Planning and Turnaround Superintendent

CF Industries; Sergeant Bluff (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CF Industries is seeking a Planning and Turnaround Superintendent for the Port Neal Nitrogen Complex. This role leads maintenance planning, turnaround planning, and work management to ensure safe, efficient execution.

You will supervise planners, own planning standards, and collaborate across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores and EHS. The position requires leadership, strong SAP PM/CMMS knowledge, and a focus on backlog reduction, readiness, and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, maintenance, construction management, or related field.
• Minimum five years in industrial maintenance, planning, scheduling, turnaround coordination, or supervision; chemical manufacturing preferred.
• Leadership experience with planners, coordinators, contractors, or cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, backlog management, outage readiness, and work execution.
• Solid SAP PM or CMMS experience; ability to write clear work instructions and communicate priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead routine maintenance planning, turnaround planning, and work management processes.
• Own planning standards, backlog planning quality, and readiness tracking.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, EHS, and contractors.
• Develop and maintain work packages with scope, labor, materials, tools, permits and safety controls.
• Monitor KPIs such as planning backlog, schedule readiness, and PM compliance; drive continuous improvement.
• Lead Turnarounds including scope development, milestone tracking, and contractor planning support.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Turnaround planning

Project coordination

Leadership

Microsoft Excel

SAP PM

Prioritization

Communication

Safety compliance

Analytical thinking

Resource management

Budget input

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

CMMS

SAP PM

Job description

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

Maintenance Job Summary: The Planning and Turnaround Superintendent provides leadership for routine maintenance planning, turnaround planning, and work management quality at the Port Neal Nitrogen Complex. This role supervises maintenance planners and turnaround planners, supports safe and efficient execution of planned work, and ensures work packages are properly developed before work is released for scheduling and execution. The position owns planning standards, SAP work order quality, backlog planning quality, material readiness, turnaround readiness tracking, and continuous improvement of the planning process. The superintendent works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, EHS, and contractors to ensure work is planned safely, efficiently, and in alignment with CF standards, regulatory requirements, and sound maintenance practices. This position is also responsible for Turn Around Management and Execution.

Key Job Elements

• Supports site EHS activities by complying with environmental, health, and safety policies and actively participating in EHS programs and initiatives.
• Develops long-term strategies for backlog reduction, maintenance effectiveness, turnaround readiness, and planning resource optimization.
• Reports to the Maintenance Manager and serves as a key leader within the Maintenance Department, providing ownership of maintenance planning, turnaround planning, work management processes, and planning standards while driving accountability, execution readiness, and continuous improvement across the site.
• Fosters a culture of ownership, accountability, planning discipline, and execution excellence throughout the Maintenance Department.
• Leads the routine maintenance planning process to ensure work is properly scoped, planned, prioritized, and ready for scheduling and execution.
• Ensures planned work packages include clear scope, labor estimates, required materials, tools, equipment, permits, procedures, drawings, safety requirements, and risk controls.
• Owns SAP work order planning quality and ensures work orders are properly built, updated and closed out to support reliable work history and future planning.
• Monitors and improves planning performance through standardized KPIs such as planning backlog, planned work percentage, schedule readiness, PM compliance etc.
• Coordinates with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, EHS, and contractors to align work priorities, resource needs, material availability, and execution timing.
• Managing of Turnarounds including turnaround planning and readiness activities for Port Neal outage cycles, scope development, work package development, schedule input, resource planning, contractor planning support, material readiness, and milestone tracking.
• Turnaround execution management by ensuring planned work is ready, risks are identified, contractor interfaces are clear, and daily planning support is available during outage execution.
• Ensures outside services, contractors, and vendors are coordinated in accordance with CF safety, security, and site access requirements. This includes bid management, contractor select and contractor management.
• Develops and maintains strong working relationships with internal customers and cross-functional groups to ensure maintenance resources are planned against the highest priority work.
• Supports maintenance budget development by providing planning input, cost estimates, resource estimates, and turnaround planning assumptions.
• Works with Reliability, Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations to improve preventive maintenance strategies, job plans, task lists, and planning standards.
• Captures lessons learned after major work and turnarounds and applies improvements to future job plans, outage planning, and planning processes.
• Maintains close communication with all levels of supervision and supports continuous improvement through teamwork, planning discipline, and standard work practices.
• Understands and complies with established departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal controls; identifies and communicates internal control deficiencies to department management.

Position Requirements

• 1. Bachelor’s degree in engineering, maintenance, construction management, or a related technical field preferred.
• 2. Minimum of five years of experience in industrial maintenance, maintenance planning, scheduling, turnaround coordination, engineering, or maintenance supervision; chemical manufacturing experience preferred.
• 3. Previous leadership and direct supervisory experience preferred, including experience leading planners, coordinators, contractors, or cross-functional maintenance teams.
• 4. Strong working knowledge of maintenance planning, job package development, backlog management, outage readiness, contractor coordination, and work execution.
• 5. Strong SAP PM or equivalent CMMS experience required; SAP experience preferred.
• 6. Knowledge of industrial safety requirements, permit-to-work processes, LOTO, confined space, hot work, line break, and other work execution risk controls.
• 7. Solid communication skills, including the ability to write clear work instructions, communicate priorities, and interact effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, EHS, contractors, and leadership.
• 8. Strong analytical, prioritization, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
• 9. Results-oriented, self-motivated, and capable of managing multiple priorities, projects, and outage planning activities simultaneously.
• 10. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence work across departments without direct authority.
• 11. Good general computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other planning or scheduling tools.
• 12. Must be able to climb towers, enter confined spaces, and lift up to 50 lbs. as required by the role.

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We are a global leader in transforming natural gas into nitrogen. The chemical processes we use ensure we have the nitrogen we need to support life on earth - from fertilizer that feeds the crops that feed the world to products that remove harmful emissions from industrial activities. We are always seeking bright, ethical and resourceful professionals that have achieved a high level of success in their respective fields. Individuals who want to be a part of a strong, financially secure company; who believe in our values, are committed to what we do, and embrace our future. At CF Industries we take great pride in who we are, what we do and the talented people that work for us. Our values extend to our employment and hiring practices. We are committed to doing it right for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. We believe that We do it Right. We do it Well. We execute as a Team. We take a long term view.