Onsite Turnaround & Capital Project Controls Lead

PBF Energy; Martinez (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

PBF Energy is seeking a seasoned Project Controls Lead for Turnaround and Capital to drive the company-wide implementation of best-practice controls across all refinery sites. This on-site role requires leadership in scheduling, cost control, and capital project alignment with corporate goals.

The ideal candidate has extensive refinery turnaround experience, strong knowledge of Primavera P6, ERP integration, and a proven ability to mentor multi-disciplinary teams across locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in refinery turnaround planning, scheduling, and cost control, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Familiarity with industry process safety and environmental regulations, work practices, and compliance strategies as well as knowledge of basic refinery processes, reliability principles and refining economics.
• Proven track record in leading large-scale turnaround project controls and execution.
• Strong knowledge of turnaround planning methodologies, scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P6), and cost control best practices.
• Experience in managing turnaround management software systems and integrating with ERP platforms.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills to engage teams across multiple refinery locations.
• Ability to drive process standardization and efficiency improvements across the organization.
• Strong financial acumen with experience in cost estimation, budget control, and variance analysis.
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills, negotiation and conflict management.
• This position is on site 5 days a week.
• ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED.
• FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR SALARY REQUIREMENTS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement company-wide standards and best practices for turnaround planning, scheduling, estimating and cost control.
• Work in support of the Director, Turnaround Excellence and closely with refinery leadership and turnaround teams to ensure alignment with corporate objectives and operational goals.
• Develop and implement company-wide standards and best practices that align with the Capital Projects Management System (CPMS) for projects planning, scheduling, estimating and cost control.
• Work in support of the Director, Capital Projects Excellence and closely with refinery leadership and capital project teams to ensure alignment with corporate objectives and operational goals.
• Work with both Director, Turnaround Excellence and Director, Capital Projects Excellence to ensure processes are in place for robust turnaround integration plans for capital projects requiring a turnaround to execute.
• Support the Lessons Learned process across sites specific to project controls learnings.
• Support implementation of cost and schedule risk register processes
• Manage and standardize planning, work packaging and scheduling practices across all sites through the implementation, uniform configuration and stewardship of a software-based turnaround management system.
• Ensure the application of industry-leading scheduling techniques to optimize manpower and minimize downtime.
• Implement and maintain a centralized approach to turnaround and capital projects scheduling, ensuring consistency across sites.
• Implement strategies that drive sites toward resource loaded, logic defined craft level project schedules with integration capabilities (i.e. P6 or SAP) for manpower efficiencies and increased schedule attainment.
• Develop standardized cost estimation, tracking, forecasting and reporting methods to improve financial predictability and accountability.
• Partner with refinery turnaround departments to manage turnaround budgets and control costs effectively.
• Ensure consistency in development of plans and basis of estimates for turnarounds and capital projects.
• Ensure processes are in place for well-defined cost estimate risk analysis and assurance reviews for project estimates.
• With standardized approaches in place, provide comparison of cost estimates, plans and schedules between refineries and against industry standards to executive leadership for data-driven decision-making.
• Support contractor performance assessments and performance evaluation meetings to promote continuous improvement.
• Lead the implementation and management of a company-wide turnaround project controls software system. Maintain system configuration and ensure consistent use and practices across all sites.
• Ensure integration between turnaround management tools, and enterprise systems such as SAP, Track and other business platforms.
• Train and support refinery teams in maximizing the use of turnaround project controls technology.
• Serve as the central turnaround project controls subject matter expert, providing guidance to site teams and leadership.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for project controls at the portfolio level
• Participate in site readiness reviews to ensure a high state of turnaround and project readiness.
• Benchmark against industry standards and foster a culture of innovation and efficiency in turnaround planning.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project controls

Budgeting

Cost control

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field

Tools

Primavera P6

ERP systems

Job description

PBF Energy is seeking a seasoned Project Controls Lead for Turnaround and Capital to drive the company-wide implementation of best-practice controls across all refinery sites. This on-site role requires leadership in scheduling, cost control, and capital project alignment with corporate goals.

The ideal candidate has extensive refinery turnaround experience, strong knowledge of Primavera P6, ERP integration, and a proven ability to mentor multi-disciplinary teams across locations.