Commissioning Manager

Duties

• Leads a team of professional, technical and administrative personnel to successfully complete a commissioning project, including inspections, verification, and records upkeep.
• Provides management and guidance to contractors during construction testing, pre-commissioning and commissioning phases, and supports commercial ramp-up and financial models under direction of the Project Manager.
• Responsible for overall planning and execution and coordination of the project’s completion procedure as defined in the Scope of Work.
• Ensures that completion activities are efficiently executed at project sites and verifies that documentation is completed.
• Develops a completion plan including manpower, planning, budget, and schedule.
• Develops project organization chart, defines roles and responsibilities while ensuring working procedures are available and understood.
• Develops and deploys Commissioning Execution Plan.
• Ensures that the Completion procedure is developed during detail engineering and that commissioning packages are defined, broken down into Mechanical Completion Packages, and tied up with Inspection and Test Records.
• Assists Engineers in developing and reviewing the Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) identifying criticality assessment, inspection intervals, FAT, etc.
• Recommends inspection and test requirements to include in the PO scope.
• Manages/coordinates the completions scope execution phase including handover to the operator.
• Manages teams of 40-100 people during peak project execution.
• Ensures commissioning roles and responsibilities are defined and understood and reflected in the Completion Plan and budget.
• Ensures population of the Commissioning Database, and that project team members, including site personnel, have received the required training.
• Provides input to: (a) the project schedule for the completion Scope of Work in all phases of the project (in the engineering phase); (b) proposals, tenders and submissions, including budgets and organization structure; (c) Level 3 schedule and process selection during Feasibility; and (e) LOTO procedure for Pre-Op and Commissioning activities.
• Reviews with the Project Planner schedule in all areas for validity.
• Reviews fabrication schedule for proper implementation of Completion activities of each scope.
• Develops and maintains project plans and schedules.
• Provides oversight for field inspections.
• Tests facility to nameplate capacity and contractual performance targets.
• Reviews deficiencies and provides recommendations.
• Maintains oversight of completion costs against budget and reports deviations.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Industrial Automation, Engineering, or a related field.
• 60 months of experience working as a Commissioning Manager or a related occupation [including, without limitation, Mine and Technical Services Manager, Operations Manager (mining), General Manager (mining), Mining Operations Manager, and Technical Services Manager (mining)].
• Valid driver’s license (or be eligible to obtain one within 30 days of hire).
• Acceptable driving record.
• Excellence in reading and understanding engineering documents and drawings, including electrical schematics and P&ID’s.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Advanced communication skills, both written and oral.
• Leadership skills, including organizational and prioritization abilities.
• Commitment to safety and awareness of NEC (National Electrical Code), NFPA (National Fire Protection Association), API (American Petroleum Institute), and ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).