Turnaround Event Manager

Ontario, Canada

Job Family Group:

Maintenance, Reliability and Turnarounds

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

December 9, 2025

Business Unit:

Downstream and Renewables

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

Shell is seeking a Turnaround Event Manager to join its team at the Sarnia Refinery and lead upcoming turnaround (TA) events.

The Turnaround Event Manager is a member of the Engineering and MTAC leadership team, reporting to the Site Engineering and MTAC Manager.  This role is accountable for the delivery of turnaround events as well as the continuous improvement of the turnaround work process.

You will work closely with peers to deliver the preparation, execution, and post-event reviews of TA events. As lead for the TA Steering Team, you will provide leadership, coaching, direction and assurance across the full spectrum of turnaround strategies, tasks, and event milestones. The role monitors performance gaps and event risks, collaborating with peers to address issues and escalating them to the TA Strategy Team when necessary.

Be Part of an Award-Winning Team at Shell Sarnia Shell's Sarnia Manufacturing Centre has achieved global recognition two years in a row earning Asset of the Year honors for Shell Chemicals and Products. This achievement reflects our commitment to operational excellence, safety, and sustainability.

Why join us? You'll work on impactful projects, collaborate with industry leaders, and grow your career in an environment that values performance and people. We offer competitive benefits, continuous learning opportunities, and a culture built on teamwork and respect.

 Accountabilities:

• Accountable for the preparation of turnaround events, up to 700,000 direct field labor hours, and co-lead event execution; this includes all deliverables across all phases of turnaround events

• Drive alignment on the consistent applications of turnaround processes and procedures

• Support the turnaround work scope collection process and contribute to the scope challenge and selection process driving towards optimized scope to deliver against premise

• Ensure the integration of all project scopes, including capital projects and catalyst changes

• Engage with various teams including them to develop cost estimates for work scope challenge, and bottoms up detailed estimates for input to financial investment decisions and investment proposals

• Develop all investment proposals associated with turnaround events, taking responsibility for all aspects of spending and financial closure

• Identify and lead opportunities to reduce turnaround scope, planning and executing with a cost-effective mindset, all while ensuring no risk to the overall duration

• Collaborate with production counterparts to ensure proper integration

• Responsible for seamless integration of shutdown, decontamination, maintenance, commissioning, and startup plans

• Act as the lead in the preparation and execution of turnaround assurance reviews, and lead the Turnaround Execution team during turnaround events, being accountable for the overall quality and productivity of work in the field

• Assume accountability for the integration and implementation of execution plans including HS&E, logistics, materials management, even if developed by others

• Ensure alignment of resource strategy within the Maintenance, Turnaround and Construction organization including the movement and optimization of key resources during turnaround

• Support the development of contracting strategy for turnaround execution

• Keep updated on local labor market and develop a strategy to ensure resources are available when needed

What you bring

• Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related STEM field

• At least 10 years of related experience in maintenance, turnarounds, or project construction in heavy industrial environments, preferably in chemical plants and/or oil refineries, combined with 5 years of experience leading teams and managing maintenance, turnarounds, or construction in similar environment

• Experience in managing budgets and schedules while meeting scope commitments

• Experience in managing the work processes for planning, scheduling and executing work, along with leveraging digitalization and innovation to simplify or enhance delivery of activities

• Working knowledge of Turnaround Work Process

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women & those from under-represented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply. 

What we offer

The base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $ 200,000 per year.  Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on innovative projects together

• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead

• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices

• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise

• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself

• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working

• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase; our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world

• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents

• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world

• We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply

• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams

• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in Canada

Shell Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911.

Shell Canada is one of the few truly integrated energy companies in Canada with all of Shell's global businesses represented, including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables and energy solutions. That means we do everything from exploration, gas production, refining and manufacturing, to providing fuels and developing energy solutions for our customers.

At a glance, our businesses and projects in Canada include:

• Joint Venture Partner (40%) with LNG Canada which will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets

• Shale gas and liquids assets in Alberta and British Columbia

• A network of 1,400 retail stations across Canada

• The Scotford Complex in Alberta, includes an upgrader, chemicals plant and is home to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility

• The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre refinery in Ontario

• Investments in renewables and energy solutions, including EV charging, hydrogen and biofuels

• 15 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations

• Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 27 airport fixed-based operations and airport consortiums, from coast to coast. Shell Aviation provides 1.7 billion liters of high-quality fuel annually in Canada and offers reliable and safe into-plane delivery

• Strong Sulphur and Lubricants businesses as well as an innovative Supply and Trading business

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