Strategic Turnaround & Maintenance Planner (Outages)

Stepan Company; Elwood (IL); On-site; USD 86,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Bonus

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401K with Match

Profit Sharing

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (S

STD / LTD

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Act (

Health Savings Account (HSA

Adoption Assistance

Reactions – Recognition Program

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Stepan Company seeks a Turnaround Coordinator to plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance for safe, reliable plant operations. You will develop detailed work plans, align labor and materials, and support outages and turnarounds with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and contractors to ensure work readiness.

This role requires 5+ years in industrial maintenance planning/scheduling, proficiency with SAP Maintenance and Primavera P6, and ability to read P&IDs and drawings.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial maintenance planning, scheduling, or related plant maintenance experience.
• Experience planning mechanical and/or instrumentation maintenance work.
• Working knowledge of SAP Maintenance or a similar maintenance management system.
• Experience with Primavera P6 or other scheduling software preferred.
• Ability to read P&IDs, equipment drawings, and technical documentation.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and coordination skills.
• Experience in a chemical, petrochemical, manufacturing, or similar industrial environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance job plans, including work steps, labor requirements, materials, tools, equipment, and estimated durations.
• Plan and schedule preventive, corrective, and turnaround maintenance activities.
• Conduct field walkdowns to verify job scope and identify work requirements.
• Coordinate required parts, materials, contractors, and other resources before work begins.
• Maintain and update maintenance work orders and schedules in SAP and Primavera P6.
• Coordinate maintenance schedules with Operations, Engineering, and project teams.
• Monitor work progress and adjust plans or schedules as needed.
• Support shutdown and turnaround planning and execution.
• Identify scheduling, safety, constructability, and resource risks and communicate concerns to stakeholders.
• Track maintenance planning and scheduling performance and support continuous improvement efforts.
• Ensure work plans comply with company safety standards and applicable procedures.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Coordination

Industrial environment experience

SAP Maintenance

Primavera P6

P&IDs reading

Education

Associate degree in a technical field

Tools

SAP Maintenance

Primavera P6

Job description

Stepan Company seeks a Turnaround Coordinator to plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance for safe, reliable plant operations. You will develop detailed work plans, align labor and materials, and support outages and turnarounds with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and contractors to ensure work readiness.

This role requires 5+ years in industrial maintenance planning/scheduling, proficiency with SAP Maintenance and Primavera P6, and ability to read P&IDs and drawings.