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Turnaround planner jobs are open from entry-level coordinator to senior program manager across oil and gas, petrochemical, power generation, and manufacturing, with specializations in scheduling, maintenance planning, and cost control. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Location: Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Business Area: Maintenance
Schedule: Full Time
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:
MaintenanceJob Summary:
Job Description SummaryThe Turnaround Maintenance Planner is responsible for accurately planning work order requirements for outage and turnaround work for all craft disciplines (e.g., instrumentation, electrical, rotating machinery and fixed equipment etc.) at Donaldsonville facility.
Responsibilities include scheduling critical work-order job functions for safe and efficient job execution; coordinating and supervising individual work-order execution; acting as a first line supervisor managing major project work comprised of numerous work-orders that encompass outages and turnarounds.
Job Description:
Job Responsibilities:
Planning Expectations
- Plan work-order requirements to ensure all maintenance work is successfully executed in a safe and productive manner while maintaining high craft quality expectations.
- Develop complete work order packages that include all information necessary for safe and efficient execution including applicable photos, engineering drawings, P&IDs, ISOs, equipment documentation, material lists, procedures and safety requirements.
- Maintain the maintenance, outage and turnaround work order backlog by ensuring work orders are properly prioritized, fully scoped and meet established planning readiness requirements before being released for scheduling and execution.
- Evaluate equipment for inclusion in the Preventative Maintenance (PM) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Systems and develop requirements for the same. Manage the preventative maintenance system to ensure equipment availability and regulatory compliance is maintained for equipment defined in the system. This will include creating and editing PM jobs and updating Entity information in CFI’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Evaluate equipment spare parts requirements based on manufacturer’s recommendations or personal experience for their inventory availability or prompt availability via vendor warehouses. When necessary, create inventory requisitions to have warehouse personnel inventory spare parts that are not readily available.
- Develop and maintain a network of contacts that can provide the goods and services necessary for successful work execution.
Scheduling Expectations
- Ensure critical work-order work steps are properly linked so efficient scheduling of execution resources can be allocated.
- Create schedules to capture all work-orders within a given event (e.g., routine, unplanned outage or turnaround etc.).
- Assist with event schedule development within Primavera and maintain work-order job step progress to ensure accurate schedule updating in Primavera.
- Develop and maintain an effective working relationships with the facility’s various departmental personnel who have a stake in developing and maintaining routine, unplanned outages and turnarounds work schedules.
- Actively manage PM, outage and turnaround backlog work schedules.
Coordination, First Line Supervision, and Project Management Expectations
- Coordinate and supervise safe work execution of all outage and turnaround maintenance work.
- Coordinate and supervise safe work execution encompassing large project events.
- Ensure contract service organizations coordinate with CFI’s Safety and Security departments to assure that vendors adhere to CFI’s policies and procedures.
- Assist with developing turnaround budgets and help ensure execution remains within budget expectations.
- Evaluate executed work against planned work for requirement deficiencies and address those deficiencies when planning future work.
- Uphold CFI’s environmental, health and safety expectation while maintaining standards of craft quality, productivity and performance.
Internal Controls:
- Understand and comply with established departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal control efforts. Identify and report departmental internal-control deficiencies to supervision.
Successful incumbents will have:
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from an accredited university with two years of industry experience, or a construction management degree with two years of industry experience, or ten years of verifiable planning experience demonstrated in the chemical industry or a minimum of ten years operations experience and strong mechanical/instrumentation/electrical abilities.
- Valid Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
- Experience utilizing various Computerized Maintenance Management Systems and scheduling software applications. Computer proficiency in SAP, Primavera, Excel, and Word desired.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- In-depth knowledge of process equipment with the ability to troubleshoot, diagnose failures and recognize damage mechanisms in process equipment.
- The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause.
FMLA:
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf
- Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the “Canadian Human Rights Act”.
Notice Regarding Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Recruitment Process
As part of our recruitment process, CF Industries may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning technologies, to assist recruiters in identifying and prioritizing candidates whose qualifications align with job-related criteria, including information provided during the application process such as resumes, work history, education, qualifications, and responses to application questions. These tools support but do not replace human decision-making, and all final employment decisions are made by our Talent Acquisition team and/or hiring managers exercising independent judgment.
If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, need reasonable accommodation with the application process, or have questions about our use of AI, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at talentacquisition@cfindustries.com.
Location: Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Business Area: Maintenance
Schedule: Full Time
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:
MaintenanceJob Summary:
Job Description SummaryThe Turnaround Maintenance Planner is responsible for accurately planning work order requirements for outage and turnaround work for all craft disciplines (e.g., instrumentation, electrical, rotating machinery and fixed equipment etc.) at Donaldsonville facility.
Responsibilities include scheduling critical work-order job functions for safe and efficient job execution; coordinating and supervising individual work-order execution; acting as a first line supervisor managing major project work comprised of numerous work-orders that encompass outages and turnarounds.
Job Description:
Job Responsibilities:
Planning Expectations
- Plan work-order requirements to ensure all maintenance work is successfully executed in a safe and productive manner while maintaining high craft quality expectations.
- Develop complete work order packages that include all information necessary for safe and efficient execution including applicable photos, engineering drawings, P&IDs, ISOs, equipment documentation, material lists, procedures and safety requirements.
- Maintain the maintenance, outage and turnaround work order backlog by ensuring work orders are properly prioritized, fully scoped and meet established planning readiness requirements before being released for scheduling and execution.
- Evaluate equipment for inclusion in the Preventative Maintenance (PM) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Systems and develop requirements for the same. Manage the preventative maintenance system to ensure equipment availability and regulatory compliance is maintained for equipment defined in the system. This will include creating and editing PM jobs and updating Entity information in CFI’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Evaluate equipment spare parts requirements based on manufacturer’s recommendations or personal experience for their inventory availability or prompt availability via vendor warehouses. When necessary, create inventory requisitions to have warehouse personnel inventory spare parts that are not readily available.
- Develop and maintain a network of contacts that can provide the goods and services necessary for successful work execution.
Scheduling Expectations
- Ensure critical work-order work steps are properly linked so efficient scheduling of execution resources can be allocated.
- Create schedules to capture all work-orders within a given event (e.g., routine, unplanned outage or turnaround etc.).
- Assist with event schedule development within Primavera and maintain work-order job step progress to ensure accurate schedule updating in Primavera.
- Develop and maintain an effective working relationships with the facility’s various departmental personnel who have a stake in developing and maintaining routine, unplanned outages and turnarounds work schedules.
- Actively manage PM, outage and turnaround backlog work schedules.
Coordination, First Line Supervision, and Project Management Expectations
- Coordinate and supervise safe work execution of all outage and turnaround maintenance work.
- Coordinate and supervise safe work execution encompassing large project events.
- Ensure contract service organizations coordinate with CFI’s Safety and Security departments to assure that vendors adhere to CFI’s policies and procedures.
- Assist with developing turnaround budgets and help ensure execution remains within budget expectations.
- Evaluate executed work against planned work for requirement deficiencies and address those deficiencies when planning future work.
- Uphold CFI’s environmental, health and safety expectation while maintaining standards of craft quality, productivity and performance.
Internal Controls:
- Understand and comply with established departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal control efforts. Identify and report departmental internal-control deficiencies to supervision.
Successful incumbents will have:
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from an accredited university with two years of industry experience, or a construction management degree with two years of industry experience, or ten years of verifiable planning experience demonstrated in the chemical industry or a minimum of ten years operations experience and strong mechanical/instrumentation/electrical abilities.
- Valid Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).
- Experience utilizing various Computerized Maintenance Management Systems and scheduling software applications. Computer proficiency in SAP, Primavera, Excel, and Word desired.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- In-depth knowledge of process equipment with the ability to troubleshoot, diagnose failures and recognize damage mechanisms in process equipment.
- The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause.
FMLA:
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf
- Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the “Canadian Human Rights Act”.
Notice Regarding Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Recruitment Process
As part of our recruitment process, CF Industries may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning technologies, to assist recruiters in identifying and prioritizing candidates whose qualifications align with job-related criteria, including information provided during the application process such as resumes, work history, education, qualifications, and responses to application questions. These tools support but do not replace human decision-making, and all final employment decisions are made by our Talent Acquisition team and/or hiring managers exercising independent judgment.
If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, need reasonable accommodation with the application process, or have questions about our use of AI, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at talentacquisition@cfindustries.com.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Chemicals & Materials
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in turnaround planner jobs.
- Five or more years of experience planning industrial turnarounds or plant shutdowns
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 or equivalent project scheduling software
- Experience developing detailed work packages, job plans, and cost estimates
- Knowledge of mechanical, instrumentation, or process equipment maintenance practices
- Ability to coordinate multi-craft contractor workforces during execution windows
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial technology, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Turnaround Planner Job Search
Quantify outage scope on your resume
Turnaround planners are hired to manage complexity at scale, so your resume needs to show it. List the unit count, craft hours, and duration of each turnaround you planned, not just the facility name or your job title.
List your scheduling software by name
Hiring managers scan for Primavera P6, SAP PM, or Prometheus before they read anything else. Name every planning and work-order tool you've used in a dedicated skills section so your resume clears keyword filters fast.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists turnaround planner openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by turnaround phase
Some roles focus on scope development and cost estimation months before execution, while others are hired specifically for the execution window. Read each posting carefully and tailor your cover letter to whichever phase the employer is currently staffing.
Prepare a turnaround postmortem example
Interviewers for turnaround planner roles consistently ask how you handled a schedule slip, cost overrun, or contractor conflict. Have one specific event ready with the problem, your decision, and the outcome measured in hours or cost variance.
Negotiate start date around turnaround cycles
Major turnarounds are planned one to two years in advance, so your leverage at the offer stage is highest when you can commit to a start date that aligns with the facility's next scheduled outage. Ask about the upcoming event calendar before you accept.
Turnaround Planner Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most turnaround planners?
The most active employers for turnaround planners right now are Air Products, CF Industries Holdings, and Hargrove Engineers + Constructors, and the most openings are in Texas, Tennessee, and Louisiana, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Refining, petrochemical, and power generation operators consistently post the highest volume of these roles.
How many turnaround planner jobs are remote?
About 0% of turnaround planner openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how site-dependent most of the work is. Pre-turnaround scope development, scheduling, and cost reporting are the functions most likely to allow partial remote work, while execution-phase roles almost always require on-site presence.
How do you become a turnaround planner?
Most turnaround planners start in a maintenance technician, reliability engineer, or plant operations role and build several years of hands-on equipment and work-order experience. From there, moving into a maintenance planner position teaches the job-packaging and scheduling fundamentals. Formal project scheduling training in a tool like Primavera P6, combined with direct involvement in a turnaround execution, is typically how planners make the full transition into dedicated outage planning roles.
Can I get hired as a turnaround planner without direct turnaround experience?
Yes, especially at the junior planner or planning coordinator level, where employers often hire candidates with strong maintenance planning or industrial scheduling backgrounds and train them on turnaround-specific processes. Emphasizing your work-order management, contractor coordination, and shutdown planning exposure, even on smaller planned maintenance events, helps close the experience gap. Obtaining a Primavera P6 certification before applying also signals readiness for the scheduling demands of the role.
What does the turnaround planner interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a phone screen focused on your planning software experience and the scale of turnarounds you've supported. A technical interview follows, where you'll walk through how you build a work package, manage scope changes, and handle contractor schedule conflicts. Some employers add a practical exercise asking you to review a sample scope or schedule and identify gaps. Final rounds often include a site visit or conversation with the operations team you'd be supporting.
Where can I find and apply to turnaround planner jobs?
You can find and apply to turnaround planner jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your experience and target industry, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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