Senior Commissioning Manager

About the role

The Senior Commissioning Manager oversees all commissioning activities at assigned project sites, adhering to contractual obligations and ensuring safety and quality. This role involves coordination with various stakeholders, including utilities, construction teams, suppliers, and sub-contractors.

Responsibilities

• Review contracts, subcontracts, and project drawings to ensure compliance with internal commissioning requirements.
• Manage commissioning scopes across multiple projects, creating site-specific schedules, plans, testing documents, and start-up procedures.
• Execute, maintain, and enforce Qcells Safety Procedures and Protocols.
• Coordinate and perform commissioning activities, providing daily project status reports.
• Engage in daily/weekly interactions with peer departments, subcontractors, equipment vendors, and client entities.
• Prepare plans for materials, PPE, and tools at the beginning of projects.
• Train junior commissioning technicians on electrical testing and troubleshooting.
• Maintain commissioning deliverables, logs, equipment checklists, and lockout/tagout logs.
• Coordinate and perform energization, start-up, and troubleshooting of substations and commissioned field equipment.
• Manage time and work priorities independently.
• Work cross-departmentally to ensure commissioning teams have necessary tools.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by management.

Requirements

• 5+ years of commissioning or electrical experience in renewable energy.
• Experience and ability to lead remote teams.
• Experience and ability to effectively communicate with all key stakeholders.
• OSHA 30 Certification.
• NFPA 70.E Certification.
• Practical and applicable knowledge of electrical requirements for utility-scale PV systems.
• Practical and applicable knowledge of Commissioning & Electrical Standards.
• Understanding of SCADA infrastructure.
• Understanding of relay testing and commissioning processes.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Flexible schedule and willingness to travel when needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent.
• NETA Level I, II, or III Certification.
• Inverter Manufacturer Troubleshooting Training.