection Checklists & Forms

8 files

Inspection checklists and the record forms that go with them: what was checked, what was found, and what happens next.

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Workshop & Materials Handling

9 files

Workshop equipment operation and materials handling: drill presses, grinders, tools, welding gear, forklifts, cranes and trolleys.

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Operations Logs & Training

5 files

Day-to-day operations records, the two training decks, and the document-change form that keeps controlled documents current.

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Looking for something else? See the calculators and blogs, or contact me to request a template.