Enterprise Turnaround Planner

ECOVYST CATALYST TECHNOLOGIES LLC•Martinez, CA

15h•$155,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Enterprise Turnaround Planner provides technical leadership for turnaround and maintenance activities across West Coast and Mid-West sites, with a focus on equipment reliability and proactive and predictive maintenance best practices. The role serves as a change agent, promoting discipline, efficiency, and accountability among turnaround and maintenance personnel in the execution of day-to-day work. The planner leads development and execution of turnaround plans and schedules, manages cost and schedule throughout each event, and supports sites as needed. The position also coordinates site and capital project schedules, resources, and communications, including communicating environmental and safety plans to turnaround execution resources.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 5 years of experience as a turnaround planner in the chemical, oil, or gas industry.
Strong written and verbal communication, customer service, and decision-making skills.
Competent computer skills and working knowledge of MS Office, especially MS Project and associated tools.
Ability to work as a team player and build productive, positive relationships with cross-functional teams.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines while delivering quality results.
Ability to travel to sites in the West Coast and Mid-West area.

Responsibilities

Lead the Turnaround Execution Team in developing turnaround pre-plans and schedules.
Manage turnaround costs and schedules before, during, and after each event.
Participate in turnaround scope development and estimating.
Facilitate turnaround schedule execution, including scoping, planning, scheduling, and engineering.
Review critical equipment operating conditions to ensure repair scopes address critical reliability issues.
Provide turnaround planning support to sites as necessary.
Organize turnaround schedules and allocate appropriate resources.
Identify the critical path and execute the plan to meet timing and cost targets.
Assist with turnaround discovery repair scopes and make recommendations to sustain or improve reliability and life-cycle costs.
Schedule and facilitate turnaround coordination, including meetings with Plant Operations, Maintenance, and Capital in accordance with ECO Services Pre-TAR Guidelines.
Determine manpower levels needed to achieve schedule milestones and monitor staffing levels and craft mixes for conformance with the turnaround plan.
Integrate capital project schedules into the master turnaround project schedule and conduct daily capital project expectations during the turnaround to ensure timely completion.
Communicate the Environmental and Safety Plan to turnaround execution resources.