Strategic Turnaround Leader

Nutrien Ag Solutions Limited; Borger, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutrien is seeking a Turnaround Event Manager for a 3-year temporary assignment to lead the full lifecycle of major plant turnarounds. You will integrate maintenance, reliability, operations, engineering, and procurement to deliver safe, on-time, cost-effective turnarounds.

The role requires engineering or trades certification with 10–15+ years of supervisory turnaround/maintenance experience and strong project management, leadership, and safety commitment.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or trades certification with significant relative experience.
• 10-15+ years of supervisory experience in turnarounds, projects, and maintenance management and/or field construction management.
• Proven leadership as Turnaround Manager on high complexity turnarounds is considered an asset.
• Strong understanding of Capital project and MRM phased approaches to Turnaround integration.
• Strong project management skills, leadership, and conflict resolution skills.
• Good knowledge of turnaround, maintenance and reliability practices.
• Demonstrated commitment to high safety standards.
• Expert leadership, conflict resolution, and team building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full turnaround lifecycle including scope development, planning, preparation, execution, startup, and closeout activities.
• Maintain overall accountability for turnaround performance in safety, quality, scope, schedule, cost, and operational readiness.
• Champion a zero-incident culture by embedding safety and quality as core values.
• Lead risk-based scope development and optimization ensuring alignment with turnaround objectives.
• Ensure seamless integration of capital projects, maintenance, and reliability work within turnaround scope and plans.
• Oversee shutdown, startup, decommissioning, commissioning, and turnover activities.
• Drive development and execution of the integrated turnaround schedule with critical path reviews.
• Provide leadership to turnaround, project, operations, maintenance, engineering, and contractor teams.
• Oversee turnaround budgeting, cost forecasting, and resource planning to meet targets.
• Develop and implement contracting and procurement strategies and performance management.
• Ensure turnaround readiness through planning, resource loading, and gate reviews.
• Monitor execution performance including progress, productivity, and risks.
• Lead turnaround closeout activities and capture lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Conflict resolution

Safety culture

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering degree or trades certification

Job description

Nutrien is seeking a Turnaround Event Manager for a 3-year temporary assignment to lead the full lifecycle of major plant turnarounds. You will integrate maintenance, reliability, operations, engineering, and procurement to deliver safe, on-time, cost-effective turnarounds.

The role requires engineering or trades certification with 10–15+ years of supervisory turnaround/maintenance experience and strong project management, leadership, and safety commitment.