Arkema · 1 month ago
Contract Coordinator Job
Houston, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expArkema Inc. is actively recruiting for a Contract Coordinator to support their Houston facility, which focuses on producing sulfur-based products. The role involves managing non-resident service contractors, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations, and coordinating various work activities to enhance operational efficiency.
IndustrialManufacturingPlastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Responsibilities
Engages in corporate and site safety policies and initiatives. (The Essentials, SWAT, CHATS-BBS etc.)
Supports and promotes the reporting of all health, safety, environmental, near-miss, accident, or injury incidents
Ensures safe work practices and policies are being followed. Permitting, Waste Disposal, Decontamination of equipment, PPE
Regularly monitors contract job sites for safety/housekeeping compliance
Plans, schedules, and aligns site and contract resources in executing all contract service and emergency priority work, working closely with the Production Maintenance Coordinator, Daily Planner, and Maintenance Supervisor
Provides as a “facility contact” upon the arrival and permitting of all outside service contractors
Facilitates between contractor and owning department all permitting requirements
Performs job walks with Arkema support staff for scope creation, planning, scheduling and reconcile execution concerns
Manages contractor execution and RTO when work is complete, reporting schedule updates to the Production Maintenance Coordinator
Supports SMART initiatives
Coordinates onboarding efforts, facilitates pre-job assessments and execution of scheduled activities during plant outages
Documents and communicates contractor performance and incidents as needed with required Arkema resources. (Safety and GASP)
Engage in outage/turnaround and large CAPEX project critiques and assists with closing gaps
Responsible for managing contractor invoice workflow
Maintains supporting knowledge of piping specifications for the Houston Plant
Maintains and tracks materials specific to SAP work orders related to scope of job
Engages with Arkema resources to review service contractor repair/PM reports and initiate appropriate requests as needed per policy
Manages contractor compliance with third party screening company. (Avetta/ISN)
Participates in investigations related to work execution of on-site resources along with service contractors
Manages spending by utilizing the change order process and invoicing
Works with Engineering/SME (Subject Matter Expert) on resolutions to issues on discovery work in the field, which is subject to; field walks, researching parts/tools needed for completing tasks
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma, or equivalent
Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a field coordination role. (Planning, scheduling, work activity, etc.)
5 years previous experience of an industrial setting craft
Previous experience or training in the Petrochemical Industry performing similar work
Ability to understand and demonstrate effective problem resolution and strategic thinking
Ability to have a comprehensive understanding of all elements of a processing unit and the required effort of task execution
Self-starting behavior to engage in safety initiatives and systemic workflows for continued improvement
Ability to evaluate with attention to detail the agreed work with service contractors to minimize rework and increase productivity and reliability
High level of thorough communication, with the ability to facilitate meetings, and work activities as needed
Knowledge and capability of computer-based systems to manage work through (Microsoft applications, SAP, Business management software – Atlas.)
Company
Arkema
Arkema produces speciality chemicals.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.47B2025-09-02Post Ipo Debt· $584.71M
2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $450.07M
2024-03-14Post Ipo Debt· $435.31M
Leadership Team
Thierry Le Hénaff
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Marie-José Donsion
Group CFO
Recent News
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