Underground Construction Coordinator

This role provides effective construction coordination services to the Goderich client project in accordance with the Client’s Project management principles of Safety, Quality, Scope, Schedule, and Cost. This role is primarily an individual contributor role that provides support to the Construction Manager. This role adds value by monitoring conditions in the field (Safety, Quality, Scope, Schedule, and Cost) that could adversely affect the effective execution of Projects and recommends corrective actions as required for successful completion of the Project. The Construction Coordinator works collaterally with his/her peers in the Project Team and cross functionally with all other areas of the operations to execute the overall construction plan developed by the Construction Manager, and his/her team.

Major Accountabilities:

• Attend contractor’s morning lineup and ensure all applicable communications, hazard alerts, etc. have been passed on to contractor’s employees from contractor supervisor.
• Perform daily site visits to each construction site assigned to the construction coordinator wherever possible given logistical constraints.
• Review lessons learned (HIPOT report) from Ontario Operations and, where applicable, implement new best practices.
• Conduct at least one formal Workplace Audit / Safety Inspection per week.
• Maintain a daily log that includes safety work. Log entries regarding all surface notes and hazards shall be a collaborative effort between the Surface Development and Surface Construction teams.
• Communicate any surface issues or hazards that may impact the other surface work groups immediately to Surface Development Lead and impacted coordinators from the Surface Development and Logistics teams.
• Ensure Contractor provided Project Specific Safety plans are adequate for the safe performance of the work, audit for compliance and recommend follow up actions as required.
• Participate in, and where required, facilitate Process Hazard Reviews (PHR) and audit for compliance.
• Stop all work in a workplace when the Coordinator has any concerns regarding the safety of the work being performed, and work with the contractor to align performance with safety expectations (Stop and Correct).
• Review all JHA’s and Procedures required for the surface construction activities.
• Ensure all Project personnel are informed of potential hazards as required.
• Ensure accident or incident investigations are conducted as required by contractors and ensures that the Incident Management guidelines are adhered to. Where required, ensure that an SAP IM report is created for any event to the system per policy, and that action items are completed as required.
• Perform accident or incident investigations in situations where a contractor run investigation will not suffice.
• Participate in, and where applicable, coordinate the Management of Change process as required.
• Ensure the contractors management team and its workforce has constant, consistent and good communications.
• Review the Contractor Pre-Mobilization Checklist/qualifications for new and existing contracts.
• Provide weekly contractor compliance reports to the Surface Construction Lead or Safety Advisor.
• For supplied items, provide the Contractor with the applicable Material Safety Data Sheet. For material supplied by the Contractor, acquire the Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Coordinates construction activities including pre-construction, contract execution and post audit activities.
• Assist in the development of Project quality plans as required and ensure these plans are executed.
• Assists Surface Construction Lead and Detailed Engineer contractor in developing detailed scopes for tender.
• Read and acquire an overall understanding of the scope of work for each contractor, and manage all work by the contractors to these scopes.
• Act as day-to-day contact for all surface construction contractors.
• Conduct daily coordination meetings with contractors.
• Provide field coordination between various contractors.
• Monitor and expedite day-to-day schedule activities of the contractors.
• Ensure all pre-construction documents are in place prior to construction including, Contractor Check list, Contractor Contact Information, Notice of Project, Form 1000, Methodology, Project Specific Safety Plan, Construction PHR and training records.
• Maintain Hard copy documentation for the Project if identified in the Project requirements – safety, quality, scope, schedule and cost.

This role maintains a 7/7 or 14/14 rotation.