Turnaround Readiness Coordinator

AWC, Inc. • St. George, LA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Turnaround Readiness Coordinator, you will help prepare client facilities for successful maintenance turnarounds by ensuring instrumentation, control valves, and other critical assets are properly identified, documented, verified, and organized before shutdown activities begin. You’ll serve as a key link between maintenance, operations, engineering, project teams, and client representatives while supporting AWC’s lifecycle maintenance services across chemical, refining, power, and industrial manufacturing facilities.

Success in this role means delivering complete and accurate asset documentation before shutdown, reducing field delays caused by missing or inaccurate information, improving technician productivity through well-prepared work packages, increasing the percentage of assets verified before turnaround, maintaining high documentation quality, building trusted client relationships, and contributing to safer, shorter, and more predictable turnarounds.

Requirements

• Experience in instrumentation, Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, or a related field preferred
• Strong mechanical aptitude, attention to detail, organizational skills, and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Experience with maintenance management systems such as SAP PM, IBM Maximo, or similar CMMS/EAM platforms
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, loop drawings, instrument indexes, equipment data sheets, and isometric drawings
• Ability to coordinate projects, solve problems, manage time, collaborate across teams, provide strong customer service, and maintain a safety-focused, continuous-improvement mindset
• Instrumentation or valve maintenance background and experience supporting plant turnarounds preferred
• Experience with asset management or digital inspection platforms preferred
• Knowledge of industrial process instrumentation, HART-enabled devices, smart instrumentation, and preventive and predictive maintenance practices preferred
• Ability to work in operating industrial facilities and wear required PPE
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders and walk extended distances
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds
• Ability to travel to customer sites as required

Responsibilities

• Develop asset readiness plans for upcoming turnarounds
• Coordinate field verification activities and support outage planning meetings
• Verify instrument and valve identification before shutdown
• Prepare work packages for maintenance execution
• Identify missing, inaccurate, or incomplete asset information before shutdown activities begin
• Perform field verification of pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical instrumentation; automated and manual valves; and instrument accessories
• Verify asset tag numbers, equipment locations, manufacturer and nameplate information, model and serial numbers, equipment condition, accessibility, and installation configuration
• Maintain accurate equipment photographs, asset locations, field notes and observations, drawing verification, instrument indexes, maintenance records, and QA/QC documentation
• Capture and organize equipment overview photos, identification tags, manufacturer nameplates, installation details, tubing and wiring, valve accessories, and areas requiring maintenance attention
• Maintain consistent naming conventions and documentation standards, and ensure documentation meets company quality standards before release
• Review collected information for completeness, accuracy, consistency, missing information, duplicate assets, incorrect tag numbers, and documentation discrepancies
• Escalate issues for engineering review when necessary
• Prepare asset readiness status reports, completion percentages, missing-documentation reports, outstanding field issues, daily progress reports, turnaround readiness dashboards, and quality metrics
• Work closely with instrument and valve technicians, maintenance planners, operations, engineering, client representatives, and project managers to keep assets ready before shutdown
• Coordinate priorities across stakeholders to support turnaround readiness and execution
• Identify and recommend improvements to documentation quality, workflow efficiency, field verification, reporting, turnaround planning, and maintenance readiness
• Help reduce turnaround duration and increase productivity through continuous improvement

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(K) Match
• Competitive Pay
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Package
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Career Development Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed