Turnaround Planner

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables.

As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2024 revenue of approximately $9.4 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information,

The Turnaround Planner position is in Contracting Services at the Longview, Texas facility. This position manages, implements, and controls the overall maintenance turnaround planning process from conception to completion for a portfolio of several turnaround and associated projects annually. The list of job responsibilities provided below is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary to support business needs:

• Responsible for planning, estimating, scheduling, and coordination functions for routine maintenance work, special orders, turnarounds, and other major maintenance jobs
• Perform detailed planning which includes scope development, job step-outs, identification of support resources, and manpower estimates.
• Job plans must include development of safety related plans such as special personal protective equipment requirements, fall hazard plans, confined space planning, etc., and will be completed with quality assurance documents and parts on hand staged in the kitting area
• Collaborate with Turnaround Execution Manager on Quotation Requests, Purchase Requisition s, and Miscellaneous Shipping Orders
• Prepares estimates for planned work utilizing historical data and professional judgement
• Prepares budgets, monitors job progress, and cash flow spend on Special Order Requisition s, major maintenance jobs, Capital Repairs, and turnarounds.
• Ensure SOR approvals are initiated prior to job execution where it is known that the jobs will exceed the SOR amount based on estimates Provide coordination of turnaround activities during the maintenance window
• Utilizes software packages (such as SAP, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Primavera) and computers to:
• Access procedures and other information
• Access and complete required training
• Input and retrieve data
• Perform basic math skills including working with fractions, decimals, and currency
• Work in a self-directed work environment
• Understand and follow written and verbal instructions, procedures, and documented work processes
• Follow all safety, environmental, and company rules and policies
• Be available for overtime or alternate schedules and work rotating shift as required
• Perform other related duties as designated by supervision and as described in department SOPs related to Planning and Scheduling

• High school diploma or General Education Degree required;
  Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in an associated field and/or a minimum of six years refining, manufacturing, or petrochemical experience in maintenance and /or capital projects or turnarounds is an asset
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States of America
• Must have a valid motor vehicle Driver’s License
• Strong preference for a minimum of five years of directly related planning and/or scheduling experience in maintenance, capital projects, or turnarounds
• Strong preference for experience in refining, manufacturing, or petrochemical environment in maintenance or construction crafts, coordinating execution work groups, project controls, and/or quality control.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical expertise from formal training and/or work experience in the following areas:
• Construction Crafts
• Workface Planning Skills (Development of Step-Out Plans for…