Commissioning Manager

px Americas is a leading provider of commissioning, start-up and operations-readiness services for LNG assets and energy sectors across North America and beyond. As we expand our footprint into the Bahamas we are recruiting for a Commissioning Manager.

The primary function of the role is to lead and coordinate commissioning and systems completion activities for the project, ensuring the safe and effective transition of facilities from construction through start-up and handover to operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate project commissioning goals and philosophies to the commissioning team.
• Oversee systems completion, commissioning, start-up interfaces and handover to operations.
• Review subsystem interdependencies, commissioning logic and the Commissioning Execution Plan.
• Review and issue system commissioning procedures as required.
• Plan and manage the acceptance of Mechanical Completion from construction through commissioning and start-up.
• Review commissioning man-hour estimates and resource requirements.
• Sign turnover and milestone certificates to confirm construction and commissioning status, completion of testing and transfer of responsibility to operations.
• Coordinate and execute systems completion plans, protocols and related activities.
• Collaborate with the client and EPC contractors to manage interfaces and enable safe, effective commissioning and handover.
• Identify commissioning issues, establish resolutions and ensure satisfactory quality is achieved.
• Ensure commissioning and start-up teams understand and apply the systems completion model.
• Interface with the project team, turnover and acceptance coordinator, start-up team and operations.
• Coordinate and supervise the commissioning team, including allocating work and mentoring direct reports.
• Participate actively in the project change management programme.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and monitor static and dynamic commissioning activities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• A minimum of 10 years’ oil and gas commissioning experience covering the planning, preparation and execution of commissioning activities on LNG or Natural Gas facilities.
• An engineering degree, technical qualification or professional certification; a technical background is preferred.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory restrictions.
• Knowledge of upstream oil and gas facilities, utility systems and power generation systems.
• Major project experience and a proven ability to contribute to strategic development.
• Proven ability to manage quality, time, teams and budgets across large and small multidisciplinary projects and discrete scopes of work.