Location: Duhok
Job Type:
Permanent
Sectors:
Operator
Closing Date:
2025-11-13
About vacancy
mselect is looking to hire a Shutdown Coordinator for an international oil and gas operator in Duhok, Iraq. Candidates must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in oil and gas production or maintenance discipline with an internationally recognised trade qualification. Fluency in English and Kurdish is a must.
Job Summary
The Shutdown Coordinator is responsible for aspects of shutdown planning, resourcing, scheduling and delivering shutdowns safely, on or ahead of time, on or ahead of budget at client’s sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. This is a remote site and camp-based position requiring the candidate to work a 6-week on-shift and 2-week off-shift rotation.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements
Rotation
6 Weeks On/2 Weeks Off
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
Job Summary
The Shutdown Coordinator is responsible for aspects of shutdown planning, resourcing, scheduling and delivering shutdowns safely, on or ahead of time, on or ahead of budget at client’s sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. This is a remote site and camp-based position requiring the candidate to work a 6-week on-shift and 2-week off-shift rotation.
Key Responsibilities
- To generate a clear shutdown list of all shutdown activities
- Define job scopes to assess the required resources internally or externally
- Develop work inventory, detailed job plans, and cost estimates
- Develop an integrated shutdown schedule, ensuring schedule logic is accurate in conjunction with asset planners
- Drive the schedule toward minimum duration
- Chair shutdown scope challenge and review meetings
- Assure a safe environment while performing (pre, during, and post execution) of shutdown activities
- Ensure all appropriate resident resources are committed and verify their capability to perform their scope of work within the specified window
- Ensure pre-work and post-work are completed according to the master schedule with all safety precautions
- Meet regularly with facilities and senior management to ensure the readiness of the capital project
- Assure the smooth entry of all contractors to the plant ahead of work
- Develop a shutdown road map from 1 year out and ensure milestones are achieved
- Integrate maintenance, operation, and engineering schedules
- Assure the availability of all material required before & during the shutdown
- Assure smooth execution of maintenance and operation activities before and during the shutdown within the schedule
- Assure no conflict with the execution of engineering capital projects
- Control “growth” pre-shutdown and track removal work
- Complete the shutdown within budget
- Ensure job plans are closed out and archived correctly
- Assure ample resources are arranged for the scope of shutdown work
- Assure all learning is captured post shutdown through formal critique meetings with maintenance, operations and engineering, and other supporting groups if required
Requirements
- 10 years’ experience in oil and gas production or maintenance discipline with an internationally recognised trade qualification
- Plus 3 years’ experience in shutdown management and coordination
- Strong coordination capabilities
- Strong communication skills
- Must be confident and a good presenter of information and chair shutdown meetings
- Applicants should be capable of assessing planning and job packages developed by the shutdown discipline teams and planners, and assess their feasibility considering project and operations activities
- Candidates must be proficient in the English language, both verbal and written
- Good computer skills must be computer literate and able to use MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Must be fit and Healthy and have an up-to-date medical certificate
- Must have the physical abilities to carry out the functions of the job description in an irregular shift pattern
Rotation
6 Weeks On/2 Weeks Off
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
