5-10 years in manufacturing supporting Maintenance/Operations/Outage Execution
High School Diploma or equivalent
Extensive outage operations experience
Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times
PMP certification (preferred)
Microsoft Project experience (preferred)
Experience managing large industrial projects (preferred)
Responsibilities
Own the site turnaround and outage management process, including governance standards
Coordinate scope collection and approval using established outage scoping rules
Develop integrated plans for work packages, materials, and contractors
Lead outage execution coordination and daily status meetings
Maintain outage performance reporting for schedule and cost
Coordinate inspection priorities and quality documentation
Facilitate lessons-learned reviews and continuous improvement initiatives
Benefits
Visible and significant role within the company
Opportunity to lead and coordinate critical outage processes
Engagement with cross-functional teams including Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering
Focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence
Potential for professional development and certification opportunities
Full Job Description
Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Turnaround/Outage Execution Coordinator and System Owner to join our Ashland LLC, Specialty ingredients business at our Hopewell, VA site. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Outage function. This position will report to the Maintenance Manager.
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
Turnaround / Outage Governance & System Owner
Own the site turnaround and outage management process, workflow, templates, and governance standards
Maintain the integrated milestone schedule, stage-gate requirements, decision rights, and readiness criteria
Define roles, interfaces, and required deliverables across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, EHS, Supply Chain, and contractors
Maintain system documentation, user guidance, and improvement backlog for the outage process
Scope Development & Challenge Coordinator
Coordinate scope collection, screening, clarification, and approval using established outage scoping rules
Facilitate scope challenge sessions and documentation - include deferral, rejection, and contingency decisions
Control late scope additions through formal review of risk, resources, schedule, and cost impact
Integrated Planning & Readiness Leader
Coordinate development of the integrated plan for work packages, materials, contractors, permits, isolations, scaffolding, lifting, inspection, and startup support
Establish readiness reviews and track constraints, open actions, and milestone completion
Confirm logic ties, sequence, access requirements, resource loading, and work-area coordination are reflected in the schedule
Escalate readiness gaps that threaten safe, efficient, or timely execution
Execution Coordination & Control Leader
Lead outage execution coordination
Facilitate turnover, daily coordination meetings, field status reviews, and priority alignment
Maintain visibility of schedule progress, constraints, emergent work, critical path movement, and recovery actions
Coordinate timely decisions while preserving established approval, safety, and quality requirements
Schedule, Cost & Performance Controller
Maintain outage performance reporting for schedule, critical path, earned progress, labor, contractor usage, cost, scope change, and forecast completion
Coordinate status updates from work owners and validate field progress against the execution plan
Analyze variances and facilitate recovery planning for material schedule or cost deviations
Provide concise, decision-focused updates to outage leadership and plant management
Quality, Inspection & Turnover Coordinator
Coordinate inspection priorities, quality hold points, repair documentation, testing, punch lists, and turnover requirements
Confirm completed work packages contain required acceptance results, redlines, certificates, and technical records
Facilitate resolution of nonconformances and incomplete work before equipment release
Coordinate structured handoff from maintenance execution to Operations for commissioning and startup
Startup, Closeout & Continuous Improvement Owner
Coordinate mechanical completion, system walkdowns, commissioning readiness, startup support, and post-startup monitoring
Lead outage closeout activities including cost reconciliation, schedule review, remaining-work transfer, and contractor demobilization
Facilitate lessons-learned reviews and convert findings into assigned improvements to standards, templates, strategies, and future plans
Maintain historical outage records, performance trends, benchmarks, and action completion status
In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
5-10 years in manufacturing supporting Maintenance/Operations/Outage Execution
HS Diploma or equivalent
Extensive outage operations experience
Demonstrated responsible and ethical behavior at all times
The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:
PMP certification
Microsoft Project experience
Experience managing large industrial projects
About Ashland Inc
Ashland Global Holdings Inc. is a global specialty chemicals company that provides innovative solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical. Through our three business units - Ashland Specialty Ingredients, Ashland Performance Materials and Valvoline - we use good chemistry to make great things happen for customers in more than 100 countries.
