Turnaround Planner / Scheduler - Refinery Construction

  • Full-time
  • Department: Energy and natural resources

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend are seeking a high-energy, detail-oriented Turnaround Scheduler/Planner to oversee the movement of people, equipment, and materials for our upcoming refinery events. You will be the "architect of flow," ensuring that thousands of moving parts—from cranes and equipment to temporary buildings and waste management—are in the right place at the right time to minimize downtime and maximize safety.

*Role will be onsite in Superior, WI

Key Responsibilities

  • Site Plot Planning: Develop and manage the temporary site plot plan, including contractor trailers, fabrication areas, equipment staging, and lunchrooms
  • Equipment Coordination: Manage the mobilization and demobilization of heavy equipment (cranes, aerial lifts, generators). Be POC for support of that equipment
  • Contractor Logistics: Act as the primary point of contact for third-party logistics providers; cleaners, fuel mule drivers, security issues, parking, and transportation for workforce
  • Facilities Management: Support the Turnaround team and contractors in all facility maintenance and problem solving
  • Waste & Services: Coordinate essential services including hydro-blasting water supply, vacuum truck movements, trash removal, and portable sanitation
  • Scheduling Integration: Work closely with the TAR Scheduler to ensure the logistics plan aligns with the P6 schedule
  • *SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

  • Experience: 5+ years in refinery or petrochemical operations, specifically within Turnaround/Outage environments
  • Technical Skills: Demonstratable knowledge of the logistics needs for a turnaround
  • Communication: Ability to negotiate with vendors and maintain a cool head during high-pressure execution phases
  • Safety Mindset: Deep understanding of OSHA standards, permitting, and refinery safety protocols

Other details:

  • Preference for local candidates but will also consider non-local (non-local candidates will receive $178/calendar day per diem)
  • 1 year contract duration with possibility for extension
  • Work schedule: 40 hours/week, but during execution individual will be expected to work 7-13s

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs* 

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. 

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.  

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/ 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

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