STO Regional Turnaround Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of experience in maintenance, operations, reliability, engineering, or turnaround management in an industrial environment
- 5+ years of experience leading Shutdowns, Turnarounds, or Outages
- Experience managing shutdowns with total event budgets in the $1MM to $5MM range
- Strong understanding of STO planning, execution, contractor management, risk management, and industrial safety systems
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple sites, manage multiple shutdown planning efforts simultaneously, and influence teams without direct authority
- Must be able to travel 50-75% across North America (US and Canada)
Nice to have
- Experience in chemical, refining, or heavy industrial facilities
- Prior turnaround, outage, or STO leadership experience supporting more than one site
- Familiarity with STO management tools such as Primavera P6, SAP, or Maximo
- Experience building consistency and standardization across decentralized site organizations
Full description
Annual Wage Range: $140,080.00 - $192,610.00
Other Compensation: Eligibility for the Short-Term Incentive program and other applicable bonuses
Benefits: U.S. Employee Benefits Summary (grace.com)
Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of catalysts, engineered materials and fine chemicals. We provide innovative products, technologies and services which our customers use to manufacture everyday products like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals, toothpaste, cosmetics, food packaging, beer, edible oils and more. Our thousands of employees help shape a better future at our global headquarters in Columbia, MD and locations worldwide.
Job Description
The Regional Turnaround Manager is the regional STO leader responsible for providing planning, readiness, execution support, and post-STO performance improvement across multiple sites. This role serves as the primary connection between site leadership, operations, maintenance, engineering, and the central STO organization, ensuring safe, cost-effective, and schedule-compliant execution of Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages throughout the region.
The Regional Turnaround Manager drives standardization, scope discipline, risk mitigation, workforce readiness, and continuous improvement across multiple facilities to improve STO performance and strengthen safety and operational excellence. This role is expected to spend significant time traveling to sites to support STO readiness, active event execution, field assessments, and post-event reviews.
Work schedule: Standard business hours; however flexibility will be required during active shutdown events including extended hours and weekends during execution windows.
Frequent travel is required to support multiple North American sites (including Canada) before, during, and after STO events. The role is expected to spend a significant portion of time at operating locations to support readiness reviews, field execution, stakeholder alignment, and post-event improvement efforts.
This role is a remote position. Candidates must reside within the US and be near a W.R. Grace location.
Responsibilities (1 of 2)Regional STO Governance & Leadership
- Provide regional leadership and coordination for STO readiness and performance across multiple sites
- Champion STO governance, standards, tools, and best practices throughout the assigned region
- Ensure alignment between site STO priorities and enterprise STO strategy
- Support development of a consistent regional STO culture focused on safety, quality, cost control, and schedule discipline
Multi-Site STO Planning & Readiness
- Support and challenge site STO teams during planning, scope development, risk reviews, and readiness assessments