Turnaround Maintenance Planner

Shell•Sarnia, ON

2d•CA$110,000 - CA$160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Turnaround Planner is responsible for leading the development, coordination, and maintaining detailed work plans for turnaround events. The role ensures all work is properly scoped, sequenced, resourced, and scheduled to enable safe, efficient, and cost‑effective execution within the approved outage window. The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre consists of an 85,000 bpd Refinery and a Chemical Plant producing 100 kt/yr IPA. It comprises of six production areas across five control rooms. This role requires a significant amount of informal influence and stakeholder management. Large time commitment during planned turnarounds This role may be required to be a member of the site EOC roster, requiring on-call responsibilities On occasion this role may support other maintenance activities

Requirements

The candidate must have legal authorization to work in the Canada on a full-time basis
5 or more years of related industry experience and/or Red Seal mechanical, engineering or technical certification
Strong knowledge of maintenance and turnaround planning principles
Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, drawings, and technical documentation
Experience with scheduling and planning tools (e.g., Primavera P6, GSAP, Momentum)
Strong coordination and communication skills across multiple disciplines
Detail-oriented with strong organizational and problem-solving abilities
Ability to work effectively under schedule pressure

Responsibilities

Developing detailed, logic-driven work plans for approved turnaround scopes and associated decon and start up activities
Defining within the work plans, job steps, durations, labor hours, craft requirements, tools, equipment, and materials to execute the scope which also provides the inputs to the cost estimating and event scheduling activities
Coordinating and engaging with safety, engineering, operations, maintenance, inspection, and contractors in establishing the work plans
Ensuring the final work package content for each scope item is complete and accurate to enable safe and effective execution as per the planning standard
Supporting scope optimization work shops and participating in table top review activities
Supporting scope development, validation, and change control processes (WLR)
Linking work packages appropriately into the integrated turnaround schedule
Identifying critical path activities, work conflicts, and opportunity windows
Supporting risk reviews and readiness assessments
Identifying material, spare part, and rental equipment requirements and initiate their procurement as per sourcing procedures
Supporting pre-event material verifications
Managing planning deliverables within the event established milestones
Communicating planning progress through planning tracker and readiness reporting
Working with both onsite and TAS planners to develop TA plans and packages
During event execution, providing job pack clarification and/or technical support, and if required planning to emergent or discovered work
Continuous improvement of TA event planning for future turnarounds, through data capture of execution, participation in post-turnaround reviews, lessons learned sessions. As well as maintaining historical data for future planning, estimating, and job execution

Benefits

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $160,000 per year.
Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.
Progress as a person as we work on innovative projects together
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase; our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs