Supply Chain & Engineering – Downstream Energy Turnaround Modernization Manager

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

10d•$80,400 - $293,800

About The Position

Accenture is hiring a Manager for its Supply Chain and Engineering practice to support downstream energy clients in refining and petrochemicals. The role will help build Accenture’s Turnaround Modernization capability by shaping offerings, delivering client solutions, and growing a team of turnaround and technology specialists. It combines hands-on turnaround expertise with the application of data, AI, and digital technologies to improve how turnarounds are planned and executed. The position supports clients across the full turnaround lifecycle, including strategy and readiness, scope definition, planning and scheduling, execution and control, materials and contractor readiness, safe shutdown and startup, post-turnaround review, governance, risk management, and operating-model adoption. It also identifies opportunities to use AI-assisted scope development, digital planning and scheduling, AI-assisted training, connected-worker technologies, data and analytics, and value-realization methods to improve safety, schedule, cost, and operational outcomes. The Manager will contribute to Accenture’s offerings, solution architecture, assets, accelerators, ecosystem partnerships, sales and proposal work, and thought leadership. The role includes acting as a turnaround subject matter expert, leading and coaching small to mid-sized teams of 3–8 consultants, engineers, and technologists, and collaborating with clients and partners. Travel may range from 0 to 100% based on business needs and client requirements.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience across turnaround, maintenance, and/or reliability in refining, petrochemical, or similar process industries.
Hands-on experience across the end-to-end turnaround lifecycle, from strategy and scope through planning, execution, startup, and post-turnaround review.
Leadership experience on at least one major turnaround.
Understanding of how maintenance, reliability, and asset integrity influence turnaround strategy and scope.
Experience improving turnaround and/or maintenance performance through process, data, digital, and AI solutions.
Working knowledge of planning, scheduling, and/or EAM/CMMS platforms such as Primavera P6, SAP, or IBM Maximo.
Ability to structure complex problems, identify improvement opportunities, and translate them into practical solutions.
Commercial, value-driven mindset that connects operational improvements to business outcomes.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 8 years of work experience; alternatively, an associate degree with a minimum of 6 years of work experience.
Applicants for US employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Consulting firm experience, or experience in a refining or petrochemical owner-operator’s central turnaround organization or a specialty turnaround contractor.
Experience developing and bringing new offerings, solutions, or digital products to market.
Hands-on application of AI and emerging technologies to turnarounds, such as generative and agentic AI, AI-driven scope development and scheduling, digital twins, connected-worker platforms, or drone and robotic inspection.
Familiarity with turnaround front-end loading and milestone frameworks, industry benchmarking, and risk-based inspection and mechanical integrity programs.
Project management or planning certification, such as PMP, PMI-SP, or AACE.
Experience supporting consulting sales, including opportunity shaping, proposal and solution development, and client presentations.
Demonstrated ability to lead and coach teams, work across functions, influence senior stakeholders, and drive change, with credibility among site leadership in operations, maintenance, and turnaround functions.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Collaborative, team-oriented approach.
Engineering degree, such as Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

Support refining and petrochemical clients across the end-to-end turnaround lifecycle, from strategy and readiness through post-turnaround review.
Help optimize turnaround intervals and run lengths, assess deferral risk, and align turnaround strategies with reliability, integrity, and commercial objectives.
Develop and challenge turnaround worklists, apply risk-based inspection and integrity inputs, remove non-value-adding work, and maintain scope-freeze discipline.
Improve front-end loading, milestone readiness, work-pack development, critical-path and near-critical-path scheduling, resource leveling, and integrated contractor schedules.
Support execution controls, including progress measurement, earned-value and productivity tracking, emergent-work management, and schedule recovery.
Improve long-lead procurement, materials kitting and laydown planning, contractor mobilization, and site logistics readiness.
Integrate operations handover, isolations, permits to work, and pre-startup activities to support safe and timely return to service.
Support turnaround close-out, lessons-learned capture, and knowledge transfer to future turnaround cycles.
Establish and improve turnaround governance, readiness assurance, cost and schedule controls, scope and change control, performance reporting, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.
Apply or establish risk-management processes to identify and mitigate risks to safety, EHS, cost, and duration targets, including contingency planning.
Support turnaround organization and governance, roles and decision rights, owner-contractor ways of working, workflow redesign, change management, field adoption, training, and capability building.
Design digitally enabled future-state turnaround processes and identify where technology can improve schedule, cost, and safety outcomes.
Apply AI and digital technologies to scope development, planning, scheduling, contractor onboarding, work execution, permitting, inspection, analytics, and turnaround control.
Quantify the value of schedule compression and cost avoidance, build the case for change, and track benefits through execution.
Lead development of Accenture Turnaround Modernization offerings, points of view, solution architecture, assets, accelerators, and ecosystem partnerships.
Act as a turnaround subject matter expert in client conversations, identifying needs, shaping solutions, and articulating the value of modernization.
Lead and coach teams of 3–8 consultants, engineers, and technologists, collaborating with clients, internal teams, software providers, and turnaround contractors.
Support client sales origination, opportunity shaping, proposal development, and thought leadership.
Challenge legacy ways of working constructively and contribute to positive community impact.