Activity Coordinator - Scaffolding

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Coordinate scaffold activities across Texas Operations to improve safe field execution, resource utilization, schedule performance, cost control, and timely scaffold removal. The role serves as the coordination point between plant/unit WACs, planners/schedulers, scaffold contractors, and other maintenance stakeholders. Ensure work activities are carried out safely in an effective and efficient way. Manages productivity of the team that performs the task. May act as an informal resource for team members with less experience.

• Maintain a strong field presence and coordinate daily scaffold activities.
• Coordinate scaffold priorities and resource assignments with the scaffold contractor and Unit WACs.
• For priority/unplanned jobs, coordinate joint field walkdowns with the Unit WAC and scaffold contractor GF/Foreman.
• Troubleshoot scaffold planning, scheduling, and execution issues and remove barriers affecting field productivity.
• Work closely with planners and schedulers to integrate scaffold erection and dismantlement into the maintenance schedule.
• Review upcoming scaffold demand and coordinate contractor resources.
• Provide daily progress/resource updates and identify schedule constraints.
• Ensure scaffold demolition is scheduled promptly once the supported work is complete.
• Coordinate scaffold erection, use, off-rent, and dismantlement activities.
• Ensure the Scaffold WAC is promptly notified when work is complete so rent can be stopped and dismantlement scheduled.
• Support reduction of long-standing scaffolds and unnecessary rental duration.
• Work with planners/WACs to get scaffold demolition onto the schedule.
• Review T&M charges associated with priority/unplanned scaffold work.
• Coordinate with Unit WACs and contractor representatives to verify billing accuracy.
• Help reduce T&M and delay costs by improving resource coordination and execution.
• Support scaffold cost optimization initiatives and monitoring of scaffold lifecycle costs.
• Challenge unnecessary scaffold use and work with stakeholders to identify alternative access solutions where appropriate.
• Coordinate with the scaffold specialist, planners, maintenance, inspection, and other stakeholders on scaffold-reduction opportunities.
• Support alternatives such as rope access and other elevated-work technologies where applicable.
• Set clear field expectations with scaffold crews and support disciplined execution.
• Participate in EH&S/tailgate engagement with scaffold resources.
• Escalate scaffold safety, quality, design, or technical concerns requiring Scaffold Specialist involvement.
• Provide clear communication between plants, Unit WACs, planners/schedulers, contractors, and scaffold support resources.
• Communicate daily priorities, resource requirements, progress, constraints, and changes.
• Support monitoring of indicators such as scaffold spend, T&M cost, days on rent, long‑term scaffolds, and dismantlement performance.
• Reviews job packages and prepares to do the task.
• Assists in allocation of resources for resource leveraging.
• Reports the progress of the daily work to enable adjustments to the work schedule when needed.
• Reviews work status with service providers and originators and adjust schedule as required.
• Reassigns person scheduled to perform work to the next job, in the event the equipment is not prepared for maintenance on originally assigned job.
• Performs the role of shift procedure use focal point for maintenance activity.
• Coach crafts persons when completed procedures/checklists/equipment repair forms are not filled out correctly.
• Conducts field audits to assure procedures are being used according to the local Maintenance Procedure Use Policy.

• A minimum of a high school diploma/GED equivalent.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in scaffold inspection and auditing.
• Knowledge of SAP, work…