Equipment Installation & Commissioning Construction Coordinator

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Field-Based Equipment Installation & Commissioning Construction Coordinator

Contract: 1 Year

Onsite

Local Candidates Only

Richmond, VA

This role focuses on utilizing engineering designs for heavy industrial machinery, specifically related to Primary Processing equipment (e.g., sortation, conveyance, bulk handling, breaking/crushing, or washing systems) as well as managing the physical execution on during high-impact, weekend installation windows.

Responsibilities:

• Equipment Integration ("Project North Pole"): Managing the physical intake, placement, mechanical/electrical tie-ins, and export/removal of machinery during downtime.
• Shift & Crew Management: Directing trade crews (millwrights, pipefitters, electricians, riggers) during intensive, time-critical weekend shut-ins.
• Engineering-to-Field Translation: Acting as the "translator" between design engineers in offices and trade workers on the floor to solve fit/assembly issues in real time.
• Logistics & Safety Documentation: Ensuring Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), Lift Plans, Job Plans, and Work Breakdown Schedules are created, verified, and strictly followed.

Requirements:

15 + years of experience working in coordination of construction projects and installations

Technical & Mechanical Literacy

• Blueprints & Schematics: Must fluently read P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams), Mechanical Layouts, Structural Drawings, and Electrical/Pneumatic schematics.
• Equipment Knowledge: Direct experience with industrial processing equipment (conveyors, drives, motors, hydraulic power units, sorting equipment, or heavy machinery).
• Workplace Tools: Proficiency with construction/project management tools (MS Project, Procore, Bluebeam) to manage and update job schedules/plans.
• Trade & Field Management (Hands-On Experience)

Contractor Management:

• Background managing union/non-union trade contractors, riggers, and millwrights.

Weekend/Outage Execution:

• Proven history working shift work or planned outage schedules

High-Stress Decision Making:

• Able to resolve real-world conflicts between engineering designs and physical field conditions while maintaining timeline expectations.

Clear Communication:

• Comfortable communicating safety and field execution with trade supervisors, stakeholders, etc., and reporting progress as well as risks to senior engineers and management.

Ideal Candidate Backgrounds

• Industrial Construction Coordinator / Shutdown Coordinator with experience in manufacturing, food & beverage processing, mining, or logistics hubs.

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