Work Permit Coordinator
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About the Position
Work Permit Coordinator
Ref#: J023769_1789772488
Type of work: Contract
Country: Mexico
Start date: December 1st, 2026
We are seeking a Work Permit Coordinator for a contract position in Mexico, focusing on ensuring compliance with the Work Permit process in the oil and gas industry.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and ensure compliance with the Work Permit process, from planning and authorization through execution, monitoring, and closeout, particularly for high-risk activities.
- Contribute to the prevention of major accidents by identifying and managing potential conflicts between activities, controlling simultaneous operations, and verifying that permit conditions remain valid throughout the execution of the work.
- Manage the Work Permit (PTW) process, including issuance, follow-up, updating, closure, and cancellation, while keeping all relevant records up to date.
- Coordinate daily activity planning and lead the Permit Authorization Meeting, ensuring that approved work is incorporated into the operational schedule.
- Review permit documentation to ensure it is complete and valid, including risk assessments, certificates, SDS, work packages, drawings, and applicable procedures.
- Verify consistency among permits, certificates, isolations, and other related documentation, ensuring full traceability of information.
- Identify potential conflicts between scheduled activities and coordinate the management of simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) when required.
- Keep the permit database up to date, promptly recording status changes such as issuance, suspension, revalidation, completion, and closure.
- Provide support in the daily review and revalidation of permits, verifying that all required signatures, authorizations, and pre-job controls are in place.
- Coordinate the handover and receipt of permits through the Permit Office, ensuring proper organization by area and facilitating communication among the relevant authorities.
- Confirm that authorization documentation, isolation removal records, tag returns, and permit closure documentation are complete before filing.
- Conduct field inspections and random audits to verify compliance with the PTW system, reporting deviations, omissions, or missing documentation to the responsible departments.
- Manage and maintain Work Permit records, ensuring that closed documentation complies with established document control requirements.
- Support Operations in the training and competency verification of personnel involved in the Work Permit (PTW) process, ensuring their understanding of and compliance with the applicable procedure.
Requirements
- More than 5 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with at least 3 years of experience in the position.
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or a related field.
- Intermediate level of English.
We Offer
- Opportunity to work in the oil and gas industry in Mexico.
- Contract position with a reputable company.
- Competitive compensation package.
About the Company
Daniela Romero Yah
Consultant
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Atlas Professionals is a fast-growing recruitment organization with offices all around the globe, operating in the energy and marine industries. One of the pillars founding this growth strategy is our in-house SCRUM team, based in our head office in the Amsterdam region. As a team, we are responsible for design and development of Atlas4Sales. Atlas4Sales is built on the salesforce platform and is the technological backbone of our organization. Its scope includes, but is not limited to, CRM, HR, a CV search engine, client portals, administrative processes (generating payslips, contracts, invoices) and integrations to our website and our back-office system.