Senior Offshore Commissioning & Start-Up Lead

SPIE Global Services Energy; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SPIE Global Services Energy is seeking an experienced commissioning professional for UAE Abu Dhabi to lead mechanical completion and start-up on major EPC projects. The role requires offshore exposure, leadership in systems completion, FAT/SAT planning, and close vendor coordination.

You will interface with engineering and construction teams, develop commissioning procedures, manage spares procurement, and ensure adherence to international standards during FAT and site activities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, or Commissioning Engineering (or equivalent).
• 10-15+ years in commissioning/start-up and mechanical completion on major EPC/energy/petrochemical/LNG/power projects.
• Offshore experience mandatory.
• Adnoc Experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Technical issues resolution
• Retain Completions Technical Lead on all Engineering related issues
• Interface with PE & PMT for major commercial & PM decisions
• Manage engineering, quality, construction (MC) and procurement interfaces
• Monitoring design and fabrication progress of process equipment packages
• Participate in development of the TCP's
• Participating in performance tests for major equipment
• Interfacing with SUBCONTRACTORS' project management to ensure all critical commercial and technical issues are addressed.
• Engineering Technical Support of planning efforts for MECHANICAL COMPLETION and COMMISSIONING activities in the VENDOR shops, fabrication yard, and at SITE.
• Review and approval of DCNs & FCRs
• Assist in determining testing criteria for FATs for major pieces of equipment to ensure equipment has been fully tested to international standards and all documentation has been received in full and all FAT PUNCH LIST ITEMS were recorded and added to the SYSTEMS Completion Database.
• Lead efforts to develop SITE PERFORMANCE TEST procedures and criteria
• Participation in generation of PROJECT SYSTEMS Completion Schedule for all project phases.
• Participate in SYSTEMS Completion (SC) Workshops to ensure alignment between all Stakeholders and what is required from them for SC acceptance at all PROJECT milestones.
• Generation of full Step by Step Dynamic COMMISSIONING Procedures on SYSTEMS allocated to them during design.
• Manage procurement of all COMMISSIONING and START-UP spares, first- fills, special tools and equipment to ensure all mentioned are present at SITE in a timely manner for execution.
• Develop SYSTEMS Completions VENDOR Support Plan for their related SYSTEMS
• Technical oversight during fabrication, MECHANICAL COMPLETION, and COMMISSIONING activities
• Interfacing with engineering management on issues such as shop fabrication design change request, inspection reports, quality, RFIs, specification deviations, and P&ID changes
• Interface with Discipline SYSTEM Owners to prioritize and ensure focus on completion of related SYSTEMS
• Ensure quality, accuracy and integrity of all SYSTEM issues, including agreement on any changes, close out verifications, schedule opportunities.
• Interface with construction group to ensure MECHANICAL COMPLETION check sheets are allocated accordingly to each item of equipment to be inspected
• Ensure adherence to COMMISSIONING procedures

Skills

Commissioning

Start-Up

Mechanical Completion

Systems Completion

Vendor Management

Quality Assurance

Project Coordination

Education

Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, or Commissioning Engineering (or equivalent)

Job description

SPIE Global Services Energy is seeking an experienced commissioning professional for UAE Abu Dhabi to lead mechanical completion and start-up on major EPC projects. The role requires offshore exposure, leadership in systems completion, FAT/SAT planning, and close vendor coordination.

You will interface with engineering and construction teams, develop commissioning procedures, manage spares procurement, and ensure adherence to international standards during FAT and site activities.