Planning and Turnaround Superintendent

Job Summary

The Planning and Turnaround Superintendent provides leadership for routine maintenance planning, turnaround planning, and work management quality at the Port Neal Nitrogen Complex. This role supervises maintenance planners and turnaround planners, supports safe and efficient execution of planned work, and ensures work packages are properly developed before work is released for scheduling and execution.

Key Job Elements

• Supports site EHS activities by complying with environmental, health, and safety policies and actively participating in EHS programs and initiatives.
• Develops long-term strategies for backlog reduction, maintenance effectiveness, turnaround readiness, and planning resource optimization.
• Reports to the Maintenance Manager and serves as a key leader within the Maintenance Department, providing ownership of maintenance planning, turnaround planning, work management processes, and planning standards while driving accountability, execution readiness, and continuous improvement across the site.
• Fosters a culture of ownership, accountability, planning discipline, and execution excellence throughout the Maintenance Department.
• Learns and implements new maintenance strategies, job plans, task lists, and planning standards.
• Maintains close communication with all levels of supervision and supports continuous improvement through teamwork, planning discipline, and standard work practices.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, maintenance, construction management, or a related technical field preferred.
• Minimum of five years of experience in industrial maintenance, maintenance planning, scheduling, turnaround coordination, engineering, or maintenance supervision; chemical manufacturing experience preferred.
• Previous leadership and direct supervisory experience preferred, including experience leading planners, coordinators, contractors, or cross-functional maintenance teams.
• Strong working knowledge of maintenance planning, job package development, backlog management, outage readiness, contractor coordination, and work execution.
• Strong SAP PM or equivalent CMMS experience required; SAP experience preferred.
• Knowledge of industrial safety requirements, permit-to-work processes, LOTO, confined space, hot work, line break, and other work execution risk controls.
• Solid communication skills, including the ability to write clear work instructions, communicate priorities, and interact effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, EHS, contractors, and leadership.
• Strong analytical, prioritization, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
• Results-oriented, self-motivated, and capable of managing multiple priorities, projects, and outage planning activities simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence work across departments without direct authority.
• Good general computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other planning or scheduling tools.
• Must be able to climb towers, enter confined spaces, and lift up to 50 lbs. as required by the role.