Managing Efficient Shutdowns and Turnarounds Masterclass
Unplanned overruns on shutdowns are a management failure, not bad luck — strategy, lead-time structure, checklists and execution discipline for turnarounds that finish on budget.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
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Industry is full of shutdowns that blew their budgets and schedules — and almost none of them failed at execution; they failed at planning. Turnarounds and outages in the process plant environment are complex, and when they are not properly planned, managed and controlled, the bill arrives as budget overruns, schedule delays and damage to customers. This workshop gives participants a practical grounding in safe and effective shutdown execution management, applying project management principles to the plant environment. It comes with specific checklists, procedures, strategies and outside resources to improve your current shutdown planning, plus worked examples of the major points. The cohort works through the full cycle, from turnaround strategy and planning lead time to execution, close-out and evaluation.
What you will do
Who attends
- Shutdown and turnaround professionals and coordinators
- Operations shutdown and outage coordinators
- Planning and scheduling departments, maintenance planners and schedulers
- Production supervisors and storeroom managers
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Turnaround strategy
- Developing the shutdown/turnaround strategy
- Structure of the shutdown planning lead time
- An integrated organisational approach to execution
II.Planning the work
- Management plan, work plans, resource plans and budget
- Checklists: everything to consider before the shutdown, and when
- Latest developments in turnaround planning and industry trends
III.Execution and control
- Managing all stages of the shutdown process
- Risk and safety through the turnaround
- Project management principles applied to plant shutdowns
IV.Close-out and improvement
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the shutdown effort
- Reducing unnecessary cost through disciplined close-out
- An action plan to raise turnaround capability
Frequently asked
Are these programmes suitable for board members?
They are designed for them. The governance curriculum addresses the duties directors personally carry — risk-committee oversight, ESG accountability, the questions to put to management. Participants leave able to interrogate a board pack, structure committee work, and document the oversight a regulator expects to see.
What makes the strategy programmes different from conventional corporate training?
Faculty are senior practitioners who have carried the decisions themselves — never career presenters. Strategy is worked as decisions with owners and consequences, not frameworks on slides: participants build positions on their own institution’s questions and defend them in front of the room.
Where can I find the programme fee?
BIZENIUS does not publish a rate card. Request the brochure or apply for a seat, and a senior practitioner replies within one business day with the brochure and a fee shaped to your format, location and any tailoring.
What formats do governance programmes run in?
Classroom, live virtual and hybrid, in English and French. Boards frequently commission private in-house sessions, tailored to their own charter, committee structure and regulatory context.
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