Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Lead Coordinator

PTS Advance; Oregon (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

PTS Advance in Oregon, USA seeks an experienced Electrical & Instrumentation Coordinator to lead refinery turnaround activities, coordinating electrical, instrumentation, and control system work.

You will guide field coordinators, contractors, and internal teams to meet safety, schedule, and quality goals, maintaining compliance with refinery standards and regulations. This contract role emphasizes ownership of scope, planning, and closeout.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of refinery, petrochemical, or heavy industrial electrical and instrumentation experience.
• Turnaround leadership or supervisory experience.
• Experience managing contractors and multi-discipline field execution teams.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and control systems, SIS, and process analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and coordination of all turnaround electrical and instrumentation activities.
• Coordinate execution of electrical, instrumentation, analyzer, control valve, motor, MCC, SIS, and control system work.
• Review and manage emergent work requests and scope changes through approved processes.
• Monitor E&I progress against the turnaround schedule and allocate resources.
• Direct contractor execution activities and ensure alignment with turnaround priorities.
• Support commissioning, startup readiness reviews, and system turnover activities.

Skills

Turnaround leadership

Contractor management

Electrical coordination

Instrumentation coordination

Safety compliance

Job description

Electrical & Instrumentation Coordinator

Client: Refinery

Location: Oregon, OH

Duration: Now- April 2027

Supporting: Turnaround

Per Diem: Yes

Position Summary

The Turnaround Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Lead is responsible for the overall coordination, execution, and completion of all electrical, instrumentation, analyzer, and control systems work during refinery turnarounds. The role provides leadership to E&I coordinators, field coordinators, and contractor supervision to ensure all work is executed safely, on schedule, within scope, and in compliance with refinery standards and regulatory requirements. The E&I Lead serves as the primary interface between Operations, Maintenance, Planning, Scheduling, Safety, and Contractors for all turnaround E&I activities.

Primary Responsibilities

Leadership & Coordination

• Provide overall leadership and coordination of all turnaround electrical and instrumentation activities.
• Establish daily priorities and communicate execution expectations to field coordinators and contractor supervision.
• Lead E&I coordination meetings and participate in turnaround planning and execution reviews.
• Support turnaround objectives related to safety, schedule, quality, and cost performance.

Scope & Execution Management

• Maintain ownership of the approved E&I turnaround scope.
• Coordinate execution of electrical, instrumentation, analyzer, control valve, motor, MCC, SIS, and control system work.
• Review and manage emergent work requests and scope changes through approved processes.
• Ensure work fronts are ready before crews are assigned to perform work.

Schedule & Resource Management

• Monitor E&I progress against the daily and overall turnaround schedule.
• Identify schedule risks, resource shortages, and execution constraints.
• Develop mitigation and recovery plans when schedule slippage occurs.
• Coordinate manpower requirements and contractor resource allocation.

Quality Assurance & Startup Readiness

• Ensure work is performed in accordance with refinery standards, specifications, and approved procedures.
• Verify completion of calibrations, loop checks, motor testing, relay testing, control valve testing, analyzer verification, and SIS testing.
• Coordinate inspections and quality hold points.
• Support commissioning, startup readiness reviews, and system turnover activities.

Contractor Management

• Direct contractor execution activities and ensure alignment with turnaround priorities.
• Monitor contractor productivity, workmanship, and compliance with refinery requirements.
• Address performance issues and elevate concerns as necessary.

Turnaround Closeout

• Support completion of punch-list items and turnover documentation.
• Participate in lessons learned reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure redlines, test records, and quality documentation are completed and archived.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of refinery, petrochemical, or heavy industrial electrical and instrumentation experience.
• Previous turnaround leadership or supervisory experience.
• Experience managing contractors and multi-discipline field execution teams.

Technical Knowledge

• Instrumentation and control systems.
• Process analyzers and analyzer shelters.
• Control valves and valve positioners.
• Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).
• Electrical distribution systems, MCCs, motors, breakers, and relays.
• Calibration, loop testing, commissioning, and startup activities.
• OSHA, NFPA 70E, and refinery safe work practices.