Turnaround Maintenance Planner

Oman Shell; Sarnia; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote/mobile working availability

Competitive salary and benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Shell Canada is seeking a Turnaround Planner to lead the development, coordination, and maintenance of detailed turnaround work plans within the approved outage window.

You will define work steps, durations, labor, crafts, tools and materials; coordinate with safety, engineering, operations, maintenance, inspection, and contractors; and ensure final work package content is complete to enable safe, cost-effective execution.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of maintenance and turnaround planning principles.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Experience with scheduling and planning tools (e.g., Primavera P6, GSAP, Momentum).
• Strong coordination and communication skills across multiple disciplines.
• Detail‑oriented with strong organizational and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively under schedule pressure.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed, logic-driven work plans for approved turnaround scopes and associated decon and start up activities.
• Define within the work plans job steps, durations, labor hours, craft requirements, tools, equipment, and materials to execute the scope.
• Coordinate and engage with safety, engineering, operations, maintenance, inspection, and contractors in establishing the work plans.
• Ensure the final work package content for each scope item is complete and accurate to enable safe and effective execution as per the planning standard.
• Support scope optimization workshops and participate in table top review activities.
• Support scope development, validation, and change control processes (WLR).
• Link work packages appropriately into the integrated turnaround schedule.
• Identify critical path activities, work conflicts, and opportunity windows.
• Support risk reviews and readiness assessments.
• Identify material, spare part, and rental equipment requirements and initiate their procurement as per sourcing procedures.
• Support pre-event material verifications.
• Manage planning deliverables within the event established milestones.
• Communicate planning progress through planning tracker and readiness reporting.
• Work with both onsite and TAS planners to develop TA plans and packages.
• During event execution, provide job pack clarification and/or technical support, and if required plan emergent or discovered work.
• Continuously improve TA event planning for future turnarounds, through data capture of execution, participation in post-turnaround reviews, lessons learned sessions, and maintaining historical data for future planning, estimating, and job execution.

Education

Red Seal mechanical, engineering or technical certification

Tools

Primavera P6

GSAP

Momentum

Job description

Job Role

The Turnaround Planner is responsible for leading the development, coordination, and maintaining detailed work plans for turnaround events. The role ensures all work is properly scoped, sequenced, resourced, and scheduled to enable safe, efficient, and cost‑effective execution within the approved outage window.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed, logic-driven work plans for approved turnaround scopes and associated decon and start up activities.
• Define within the work plans job steps, durations, labor hours, craft requirements, tools, equipment, and materials to execute the scope.
• Coordinate and engage with safety, engineering, operations, maintenance, inspection, and contractors in establishing the work plans.
• Ensure the final work package content for each scope item is complete and accurate to enable safe and effective execution as per the planning standard.
• Support scope optimization workshops and participate in table top review activities.
• Support scope development, validation, and change control processes (WLR).
• Link work packages appropriately into the integrated turnaround schedule.
• Identify critical path activities, work conflicts, and opportunity windows.
• Support risk reviews and readiness assessments.
• Identify material, spare part, and rental equipment requirements and initiate their procurement as per sourcing procedures.
• Support pre-event material verifications.
• Manage planning deliverables within the event established milestones.
• Communicate planning progress through planning tracker and readiness reporting.
• Work with both onsite and TAS planners to develop TA plans and packages.
• During event execution, provide job pack clarification and/or technical support, and if required plan emergent or discovered work.
• Continuously improve TA event planning for future turnarounds, through data capture of execution, participation in post-turnaround reviews, lessons learned sessions, and maintaining historical data for future planning, estimating, and job execution.

Work Environment

The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre consists of an 85,000 bpd Refinery and a Chemical Plant producing 100 kt/yr IPA. It comprises six production areas across five control rooms. This role requires a significant amount of informal influence and stakeholder management. Large time commitment during planned turnarounds. The role may be required to be a member of the site EOC roster, requiring on‑call responsibilities. On occasion, this role may support other maintenance activities.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in Canada on a full‑time basis.
• Five or more years of related industry experience and/or Red Seal mechanical, engineering or technical certification.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance and turnaround planning principles.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Experience with scheduling and planning tools (e.g., Primavera P6, GSAP, Momentum).
• Strong coordination and communication skills across multiple disciplines.
• Detail‑oriented with strong organizational and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively under schedule pressure.

What We Offer

The base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $160,000 per year.Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell, and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment.

• Opportunity to develop skills needed to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another.
• Balancing priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Progress as a person as we work on innovative projects together.
• Continuously grow transferable skills to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance‑related salary increase; our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non‑birthing parents.
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world.
• Grow through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs.

Company & Values

Shell is committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company, and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.We encourage applicants who feel 100% qualified.

Shell in Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911.

Shell respects the right to equal opportunity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Shell protects the privacy of applicants and does not charge fees for application processing.