Shutdown Playbook Matrix

Owns the entire turnaround from initiation to close-out. Single point of accountability for scope, budget, schedule, and safety. The TA Manager doesn’t do the work — they build the system that makes the work possible and hold the line when scope pressure mounts.

Translates approved scope into executable work packages — complete with procedures, labor estimates, material lists, permits, and sequencing. The quality of the work pack determines execution speed. Every hour of planning saves 3–5 hours of wrench time.

Owns the entire supply chain for the turnaround — from long-lead item identification through staging, kitting, and surplus return. A turnaround lives or dies on materials readiness. If the part isn’t staged before the wrench turns, the schedule is already broken.

Manages the contractor lifecycle: qualification, onboarding, daily assignment, productivity tracking, and demobilization. In most turnarounds, contractors outnumber plant staff 3:1. Unmanaged contractors don’t just slow down — they create safety exposure.

The bridge between maintenance execution and plant operations. Owns equipment isolation, startup sequencing, and the operating permit process. Without operations alignment, maintenance works blind and startup becomes chaos.

Owns the safety management system and quality assurance protocols for the turnaround. Reviews job hazard analyses, audits permit compliance, witnesses critical lifts and confined space entries, and validates weld quality and alignment tolerances.

Owns the technical scope — which assets need intervention, what type of intervention, and what the acceptance criteria look like. Turns condition data into turnaround scope and ensures the plant comes out of the shutdown in better condition than it went in.