Permit to Work Coordinator: Safe, Coordinated Site Oversight

First Recruitment Group; Talacre; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

First Recruitment Group is seeking a Permit to Work Coordinator to join a major energy infrastructure project in Talacre. The contract role requires managing PTW systems, coordinating permits, and ensuring safe execution of site activities.

You will chair daily PTW coordination meetings, audit permit documents, and liaise with contractors and site management to oversee multiple operations, identify hazards, and support risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Permit to Work (PTW) Officer or in a similar role within Oil & Gas.
• Strong understanding of Permit to Work systems and Control of Work processes.
• Experience coordinating multiple work scopes across operational sites.
• Ability to liaise effectively with contractors, subcontractors and site management teams.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Knowledge of hazard identification and safe systems of work.

Responsibilities

• Assess permit requests.
• Conduct walkthroughs of site areas covered under permit requests.
• Collaborate with Area Authorities, Performing Authorities and other stakeholders.
• Ensure corresponding control of work documents (Isolations, Gas Testing, Exclusion Drawings, P&IDs, etc.) are valid, implemented and correctly referenced.
• Issue and authorise permits.
• Coordinate with principal contractors, contractors and subcontractors.
• Manage simultaneous operations and oversee site activities.
• Monitor active permits.
• Identify hazards and support risk mitigation activities.
• Manage permit close-outs.
• Maintain the permit register.
• Carry out auditing and compliance monitoring of the PTW system.
• Maintain oversight of site activities to ensure effective permit control and management of simultaneous operations.

Skills

PTW experience

Stakeholder liaison

Hazard identification

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

First Recruitment Group is seeking a Permit to Work Coordinator to join a major energy infrastructure project in Talacre. The contract role requires managing PTW systems, coordinating permits, and ensuring safe execution of site activities.

You will chair daily PTW coordination meetings, audit permit documents, and liaise with contractors and site management to oversee multiple operations, identify hazards, and support risk mitigation.