Planning and Turnaround Superintendent
CF Industries
- Location
- Sergeant Bluff,IA
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- Posted
- 2h ago
Skills
About this role
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: Maintenance Job Summary: The Planning and Turnaround Superintendent provides leadership for routine maintenance planning, turnaround planning, and work management quality at the Port Neal Nitrogen Complex. This role supervises maintenance planners and turnaround planners, supports safe and efficient execution of planned work, and ensures work packages are properly developed before work is released for scheduling and execution. The position owns planning standards, SAP work order quality, backlog planning quality, material readiness, turnaround readiness tracking, and continuous improvement of the planning process. The superintendent works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, EHS, and contractors to ensure work is planned safely, efficiently, and in alignment with CF standards, regulatory requirements, and sound maintenance practices. This position is also responsible for Turn Around Management and Execution.
Job Description
Key Job Elements: Supports site EHS activities by complying with environmental, health, and safety policies and actively participating in EHS programs and initiatives. Develops long-term strategies for backlog reduction, maintenance effectiveness, turnaround readiness, and planning resource optimization. Reports to the Maintenance Manager and serves as a key leader within the Maintenance Department, providing ownership of maintenance planning, turnaround planning, work management processes, and planning standards while driving accountability, execution readiness, and continuous improvement across the site. Fosters a culture of ownership, accountability, planning discipline, and execution excellence throughout the Maintenance Department. Leads the routine maintenance planning process to ensure work is properly scoped, planned, prioritized, and ready for scheduling and execution. Ensures planned work packages include clear scope, labor estimates, required materials, tools, equipment, permits, procedures, drawings, safety requirements, and risk controls. Owns SAP work order planning quality and ensures work orders are properly built, updated and closed out to support reliable work history and future planning. Monitors and improves planning performance through standardized KPIs such as planning backlog, planned work percentage, schedule readiness, PM compliance etc. Coordinates with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, Stores, EHS, and contractors to align work priorities, resource needs, material availability, and execution timing. Managing of Turnarounds including turnaround planning and readiness activities for Port Neal outage cycles, scope development, work package development, schedule input, resource planning, contractor planning support, material readiness, and milestone tracking. Turnaround execution management by ensuring planned work is ready, risks are identified, contractor interfaces are clear,