Turnaround Planner

Job Title:
Turnaround Planner / Coordinator

The Turnaround Planner / Coordinator oversees and coordinates field execution for refinery turnarounds, outages, catalyst changes, shutdowns, and other major maintenance events at an on-site refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. This role serves as the critical link between planning and execution, ensuring that all work is carried out safely, efficiently, and in alignment with approved scope, schedules, and site standards. The position requires extensive field experience with large turnaround events, strong collaboration across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, Capital Projects, and contractor organizations, and a commitment to mentoring developing personnel and driving continuous improvement.

• Coordinate field execution during refinery turnarounds, outages, catalyst changes, shutdowns, and other major maintenance events to ensure safe and efficient completion of work.
• Resolve field execution issues promptly, remove barriers to progress, and maintain adherence to site standards while facilitating productive work progression.
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, Engineering, Supply Chain, and contractor supervision to execute approved work scopes and manage day-to-day field activities.
• Monitor and communicate work progress, risks, schedule adherence, and productivity to stakeholders, escalating issues when necessary to protect safety and schedule integrity.
• Complete daily progress updates with the scheduler and ensure accurate reporting of status against turnaround plans.
• Review turnaround work packages for scope completeness, constructability, safety, quality, and execution readiness prior to field implementation.
• Confirm that work packages include all required drawings, specifications, procedures, isolation requirements, material information, and labor estimates.
• Provide constructability input and validate scope through field reviews and stakeholder engagement to optimize execution plans.
• Support building, reviewing, and improving work packages and job plans during periods of lower field activity, as required.
• Participate in Capital Project constructability reviews and provide maintenance and execution expertise to project teams.
• Identify execution risks, access and logistics constraints, and opportunities to optimize scope and improve efficiency for both turnaround and capital project work.
• Align turnaround and project schedules, resources, execution strategies, and interface activities to minimize conflicts and maximize overall site performance.
• Promote teamwork, mutual respect, accountability, and productive problem-solving across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, Capital Projects, and contractor groups.
• Mentor planners, coordinators, contractors, and developing turnaround personnel, sharing field knowledge and best practices to strengthen organizational capability.
• Share lessons learned from previous events and contribute to the development of standard work processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure all work complies with site safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements, and reinforce adherence to refinery safety policies and procedures.
• Participate in risk assessments, field reviews, and readiness activities to verify that work can be executed safely and effectively.
• Support post-event reviews and lessons-learned sessions to identify improvement opportunities and enhance future turnaround performance.
• Conduct extensive field walks in active operating and construction environments to verify work status, identify issues, and support safe execution.

• Minimum 10 years of refinery or petrochemical turnaround experience, including field…