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Senior Manager, Project Controls – Turnaround and Capital
PBF Energy. Develop and implement company-wide standards and best practices for turnaround planning, scheduling, estimating, and cost control .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in refinery turnaround planning, scheduling, and cost control, with a strong focus on implementing best practices and optimizing project execution. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive process standardization while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
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Refinery Turnaround PlanningPrimavera P6 SchedulingCost Control Best PracticesProject Management LeadershipBudget Control and Variance Analysis
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Hard Skills
Turnaround PlanningScheduling TechniquesCost EstimationRisk AnalysisProject Controls SoftwareSAP IntegrationWork PackagingForecasting MethodsData-Driven Decision MakingResource-Loaded Scheduling
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationCritical ThinkingProblem SolvingNegotiation
Tools & Technologies
Turnaround Management SoftwareERP PlatformsProject Controls TechnologyTrack SoftwareCentralized Scheduling Systems
Industry Keywords
Process Safety RegulationsEnvironmental ComplianceRefinery ProcessesReliability PrinciplesRefining Economics
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Develop and implement company-wide standards and best practices for turnaround planning, scheduling, estimating, and cost control
- Support the Directors of Turnaround Excellence and Capital Projects Excellence and collaborate with refinery leadership and project teams
- Ensure robust turnaround integration plans for capital projects requiring a turnaround
- Support lessons-learned processes and cost and schedule risk register implementation across sites
- Manage and standardize planning, work packaging, and scheduling practices across all sites using a software-based turnaround management system
- Apply industry-leading scheduling techniques to optimize manpower and minimize downtime
- Implement centralized turnaround and capital project scheduling across refineries
- Drive resource-loaded, logic-defined craft-level project schedules with P6 or SAP integration
- Develop standardized cost estimation, tracking, forecasting, and reporting methods
- Partner with refinery turnaround departments to manage budgets and control costs
- Ensure consistent plans, basis of estimates, cost estimate risk analysis, and assurance reviews
- Provide cost, plan, and schedule comparisons to executive leadership for data-driven decision-making
- Support contractor performance assessments and evaluation meetings
- Lead implementation and management of the company-wide turnaround project controls software system
- Maintain system configuration and integrate turnaround tools with SAP, Track, and other enterprise platforms
- Train and support refinery teams in project controls technology
- Serve as the central turnaround project controls subject matter expert
- Establish portfolio-level project controls KPIs
- Participate in site readiness reviews and benchmark against industry standards
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field; equivalent experience in lieu of degree will be considered
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in refinery turnaround planning, scheduling, and cost control, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
- Familiarity with industry process safety and environmental regulations, work practices, and compliance strategies
- Knowledge of basic refinery processes, reliability principles, and refining economics
- Proven track record in leading large-scale turnaround project controls and execution
- Strong knowledge of turnaround planning methodologies, scheduling software such as Primavera P6, and cost control best practices
- Experience managing turnaround management software systems and integrating with ERP platforms
- Excellent leadership and communication skills to engage teams across multiple refinery locations
- Ability to drive process standardization and efficiency improvements across the organization
- Strong financial acumen with experience in cost estimation, budget control, and variance analysis
- Critical thinking, problem solving, negotiation, and conflict management skills
- On-site work 5 days a week
Benefits
Comp & perks- Bonus eligibility
- Health care
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off