PRE Commissioning Lead

Roles and responsibilities

• Demonstrates personal HSE leadership and excellent HSE behaviors at all times. Performs as a safety leader through all work and activities, setting and exhibiting the highest standards
• Supports Fabrication Site Lead to oversee contractor’s pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures and plans.
• Ensures that commissioning plans are adequate to comply with the overall project strategy to maximize pre-commissioning and commissioning activities in the fabrication yard
• Ensures that all check sheets are correctly populated and documented in Petro PCS, and Ready For Load Out status achieved.
• Validates System Completion Plans meet the intent of project specifications.
• Provides day to day leadership to commissioning team to ensure that all tests and work practices related to energized testing, pre-commissioning and commissioning activities are being executed safely, and ensuring PTW and LOTO requirements are met.
• Depending on Contractor’s execution plans, may also be responsible for multiple fabrication yards in a close geographic area.
• Reviews and approves contractor’s detailed method statements, procedures, and plans for execution of systems completions activities.
• Identifies and raises systems completions issues at an early state to ensure that problems can be rectified early with little or no impact on overall project execution schedule.
• Participates in construction, pre-commissioning, and pre-load out walk downs and punch listing.
• Ensures that pre-commissioning and commissioning tests and checks are properly witnessed by company personnel and any deficiencies found identified and corrected. Is accountable for pre-commissioning and commissioning test approvals or rejections.
• Supports preservation activities following completion of pre-commissioning and commissioning to ensure that modules are adequately preserved prior to load out.
• Prepares commissioning status reports and participates in regular commissioning updates with EPC-2 Commissioning Manager and UZ750 Commissioning Manager. Supports contractor to develop realistic pre-commissioning and commissioning schedules and track progress.
• Elevates commissioning issues to Commissioning Manager when necessary.
• Follows the project through to Handover, including supporting all offshore commissioning activities

Desired candidate profile

• Minimum of 15 years industry experience, preferably with packaged electrical buildings,10 years of this should be electrical construction and/or commissioning activities
• Experience with commissioning and start-up of Gas Insulated Switchgear HV, MV and Control Systems is required
• Experience with commissioning UPS and 415 V switchgear is highly desirable
• Engineering degree preferred but not mandatory if experience requirements are met.
• Must have good command of English language communications skills, both written and verbal
• Must be willing to work extended hours when required and be willing to follow the project to offshore sites
• Must have a working knowledge of at least one type of systems completion database
• Must be qualified to obtain CICPA and a UAE work visa