SPARE PARTS & MATERIAL COORDINATOR – ENERGY PROJECT
Location: Nanterre, France, followed by a site assignment (UK)
Contract assignment
Capefront Energies is looking for a Spare Parts & Material Coordinator to support a major industrial project in the energy sector.
The initial assignment will be based in Nanterre until 31 December 2026, followed by a continuation on site. The location and duration of the site phase will be confirmed.
YOUR ROLE
Ensure that spare parts and materials are ready for commissioning, start-up and operations, working closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Procurement, Warehouse teams and equipment suppliers.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Identify spare parts and material requirements based on equipment criticality, maintenance strategies, reliability requirements and operational risks.
- Develop and maintain the spare parts readiness plan and track milestones through Provisional Acceptance.
- Lead the development, review and approval of the Spare Parts Interchangeability List (SPIL).
- Review OEM recommendations for technical suitability, completeness, quantities and interchangeability, challenging duplicate or inappropriate recommendations.
- Define stocking quantities, minimum and maximum stock levels, and criticality classifications.
- Collect, standardise and validate material master data, including descriptions, manufacturer details, part numbers, specifications, units of measure and classifications.
- Establish material coding and equipment-to-spare-part relationships within the CMMS.
- Coordinate data loading, cleansing, testing and validation with the CMMS Coordinator before start-up.
- Raise purchase requisitions and support tendering, technical bid evaluations and purchase order placement.
- Monitor manufacturing, inspection, documentation, shipment and delivery against required-on-site dates.
- Expedite critical and long-lead items and resolve supplier technical queries.
- Support warehouse readiness, including receiving, inspection, identification, storage, preservation and inventory verification.
- Reconcile purchased, received and stored materials with system records.
- Identify obsolescence and lifecycle risks and coordinate replacement options or mitigation plans with OEMs and suppliers.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Proven experience coordinating spare parts and materials for industrial facilities in Oil & Gas, LNG, petrochemicals, power generation, CCS, hydrogen or other energy projects.
- Experience reviewing OEM spare parts recommendations and managing SPIL, SPIR or equivalent spare parts documentation.
- Knowledge of CMMS and materials management systems such as SAP, IBM Maximo or Oracle.
- Strong understanding of material master data, equipment BOMs, equipment criticality and inventory management.
- Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, suppliers and procurement activities.
- Professional written and spoken English.
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to work independently.
- Availability to work in Nanterre during the initial phase and continue the assignment on site.