Shutdown Lead

Your new company This operating company holds a portfolio of gas production assets supporting the critical supply on the East Coast market.

We are resourcing turnaround/shutdown professionals to execute this critical asset integrity, inspection and maintenance work in the upcoming shutdown. The Shutdown Lead will own planning, work-pack development and collaborate with the wider engineering, operations and maintenance leadership to manage the defined scope of outage deliverables.

Your new role

• Review historical outage plans and lessons learned with overruns, to inform the baseline integrated critical path and milestones.
• Lead the development of execution methodology, risk mitigation strategies and contractor performance milestones
• Work with site maintenance planners to optimise work packs and work orders, then, in execution, maintain schedules for the designated programme of works covering mechanical, electrical and instrumentation
• Interface with specialist contractors to ensure deliverables are executed to agreed scope and QA/ITP requirements
• Use data to identify and report on risks to schedule slippage and anomalies in contractor reports on progress
• Prepare status update reports on stage-gate deliverables for review and sign-off by the Plant Manager and Steer-Co.

What you'll need to succeed

• Demonstrated major shutdown/turnaround experience in major hazard facilities is required
• Experience with SAP/ Maximo CMMS will be prioritised
• A combination of main contractor/delivery and client-side governance experience is desirable
• Candidates with mechanical and electrical maintenance planning experience will be considered, assuming hands-on shutdown experience in similar environments.

What you'll get in return

• Flexibility for hybrid work with periodic site visits in the early planning phase leading to the planned outage
• Work with experienced operations and engineering management teams from the energy sector
• Opportunity for longer-term assignments or staff transition.