Electrical Turnaround Planner

4 days ago

Gonzales, United States Orion Group Full time
Position Summary:

The Turnaround Planner develops and coordinates detailed maintenance and repair plans for plant turnarounds, ensuring minimal downtime and efficient operations while upholding safety and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Turnaround Planning:
    Develop and execute comprehensive turnaround plans. Identify scope, prioritize tasks, and allocate resources effectively.
  • Scheduling and Execution:
    Prepare and monitor detailed schedules for maintenance and repair activities during shutdowns and outages.
  • Collaboration:
    Work closely with engineering, operations, and contractor teams to ensure seamless planning and execution.
  • Safety and Compliance:
    Uphold and enforce all safety, quality, and regulatory standards, ensuring a "Zero is achievable" safety culture.
  • Documentation:
    Maintain accurate and thorough records of all activities, including planning packages, schedules, and post-turnaround documentation.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, or a related field.
  • 3+ years' experience in electrical package planning or equivalent.
  • 5+ years of experience in maintenance or engineering disciplines, preferably with industrial outages and electrical systems.
  • Proficient in software tools including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook), SAP, Primavera P6, and Adobe.
  • Strong ability to read and interpret technical documents such as electrical & instrumentation drawings, P&IDs, and BOMs.

Essential Functions:

  • Technical Expertise:
    Understand electrical and instrumentation workflows, quality standards, and manufacturing processes.
  • Physical Requirements:
    Ability to bend, climb, crawl, lift, and perform shift work as needed.
  • Leadership and Risk Management:
    Lead outage planning efforts, manage contractor safety, and mitigate operational risks.
  • Continuous Improvement:
    Identify opportunities for improvement in turnaround planning and execution processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

  1. Manage detailed maintenance shutdowns and daily work planning.
  2. Organize and expedite materials procurement and ensure parts availability.
  3. Develop scopes of work and detailed planning activities in P6.
  4. Create and distribute planning packages per company standards.
  5. Provide daily schedule updates during outages and ensure tasks are completed timely.
  6. Lead post-turnaround reviews to capture lessons learned and improve future planning.

Performance Standards:

  • Willingness to travel up to 25-45% for projects and to work a flexible schedule within fatigue management guidelines.
  • Ability to work independently while maintaining high professional and ethical standards.
  • Demonstrates excellent teamwork, problem-solving, and time management skills.

Required Abilities and Conduct:

  • Ability to achieve state-mandated certifications, OSHA, TWIC, or other necessary qualifications.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to safety, ethics, and regulatory compliance in all actions.
  • Promote and maintain a cooperative and constructive workplace environment.

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.