I&E Coordinator

About the job:

Kent is looking for a I&E Coordinator to support a capital project based in Bay City, TX with periodic travel to regional construction sites as required.

Skills and Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Construction Project Manager for planning, coordination, and execution oversight.

• Serves as a key interface between engineering, construction contractors, and project management to ensure safe, high-quality, and efficient execution of all electrical, instrumentation, and controls construction activities.

• Supports daily electrical and instrumentation construction activities, ensuring work aligns with project specifications, drawings, codes, and quality standards.

• Covers I&E technical queries and field-level issues with contractors, vendors, and engineering.

• Conducts inspections of electrical and instrumentation installations for quality, construction readiness, and compliance with approved procedures.

• Oversees installation and construction associated with cabling, conduit, wiring, trays, grounding systems, junction boxes, instrument tubing, control valves, analyzers, and electrical equipment.

• Verifies completion of construction documentation, redlines, and as-built updates.

• Supports field execution of loop checks, point-to-point checks, megger testing, continuity testing, instrument calibration, and functional testing.

• Monitors contractor performance and I&E progress, escalating risks or delays to the I&E Lead.

• Reviews construction check sheets, ITRs, and verification records to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Demonstrates strong HSSE leadership and actively reinforces a "safe work always" culture.

• Participates in required HSE, permit-to-work, electrical safety, and procedural training.

• Sets up daily construction updates, progress reporting, and documentation of completed I&E work.

• Ensures all team members, contractors, and vendors comply with project safety expectations, electrical safe-work practices, and instrumentation installation standards.

• Supports I&E punch list generation, walkdowns, and closure in accordance with project standards.

• Coordinates isolations, LOTO activities, and energized-work boundaries under the direction of the Construction Lead.

• Understands requirements for equipment installation, MCCs, switchgear, PLC panels, marshalling cabinets, instrument racks, and hazardous-area-rated equipment.

• Supports engineering and construction teams in preparing system turnover packages and I&E documentation for subsystem completion.

• Participates in subsystem walkdowns, punch categorization, and readiness verification for pre-commissioning and commissioning.

• Ensures all I&E deliverables, documentation, and installation practices meet project, client, and industry standards (NEC, ISA, IEEE, etc.).

• Completes assigned work scope within project schedule expectations and ensures I&E design intent is fully implemented during construction.