Turnaround Planner

Hunt•Tuscaloosa, AL

About The Position

The Turnaround Planner serves as the focal point for turnaround planning activities. The role coordinates the development, review, and management of turnaround scope; facilitates planning meetings; and develops detailed work plans and work packages in collaboration with craft, operations, engineering, and supervision. The planner assesses job-site conditions through field walk-downs and identifies the resources, schedules, costs, materials, and equipment needed to complete turnaround work. The position works with operations to plan shutdown and startup schedules and coordinates contractor and HRC manpower needs. It also manages materials and equipment lists, tracks long-lead items and deliveries, reviews contractor bids and invoices, and maintains contractor requisitions and change orders. The planner may serve as Turnaround Supervisor and as a rotational Maintenance Callout Foreman. Hunt Refining Company is part of the privately owned Hunt family of companies. Hunt Refining produces transportation fuels and asphalt products and operates refineries in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Sandersville, Mississippi, as well as transportation, terminal, and storage facilities across the southeastern United States.

Requirements

Five or more years of experience planning, scheduling, and executing turnarounds, shutdowns, and outages in petroleum refining, a chemical plant, or the pulp and paper industry, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge and experience applying process-industry safety, construction, and maintenance codes, standards, and practices.
Knowledge of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to work in a team environment and cooperate with others.
Willingness to learn, pursue continuous improvement, develop new skills, and accept coaching.
High emotional intelligence and willingness to improve it.
Ability to develop relationships and influence effective business results.
Confidence presenting information and facilitating team meetings; ability to respond to questions from peers and managers.
Ability to communicate technical information clearly so others can understand it and make business decisions.
Ability to lead project teams and drive results.
Ability to multitask, prioritize according to refinery business needs, and consistently meet deadlines.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, detailed designs, and construction drawings.
Ability to handle complex, high-pressure situations and adapt to a changing work environment.
Ability to demonstrate a positive attitude, strong work ethic, initiative, an objective mindset, and willingness to pursue win-win outcomes and new ideas.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or technical school certification.
Field experience in turnaround execution or technical support.
Experience working with an in-house maintenance workforce and contractor workforce.

Responsibilities

Function as the focal point of all planning activities.
Coordinate the gathering and development of turnaround scope.
Participate in the review and justification of turnaround scope.
Organize and chair appropriate planning meetings.
Track and assist in managing scope growth.
Perform field walk-downs of work orders to assess job-site conditions.
Develop detailed work plans and gather documents for turnaround work packages, including closure forms, inspection travelers, plot plans, pictures, entry plans, P&IDs, specifications, material lists, drawings, and sketches.
Seek input and feedback on job plans from craft, operations, engineering, and supervision.
Identify planning and execution resources and determine on-site dates.
Work with operations to set shutdown and startup schedules.
Plan and coordinate contractor and HRC manpower needs for turnarounds.
Develop work-package cost estimates.
Develop and maintain equipment lists for turnarounds, including cranes, rental equipment, and safety equipment.
Develop and maintain the master material list, track delivery dates and storage locations, and ensure long-lead items are specified and ordered on time.
Review bid proposals and create, maintain, and track contractor requisitions and change orders.
Review and approve turnaround invoices.
Serve as Turnaround Supervisor as necessary.
Serve as rotational Maintenance Callout Foreman.