Construction Coordinator - Petrochemical

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage contractors across active capital projects
• Maintain contractor compliance with scope, specifications, and site requirements
• Monitor contractor productivity, manpower, and performance
• Enforce quality standards and safety expectations
• Review and validate contractor schedules, work plans, and progress
• Work directly with Operations to plan and schedule tie-ins, shutdowns, and outages
• Coordinate line isolations, lockout/tagout (LOTO), and safe work boundaries
• Ensure all required permits, procedures, and risk assessments are in place
• Minimize operational disruptions through detailed planning and sequencing
• Verify system readiness before and after tie-ins
• Cook up day-to-day field activities across multiple projects
• Identify and resolve field conflicts, interferences, and access issues
• Ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, and operations
• Achieve a strong safety culture across all contractors
• Ensure adherence to all site safety policies, including LOTO, confined space, and hot work
• Participate in safety meetings, audits, and job hazard analyses (JHAs)
• Stop work when unsafe conditions are identified
• Track project progress against schedule and identify potential delays
• Support development of recovery plans and re-sequencing efforts
• Review field changes and assist in evaluating impacts to cost and schedule
• Validate completion of milestones for contractor billing
• Serve as the primary field communication link between Owner, contractors, and Operations
• Lead or participate in daily coordination meetings and planning sessions
• Maintain accurate field reports, logs, and status updates
• Track RFIs, field changes, punch list items, and closeout activities

Qualifications

• Experience 7–15+ years of construction experience, preferably in industrial, oil & gas, chemical, or energy environments
• Proven experience managing contractors on behalf of an owner or EPC
• Strong experience with brownfield projects, tie-ins, and live facility work
• Deep understanding of construction execution, sequencing, and field coordination
• Strong working knowledge of: Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures, Permit-to-work systems, Tie-ins and shutdown/outage planning, Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, isometrics, and construction drawings

Skills

• Strong coordination and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills with both field crews and operations personnel
• High attention to detail and accountability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working as an Owner’s Representative or 3rd-party CMO
• SHA 30 (or equivalent safety certification)
• Experience with mechanical, piping, I&E, and civil scopes in operating facilities