Turnaround Manager Recruitment

A Turnaround Manager leads the planning and execution of major industrial shutdowns and turnarounds, coordinating contractors, maintenance teams, schedules, safety, materials, and work scopes to return critical facilities to operation safely and efficiently.
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WHY THIS ROLE IS HARD TO HIRE

  • It’s difficult to find someone who can coordinate thousands of interdependent activities while working within a tightly controlled shutdown window.
  • The right candidate must balance schedule pressure, contractor performance, safety, maintenance priorities, materials, and operational requirements without compromising execution quality.
  • A weak Turnaround Manager can allow scope growth, contractor delays, material shortages, or poor sequencing to extend downtime and create significant operational and financial exposure.

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Brightway identifies Turnaround Managers with industrial construction and shutdown experience, strong planning capabilities, contractor-management expertise, and the leadership needed to execute complex turnaround programs under demanding timelines.

About the Turnaround Manager Role

A Turnaround Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing major industrial shutdowns, outages, and turnaround events. The role brings together operations, maintenance, engineering, construction, contractors, procurement, safety, and other stakeholders to complete a defined scope of work within a limited shutdown window. The strongest Turnaround Managers understand that successful execution begins well before the facility shuts down. They help establish scope, develop execution strategies, build schedules, coordinate contractors, identify long-lead materials, and establish readiness requirements. During the turnaround, they monitor progress, resolve constraints, manage changes, and keep teams focused on safe and efficient execution. After completion, they support closeout, documentation, lessons learned, and the return of systems to reliable operation.

Role Highlights

Experience

10-20+ Years

Core Focus

Turnaround & Shutdown

Key Areas

Planning, Execution & Recovery

Work Environment

Industrial Facilities

Project Focus

Major Shutdowns

Recruitment Type

Permanent

What does a Turnaround Manager Do?

Plan Turnaround Scope

Establishes work scopes, execution strategies, priorities, schedules, and readiness requirements before the shutdown begins.

Coordinate Contractors

Coordinates contractors, maintenance teams, engineering resources, and vendors throughout turnaround execution.

Control Shutdown Schedule

Monitors critical activities, milestones, dependencies, and progress against the turnaround schedule.

Manage Execution Risks

Identifies safety, labor, material, scope, sequencing, and operational risks and drives timely corrective action.

Drive Safe Restart

Coordinates completion, punch-list closeout, system readiness, documentation, and return-to-service activities.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead planning and execution of industrial shutdowns, outages, and turnaround events.
  • Develop turnaround scopes, schedules, work packages, resource plans, and execution strategies.
  • Coordinate contractors, maintenance teams, engineering, operations, procurement, and vendors.
  • Monitor schedule performance, productivity, safety, quality, costs, and emerging execution risks.
  • Drive issue resolution, scope control, punch-list completion, documentation, and safe return to operation.
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QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

Experience

Experience

10-20+ years of industrial construction, maintenance, turnaround, shutdown, or outage management experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Industrial Management, or related field preferred.

Certifications

Certifications

PMP, OSHA, safety, maintenance, project management, or industry-specific credentials can be beneficial.

CORE SKILLS

Turnaround Planning
Shutdown Management
Contractor Coordination
Schedule Management
Scope Control
Startup & Restart

MARKET & COMPENSATION INSIGHTS

typical Salary Range

$120,000-$180,000

Performance Bonus

Experience Level

Senior / Executive

Role Demand

High

Hiring Market

Nationwide

Compensation varies by location, industrial sector, facility complexity, turnaround scope, outage duration, experience, employer, and the level of operational and contractor responsibility assigned to the role.

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