STO Regional Turnaround Manager

W.R. Grace & Co.; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Wellness Program

Flexible Workplace

401(k) Match

Paid Vacation

Tuition Reimbursement

Donation Match

Job summary

Grace is seeking a Regional Turnaround Manager to lead STO readiness and performance across North American sites, ensuring safe, cost-effective shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages with cross-functional coordination.

The role requires extensive travel, strong knowledge of STO planning, contractor management, risk management, and a proven ability to drive continuous improvement in complex industrial environments; remote position but must reside in the US near Grace locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience in maintenance, operations, reliability, engineering, or turnaround management in an industrial environment.
• 5+ years of experience leading Shutdowns, Turnarounds, or Outages.
• Experience managing shutdowns with total event budgets in the $1MM to $5MM range.
• Strong understanding of STO planning, execution, contractor management, risk management, and industrial safety systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide regional leadership and coordination for STO readiness and performance across multiple sites.
• Champion STO governance, standards, tools, and best practices throughout the assigned region.
• Ensure alignment between site STO priorities and enterprise STO strategy.
• Support development of a consistent regional STO culture focused on safety, quality, cost control, and schedule discipline.
• Execute support across sites during active shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages.
• Monitor regional STO safety, schedule, cost, and quality performance and identify corrective actions.
• Interface with site leadership, regional and central resources, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, planners, schedulers, and contractor leadership.

Skills

STO planning

Turnarounds/Outages leadership

Contractor management

Risk management

Industrial safety systems

Cross-site coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical, or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

Maximo

Job description

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Location: Columbia, MD, US, 21044 Houston, TX, US, 77002 Lake Charles, LA, US, 70665 Chattanooga, TN, US, 37406

Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of catalysts, engineered materials and fine chemicals. We provide innovative products, technologies and services which our customers use to manufacture everyday products like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals, toothpaste, cosmetics, food packaging, beer, edible oils and more. Our thousands of employees help shape a better future at our global headquarters in Columbia, MD and locations worldwide.

Job Description

The Regional Turnaround Manager is the regional STO leader responsible for providing planning, readiness, execution support, and post-STO performance improvement across multiple sites. This role serves as the primary connection between site leadership, operations, maintenance, engineering, and the central STO organization, ensuring safe, cost-effective, and schedule-compliant execution of Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages throughout the region.

The Regional Turnaround Manager drives standardization, scope discipline, risk mitigation, workforce readiness, and continuous improvement across multiple facilities to improve STO performance and strengthen safety and operational excellence. This role is expected to spend significant time traveling to sites to support STO readiness, active event execution, field assessments, and post-event reviews.

Work schedule: Standard business hours; however flexibility will be required during active shutdown events including extended hours and weekends during execution windows.

Frequent travel is required to support multiple North American sites (including Canada) before, during, and after STO events. The role is expected to spend a significant portion of time at operating locations to support readiness reviews, field execution, stakeholder alignment, and post-event improvement efforts.

This role is a remote position. Candidates must reside within the US and be near a W.R. Grace location.

Regional STO Governance & Leadership

• Provide regional leadership and coordination for STO readiness and performance across multiple sites
• Champion STO governance, standards, tools, and best practices throughout the assigned region
• Ensure alignment between site STO priorities and enterprise STO strategy
• Support development of a consistent regional STO culture focused on safety, quality, cost control, and schedule discipline

Responsibilities (2 of 2)

Execution Support Across Sites

• Provide direct support to site leaders and execution teams during active shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages
• Help remove organizational barriers, elevate issues, and facilitate rapid decision-making during active events
• Monitor regional STO safety, schedule, cost, and quality performance and identify corrective actions where needed
• Reinforce compliance with company safety expectations, work practices, and permit systems across sites

Stakeholder Coordination & Standardization

• Interface with site leadership, regional and central resources, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, planners, schedulers, and contractor leadership
• Promote consistent use of STO processes, templates, readiness reviews, and lessons learned practices across multiple sites
• Align cross-site teams on expectations, roles, governance requirements, and decision-making authority
• Share best practices and learning from one site to improve STO performance at other sites
• Provide or coordinate STO training when necessary to build site capability and reinforce standard processes, roles, and expectations

Post-STO Review & Continuous Improvement

• Lead or support post-STO reviews, lessons learned sessions, and performance critiques across the region
• Ensure corrective actions are captured, assigned, and tracked to completion
• Identify recurring regional gaps and drive improvements in planning quality, readiness, execution discipline, and post-event follow-up
• Support development of regional STO capability through coaching, mentoring, and practical field engagement

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of experience in maintenance, operations, reliability, engineering, or turnaround management in an industrial environment
• 5+ years of experience leading Shutdowns, Turnarounds, or Outages
• Experience managing shutdowns with total event budgets in the $1MM to $5MM range
• Strong understanding of STO planning, execution, contractor management, risk management, and industrial safety systems
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple sites, manage multiple shutdown planning efforts simultaneously, and influence teams without direct authority
• Must be able to travel 50-75% across North America (US and Canada)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in chemical, refining, or heavy industrial facilities
• Prior turnaround, outage, or STO leadership experience supporting more than one site
• Familiarity with STO management tools such as Primavera P6, SAP, or Maximo
• Experience building consistency and standardization across decentralized site organizations

To be considered for this position, candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or visa transfer.

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• Life Insurance and Disability
• Grace Wellness Program
• Flexible Workplace
• Retirement Plans
• 401(k) Company Match
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Donation Match Program

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