Construction Piping Coordinator – HPU – NIGHT SHIFT

If you are an experienced Construction Piping Coordinator, Aplin has an exciting opportunity for you. Our client, a recognized leader in their industry, has partnered with Aplin to add to their growing team in Edmonton.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the Owner's representative and construction leader for all assigned piping construction activities.
• Direct and oversee contractor execution of piping installation, welding, NDE, pressure testing, tie-ins, reinstatement, mechanical completion, and turnover activities.
• Lead construction execution within the assigned area and maintain accountability for safety, quality, productivity, schedule, and turnover performance.
• Review, evaluate, and approve contractor work plans, execution strategies, construction methodologies, sequencing plans, permits, and recovery plans within delegated authority.
• Establish construction priorities and coordinate work sequencing to optimize productivity, resource utilization, and schedule performance.
• Provide operational leadership and oversight to contractor supervision, ensuring alignment with project objectives and construction management expectations.
• Monitor contractor staffing, supervision, productivity, work quality, and execution effectiveness and direct corrective actions when performance does not meet project requirements.
• Review, validate, and approve contractor daily Labour, Equipment, and Materials reports, verifying workforce levels, equipment utilization, progress achieved, and reported quantities.
• Issue, monitor, and close Construction Hazard Work Permits, ensuring work scope, site conditions, hazards, isolations, and interface activities are properly reviewed and controlled before authorizing work.
• Resolve construction execution challenges through independent judgment and timely decision-making to minimize disruption to project objectives.
• Coordinate and direct interfaces between piping, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, commissioning, turnover, and operations stakeholders.
• Identify construction risks, assess potential impacts, and implement mitigation strategies to support successful project delivery.
• Exercise authority to stop, redirect, reprioritize, or modify construction activities when necessary to address safety, quality, operational, or schedule concerns.
• Verify construction work complies with approved drawings, specifications, P&IDs, isometrics, applicable codes, project standards, and delegated Owner requirements before accepting progress or supporting turnover readiness.
• Lead field reviews, construction readiness assessments, turnover evaluations, and punch-list prioritization activities.
• Provide recommendations regarding contractor performance, resource allocation, execution strategies, scope clarification, and construction priorities to senior project leadership.
• Support operational readiness, system completion, turnover, and commissioning activities while maintaining focus on project milestones and business objectives.
• Promote a culture of safety leadership, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement throughout the construction organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive industrial construction leadership experience with extensive piping construction expertise.
• Demonstrated experience directing contractor activities and leading field execution on large industrial, petrochemical, energy, oil and gas, hydrogen, or major capital projects.
• Proven ability to exercise independent judgment and make operational decisions regarding construction execution, work sequencing, resource prioritization, and risk management.
• Strong understanding of construction management practices, construction drawings, specifications, piping systems, welding, quality requirements, testing activities, construction sequencing, and turnover processes. Ability to interpret technical requirements and apply judgment to field execution decisions is required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead contractor organizations, influence project outcomes, and achieve results through coordination and oversight of construction resources.
• Strong leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making capabilities.
• Commitment to safety leadership and construction excellence.
• Ability to work independently and effectively within a demanding and dynamic field environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience serving as an Owner's Representative or member of an Owner's Construction Management Team on major capital projects. Experience within an Owner's project organization responsible for contractor oversight, construction coordination, execution planning, and field decision-making is considered a strong asset.
• Previous responsibility for contractor oversight, field execution leadership, construction planning, resource prioritization, and operational decision-making.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and approving contractor execution strategies, directing corrective actions, resolving complex construction issues, and driving contractor performance improvement. Demonstrated ability to influence contractor performance to achieve project objectives is preferred.
• Experience managing multi-discipline interfaces and coordinating construction activities across large contractor workforces.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve project objectives through leadership, oversight, and management of contractor execution activities.

At Aplin — together with our brands CompuStaff, Impact Recruitment, and Vantix Systems — we connect great people with great organizations across North America. We believe diverse teams build stronger companies, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We use AI tools to assist in a fair and efficient matching process, helping our recruiters connect the right people with the right opportunities. To be considered, applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any required permits. Our recruitment services are always free for job seekers. Accommodation is available upon request throughout all stages of the recruitment process.