Head of Commissioning (Utilites)

Overview

• Responsible for overseeing the overall pre-commissioning & commissioning activities and works for the Contract, to ensure Contractor delivery of all aspects related to preparation, coordination, planning and execution of the pre-commissioning and commissioning activities in accordance with the Project Work Time Schedule.
• Provide review and approval of the deliverables prepared by the Contractor, focusing on critical - class 1 deliverables.
• Participate to engineering (Plot Plans, HAZOP, SIL assessment, 3D Model) and Constructability Reviews that are essential for a proper planning and execution of the pre-commissioning and commissioning activities and works.
• Participate to factory acceptance tests of critical packages and equipment.
• Provide concise but comprehensive weekly and monthly reporting to the Project Controls Division Manager, including actions and mitigations as applicable.
• Provide leadership to his team to drive decisions for multi-discipline issues.
• Drive alignment and decision making between the various stakeholders.
• Anticipate technical issues, changes in the work, delays and potential claims from the Contractor to the Project Manager and Project Division Manager.
• Understand interdisciplinary dependencies to be able to make judgements on overall commissioning decisions having multi-disciplines impacts.
• Applies risk management techniques to facilitate decision making.
• Identify SIMOPS with the Contractor, early enough during the Project Execution Phase to provide proper planning and safe execution at site.
• Strong leadership skills, experience leading multi-discipline teams, Contractors working in Joint Venture and working closely with operations and end-users.
• Familiar and conversant with systemization, system completion database, pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures, including SIMOPS.
• Proven experience with Vendors operating in the LNG industry such as but not limited to: main refrigeration compressors, liquefaction equipment, power generation, utilities, cryogenic pumps, control systems.
• Proven experience with commissioning of Process Licensed Units.
• Experience with pre-commissioning and commissioning of large utility systems including: steam, boiler feedwater, large cooling water systems, cooling towers, desalination plant, air and nitrogen generation and distribution systems.
• Technical background as a discipline engineer and field pre-commissioning and commissioning execution experience.