STO Regional Turnaround Manager

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Location: Columbia, MD, US, 21044 Houston, TX, US, 77002 Lake Charles, LA, US, 70665 Chattanooga, TN, US, 37406

Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of catalysts, engineered materials and fine chemicals. We provide innovative products, technologies and services which our customers use to manufacture everyday products like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals, toothpaste, cosmetics, food packaging, beer, edible oils and more. Our thousands of employees help shape a better future at our global headquarters in Columbia, MD and locations worldwide.

The Regional Turnaround Manager is the regional STO leader responsible for providing planning, readiness, execution support, and post-STO performance improvement across multiple sites. This role serves as the primary connection between site leadership, operations, maintenance, engineering, and the central STO organization, ensuring safe, cost-effective, and schedule-compliant execution of Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages throughout the region.

The Regional Turnaround Manager drives standardization, scope discipline, risk mitigation, workforce readiness, and continuous improvement across multiple facilities to improve STO performance and strengthen safety and operational excellence. This role is expected to spend significant time traveling to sites to support STO readiness, active event execution, field assessments, and post-event reviews.

Work schedule:

Standard business hours; however flexibility will be required during active shutdown events including extended hours and weekends during execution windows.

Frequent travel is required to support multiple North American sites (including Canada) before, during, and after STO events. The role is expected to spend a significant portion of time at operating locations to support readiness reviews, field execution, stakeholder alignment, and post-event improvement efforts.

This role is a remote position. Candidates must reside within the US and be near a W.R. Grace location.

• Provide regional leadership and coordination for STO readiness and performance across multiple sites
• Champion STO governance, standards, tools, and best practices throughout the assigned region
• Ensure alignment between site STO priorities and enterprise STO strategy
• Support development of a consistent regional STO culture focused on safety, quality, cost control, and schedule discipline

• Provide direct support to site leaders and execution teams during active shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages
• Help remove organizational barriers, elevate issues, and facilitate rapid decision-making during active events
• Monitor regional STO safety, schedule, cost, and quality performance and identify corrective actions where needed
• Reinforce compliance with company safety expectations, work practices, and permit systems across sites

• Interface with site leadership, regional and central resources, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, planners, schedulers, and contractor leadership
• Promote consistent use of STO processes, templates, readiness reviews, and lessons learned practices across multiple sites
• Align cross-site teams on expectations, roles, governance requirements, and decision-making authority
• Share best practices and learning from one site to improve STO performance at other sites
• Provide or coordinate STO training when necessary to build site capability and reinforce standard processes, roles, and expectations

• Lead or support post-STO reviews, lessons learned sessions, and performance critiques across the region
• Ensure corrective actions are captured, assigned, and tracked to completion
• Identify recurring regional gaps and drive improvements in planning quality, readiness, execution discipline, and post-event follow-up
• Support development of regional STO capability through coaching, mentoring, and practical field engagement

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of experience in maintenance, operations, reliability, engineering, or turnaround management in an industrial environment
• 5+ years of experience leading Shutdowns, Turnarounds, or Outages
• Experience managing shutdowns with total event budgets in the $1MM to $5MM range
• Strong understanding of STO…