Turnaround Planner

Location: Sergeant Bluff

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas.

You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.

Function:
Maintenance

Job Summary:

This position is accountable for providing technical and maintenance planning support to the mechanical maintenance department for rotating and fixed plant assets. The Mechanical Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning daily maintenance work, long-term project work, and assigned turnaround work scopes in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner. The position works within the Work Management Information System (WMIS) to develop detailed job plans, prepare work packages, coordinate materials, and support execution readiness.

The Mechanical Maintenance Planner works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure maintenance activities are properly scoped, planned, scheduled, and executed. The position supports site reliability and maintenance objectives through effective planning, field coordination, turnaround planning, and continuous improvement efforts. The Mechanical Maintenance Planner is responsible for ensuring work plans incorporate CF standards, government regulations, site safety requirements, and sound maintenance practices.

Job Description:

• Maintain an orderly flow of the work order system, ensuring work requested by customers is completed in accordance with established priorities.
• Work with Procurement, Engineering, and suppliers to identify, source, and coordinate all stock and non-stock materials required for maintenance activities.
• Maintain fixed, rotating, and mechanical equipment records including Bills of Material, specifications, task lists, and associated planning data within the WMIS.
• Maintain and improve planning data within WMIS and related maintenance systems, including equipment records, bills of material, task lists, job plans, material references, and maintenance history to support efficient work execution and reliability improvement.
• Maintain and continuously improve Preventive Maintenance (PM) programs and supporting documentation.
• Lead planning activities for assigned shutdown and turnaround work scopes including development of work packages, material readiness strategies, labor estimates, contractor requirements, execution plans, and readiness reviews. Provide field execution support during outages and turnarounds.
• Participate in turnaround scope development, worklist validation, risk assessments, and readiness reviews to ensure work is properly defined and executable.
• Develop detailed work plans including labor estimates, materials, tools, equipment, contractor requirements, safety considerations, and execution sequencing.
• Specify and reserve stock materials required for completion of maintenance activities and include them within work package documentation.
• Specify and coordinate special tools, lifting devices, rental equipment, and other resources required to execute maintenance activities.
• Complete job plans and coordinate with the Maintenance Scheduler to support efficient scheduling and execution.
• Support weekly and turnaround scheduling activities by developing labor estimates, identifying resource requirements, evaluating work execution constraints, and assisting with work prioritization and sequencing efforts.
• Conduct field walk-downs to validate work scope, identify access requirements, confirm material needs, collect planning data, and improve work package quality.
• Maintain an active field presence to support maintenance execution, validate job plans, resolve planning issues, and capture lessons learned for future work.
• Consult with Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Technicians, Engineers, Operations personnel, and I&E personnel during planning and execution as necessary.
• Coordinate with contractors and contract planners to develop executable work plans and ensure resource readiness, material availability, and work prerequisites are aligned for successful execution.
• Coordinate with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, and Contractors to support…