Turnaround Supervisor, Project Engineering

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

Job summary

CF Industries in Donaldsonville, LA, is seeking a working supervisor to lead a team of Project Engineers responsible for planning and executing capital projects tied to plant turnarounds across Ammonia, Urea, and related units. The role requires coordinating budgets, schedules, and vendor coordination while ensuring safety, process compliance, and timely delivery of critical equipment.

You will develop scope definitions, maintain forecasts, and mentor staff, reporting to the Chief Project

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in engineering from an ABET accredited university is required.
• Seven or more years of engineering related experience in the oil, gas, or chemical manufacturing industry preferred.
• Five or more years of project engineering experience in a refinery or chemical manufacturing facility preferred.
• Five or more years of hands-on, in-plant experience preferred.
• PMP training/certification preferred.
• Louisiana Professional Engineer Registration preferred.
• Strong management skills and communication abilities required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Project Engineers, including contract support staff, within the Project Engineering department whose primary focus is capital projects for turnarounds.
• Assist the Chief Project Engineer with developing annual capital budgets and maintaining accurate forecasts for capital projects scheduled to be executed during turnarounds. Help with developing high-level estimates for future projects and finalizing EWR/AFE scope for future turnarounds in accordance with CF turnaround processes.
• Ensure capital project schedules are incorporated into Maintenance master turnaround schedules in a timely manner. Provide support to Project Engineers to plan work orders, when applicable.
• Ensure projects meet plant specifications and requirements.
• Follow design codes and ensure designs are technically correct.
• Develop and maintain a network of contacts for goods and services; coordinate with EHSS and Procurement to ensure vendors adhere to CF policies.
• Evaluate executed work against planned work and address deficiencies for future turnaround planning.
• Coordinate execution of projects with Operations, Maintenance, and EHSS to meet facility goals.
• Ensure all project activities meet safety and environmental performance expectations and comply with regulatory statutes.
• Provide technical support for new equipment fabrication and meet with fabricators to ensure timely delivery of critical equipment.
• Ensure third party design packages meet quality and schedule requirements.
• Provide stakeholders with routine project status and communicate milestones and budget adjustments.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Safety compliance

Problem solving

Education

ABET engineering degree

Professional Engineer registration preferred

PMP training/certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

TWIC

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

Engineering and Engineering Services

Job Summary

Function as a working supervisor to manage a team of Project Engineers at the CF Industries’ Donaldsonville Complex. Responsible for development, planning, and execution of capital projects related to planned turnarounds in all units (Ammonia, Urea, Nitric Acid, UAN, DEF, Green Hydrogen, CO2 Compression).

Job Responsibilities

1. Manage a team of Project Engineers, including contract support staff, within the Project Engineering department whose primary focus is capital projects for turnarounds.
2. Assist the Chief Project Engineer with developing annual capital budgets and maintaining accurate forecasts for capital projects scheduled to be executed during turnarounds. Help with developing high-level estimates for future projects and finalizing EWR/AFE scope for future turnarounds in accordance with CF turnaround processes.
3. Ensure capital project schedules are incorporated into Maintenance master turnaround schedules in a timely manner. Provide support to Project Engineers to plan work orders, when applicable.
4. Ensure projects meet plant specifications and requirements.
5. Follow design codes and ensure designs are technically correct.
6. Ensure that established AFE, EWR, Turnaround SOP, and Site processes/procedures are followed for projects assigned to their group and identify deficiencies and opportunities or improvement in existing processes/procedures or the need for new ones to allow for continuous improvement.
7. Develop and maintain a network of contacts that can provide the goods and services necessary for successful work execution while ensuring contract service organizations coordinate with CF’s EHSS and Procurement departments to assure that turnaround vendors adhere to CF policies and procedures.
8. Evaluate executed work against planned work to identify and address deficiencies when planning future turnaround work for similar projects. Confirm that follow up EWR’s are created for issues that could not be addressed during the current outage.
9. Coordinate execution of projects with Operations, Maintenance, and EHSS departments to confirm the facility’s goals are maintained.
10. Ensure all project activities meet expectations for safety and environmental performance and comply with relevant regulatory statutes.
11. Provide or facilitate direct technical support for new equipment fabrication and meet with fabricators at their manufacturing facilities (when required) to ensure timely delivery of critical equipment.
12. Ensure that construction packages developed by third party design firms to execute turnaround capital projects meet quality and schedule requirements.
13. Provide stakeholders and site management with a routine status of capital projects both in development and implementation, while actively communicating technical issues, milestone progress, and adjustments to turnaround schedule and budgets.
14. Responsible for the performance and development of direct reports.

Position Requirements

1. B.S. degree in engineering from an ABET accredited university is required.
2. Seven or more years of engineering related experience in the oil, gas, or chemical manufacturing industry preferred.
3. Five or more years of project engineering experience in a refinery or chemical manufacturing facility preferred.
4. Five or more years of hands-on, in-plant experience preferred.
5. PMP training/certification preferred.
6. Experience with nitrogen fertilizer processes is preferred.
7. Strong communication skills (written and verbal) required. Must be able to effectively communicate and interact with personnel of all backgrounds.
8. Louisiana Professional Engineer Registration preferred.
9. Strong management skills required, including leadership, team building, team member development, critical decision making, and time management.
10. Keen sense of organization and prioritization when managing multiple tasks, projects, and deadlines in a dynamic environment with occasional guidance from supervision.
11. Must be able to climb stairs and ladders, work at heights, and enter confined spaces.
12. Proficient with Microsoft Office software.
13. Must possess and maintain Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC).
14. The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this job. These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in this position.

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