B.S. in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field; or equivalent experience in turnaround execution.
8+ years of turnaround or capital project execution experience in a petrochemical or refining environment.
5+ years of experience with Primavera P6, focusing on oversight and interpretation.
Strong leadership presence to guide multidisciplinary teams and contractors.
Proficiency in reviewing and interpreting planning and scheduling outputs from systems like SAP/CMMS/EAM.
Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional alignment with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSE, and contractors to ensure understanding of turnaround objectives.
Oversee planning and scheduling deliverables, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
Direct field execution during turnaround windows, including daily meetings and progress reviews.
Enforce HSE and site permitting requirements, ensuring contractor compliance and safety leadership.
Manage schedule and scope change control, documenting and communicating changes effectively.
Collaborate with Procurement to evaluate and select contractors based on safety and performance expectations.
Ensure site readiness by verifying materials, equipment, permits, and pre-execution conditions.
Benefits
Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
Opportunities for professional development and training.
Supportive work environment that prioritizes safety and teamwork.
Potential for career advancement within the organization.
Full Job Description
Purpose of Job
The Turnaround Management Specialist is responsible for leading, coordinating, and optimizing all planning governance and execution readiness for site turnarounds.
This includes oversight of detailed work scopes, resource plans, integrated schedules, risk assessments, and cost/schedule evaluations to ensure safe, efficient, and predictable turnaround execution.
Key Accountabilities
Lead cross-functional alignment with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSE, and contractors to ensure shared understanding of turnaround objectives, readiness criteria, and execution priorities.
Oversee planning and scheduling deliverables prepared by the Planning/Project Controls team, including work packs, integrated schedules, progress tracking tools, and constraint logs; review for accuracy, completeness, and constructability.
Direct field execution during turnaround windows, including daily/shift meetings, progress reviews, productivity monitoring, issue escalation, and removal of execution constraints.
Enforce HSE and site permitting requirements, including permit-to-work, LOTO, confined space entry, hot work, line breaking, and working at height; ensure contractor compliance and frontline safety leadership.
Manage schedule and scope change control, ensuring changes are properly documented, risk-assessed, communicated, and approved in alignment with governance.
Collaborate with Procurement and Contracts to evaluate and select contractors based on compliance with safety, technical, and performance expectations.
Ensure site readiness, including verification of materials, equipment, permits, access, pre-execution conditions, and field staging.
Review and validate contractor schedules and progress reports, ensuring alignment with turnaround expectations and reporting standards.
Work effectively across all organizational levels, including technicians, supervisors, engineers, management, and executive leadership, to maintain alignment and resolve issues.
Participate in audits and compliance reviews to ensure planning, scheduling, and execution processes meet governance expectations and standards.
Lead turnaround close-out activities, including lessons learned, performance assessments, scope variances, and final cost/schedule reconciliation.
Formal Education
B.S. in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field; or equivalent experience in turnaround execution.
Working Experience
8+ years of turnaround or capital project execution experience in a petrochemical or refining environment.
5+ years of experience with Primavera P6 (oversight/interpretation; not necessarily hands-on planning).
Required Personal and Professional Skills
Strong leadership presence with ability to guide, influence, and support multidisciplinary teams and contractors.
Clear, confident communicator capable of engaging at all organizational levels.
Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and resolve conflicts constructively.
Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
Deep commitment to safe work practices and HSE enforcement.
High degree of professionalism, integrity, and accountability.
Proficiency in reviewing and interpreting planning, scheduling, and maintenance system outputs (SAP/CMMS/EAM, integrated scheduling tools); ability to adapt quickly to new tools and processes.
Demonstrated capability in reviewing and managing integrated turnaround schedules, resource plans, progress measurement methodologies, and schedule control processes.
Proven experience supporting field execution, including contractor coordination and interface with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and HSE.
