Turnaround Planner: Large-Scale Maintenance Readiness

Ellaway Blues Consulting; Kansas; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellaway Blues Consulting seeks a Turnaround Planner to lead planning for shutdowns, outages, and major maintenance events in a heavy industrial setting. You will develop long-range plans, ensure work is defined and resourced, and ready for safe execution.

The role emphasizes extended lead times and coordination across multiple teams, with a focus on planning readiness, risk tracking, and continuous improvement for future events.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required; associate degree or technical certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance planning and work-order processes.
• Experience coordinating large, complex maintenance scopes with extended lead times.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and coordination for turnarounds, shutdowns, outages, and major maintenance events.
• Develop long-range plans for complex work scopes requiring detailed coordination and extended lead times.
• Assist with scope development, work-list review and cleanup, work-order setup, and planning-readiness activities.
• Build and organize job packages addressing labor, materials, contractor requirements, tools, permits, equipment access, and execution considerations.
• Coordinate planning inputs across maintenance, operations, engineering, warehouse, supply chain, contractors, and leadership.
• Track readiness milestones, action items, risks, open issues, materials status, contractor needs, and planning progress.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Work-package development

Coordination across teams

CMMS (Maximo)

Excel/Office tools

Risk identification

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree or technical certification (preferred)

Tools

Maximo CMMS

MS Excel

MS Word

Outlook

Job description

Ellaway Blues Consulting seeks a Turnaround Planner to lead planning for shutdowns, outages, and major maintenance events in a heavy industrial setting. You will develop long-range plans, ensure work is defined and resourced, and ready for safe execution.

The role emphasizes extended lead times and coordination across multiple teams, with a focus on planning readiness, risk tracking, and continuous improvement for future events.