Superintendent, Maintenance - Routine Ammonia

CF Industries; Donaldsonville (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CF Industries is seeking to hire a Routine Ammonia Maintenance Superintendent to lead mechanical maintenance across ammonia plants and support facilities at the Donaldsonville site. You will manage CF and contract personnel to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective maintenance execution, while driving improvements in safety, productivity, and cost performance.

Responsibilities include planning and scheduling maintenance, coordinating with Operations, Reliability, Engineering, Procurement,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management from an ABET-accredited university.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing employees, contractors, and budgets in an industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of fixed mechanical maintenance, PM, outage execution, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible field leadership and ensure maintenance activities meet EHS and safety expectations.
• Plan, prioritize, schedule, and execute routine and outage maintenance work.
• Coordinate with Operations, Reliability, Engineering, Procurement, and EHS to resolve permits, materials, and readiness issues.
• Manage the annual maintenance budget and monitor cost performance for Ammonia Plants 1–6 and related facilities.
• Develop employees and support succession planning through coaching and development.
• Oversee contractor performance, safety, quality, productivity, and cost in maintenance work.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Maintenance planning

Safety leadership

SAP

Contractor management

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

SAP

MS Office

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: I. Job Summary

The Routine Ammonia Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for leading mechanical maintenance activities across the ammonia plants and associated support facilities. The role manages a blended workforce of CF employees and contract personnel and is accountable for the safe, reliable, high-quality, and cost-effective execution of routine and plant-outage maintenance work. The Superintendent manages the annual maintenance budget, develops employees, coordinates priorities across departments, and drives improvements in safe work execution, productivity, and cost performance.

Job Description: II. Responsibilities

Safety, Environmental, and Security Leadership

• Provide visible field leadership and ensure maintenance activities meet environmental, health, safety, security, and housekeeping expectations.
• Promote accountability for hazard recognition, procedure compliance, quality execution, and timely correction of unsafe or noncompliant conditions.

Routine and Outage Maintenance Execution

• Ensure routine and outage work requests within the area of responsibility are reviewed, prioritized, planned, scheduled, and executed.
• Maintain appropriate focus on preventive maintenance, corrective work, emergent repairs, and plant-outage preparation and execution.
• Coordinate with Operations, Reliability, Engineering, Procurement, and EHS to resolve barriers affecting permits, materials, equipment readiness, and field execution.
• Monitor field progress, schedule performance, work quality, productivity, and equipment return-to-service readiness.

Reliability and Production Support

• Maintain equipment in a manner that supports established production, efficiency, and reliability goals, excluding planned events.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Reliability to address equipment risks, repeat failures, bad actors, and maintenance-driven production losses.
• Use equipment history, work-order information, field observations, and lessons learned to improve future maintenance execution.
• Support the development and consistent application of maintenance standards and best practices.

Budget and Business Plan Management

• Prepare the annual maintenance budget and maintain effective cost controls for Ammonia Plants 1 through 6 and their respective support facilities.
• Monitor forecasts, commitments, contractor spending, and cost performance and take timely action when variances arise.
• Balance safety, reliability, production needs, schedule requirements, and cost when establishing work priorities and allocating resources.
• Provide clear status, risk, and cost information to plant and maintenance leadership.

Employee Leadership and Development

• Set clear expectations for employees and contractors and assign resources to maximize workforce capability and effective work execution.
• Develop employees through coaching, feedback, training, development planning, and meaningful work assignments.
• Provide accurate and timely performance feedback for planners and other assigned employees and support succession planning.
• Promote open communication, collaboration, accountability, and respectful working relationships across departments.

Contractor Management

• Oversee work performed by outside contractors and hold contractor organizations accountable for safety, quality, productivity, staffing, schedule compliance, and cost.
• Ensure contractor roles, work boundaries, technical requirements, and performance expectations are clearly communicated.
• Monitor contractor work in the field and address performance concerns before they affect safety, quality, cost, or schedule.
• Coordinate contractor requirements and resource needs in advance of routine work, outages, and other major maintenance events.

Internal Controls and Continuous Improvement

• Establish and implement processes and procedures required to meet departmental internal-control requirements.
• Ensure established processes and procedures are followed as designed and that required records and approvals are maintained.
• Work with other departments to identify deficiencies in existing processes and revise the applicable processes or procedures as needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning, work execution, productivity, reliability, cost control, and repeatability.

III. Incumbent Attributes

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction Management from an ABET-accredited university with at least seven years of chemical or refinery plant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent with at least ten years of demonstrated chemical or refinery plant planning, scheduling, maintenance, or supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing employees, contractors, competing priorities, maintenance costs, and field execution in an industrial environment.
• Strong communication, technical, organizational, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Working knowledge of fixed mechanical maintenance, preventive maintenance, work management, outage execution, contractor oversight, budgeting, and equipment reliability.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Procurement, EHS, and contractor organizations.
• Working knowledge of a computerized maintenance management system, such as SAP, and common Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be able to acquire, maintain, and possess a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).
• Must satisfy company drug- and alcohol-testing requirements, including random and for-cause testing.

The statements above describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, qualifications, or working conditions associated with 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.

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.