T&C Superintendent

UGL – Projects-Major Projects; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

16 weeks paid parental leave

Salary continuance insurance

Medibank health insurance

Individual Development Plan

Wellness Program with AIA Vitality

OneRewards Discount Program

Pre-employment screening checks

Job summary

UGL is seeking an experienced Testing & Commissioning Superintendent to lead the testing and commissioning deliverables on a major rail tunnel project. You will oversee planning, execution, and safe delivery across multiple disciplines and interfaces.

Reporting to the Project Testing & Commissioning Manager, you will drive strategic and operational leadership, ensuring activities meet project requirements, client expectations, and milestones while maintaining a proactive safety culture and

Qualifications

• Experience leading testing & commissioning on major infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of safety management systems and permits-to-work.
• Experience with project handover requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of all testing and commissioning activities.
• Manage and supervise Testing & Commissioning Supervisors, engineers, subcontractors and specialist teams.
• Develop testing & commissioning strategies, schedules and resource plans.
• Ensure activities comply with project specs, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee documentation, plans, procedures, SWMS, risk assessments, permits and handover packs.
• Drive safety culture with pre-starts, risk reviews and compliance initiatives.
• Coordinate interfaces across construction, systems integration, operations, and client stakeholders.
• Monitor progress and manage risks and critical path to the project milestones.
• Lead defect management, issue resolution and project handover activities.
• Provide test records, commissioning dossiers and final handover documentation.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Safety culture

Planning

Team supervision

Education

Engineering degree or diploma

Trade qualification

Job description

UGL is seeking an experienced and driven Testing & Commissioning Superintendent to lead the delivery of testing and commissioning activities on a major rail tunnel project. This is a key leadership role responsible for the overall planning, coordination, execution, and safe delivery of testing and commissioning works across multiple disciplines and project interfaces.

Reporting to the Project Testing & Commissioning Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to site-based commissioning teams, ensuring all activities are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with project requirements, client expectations, and project milestones.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of all testing and commissioning activities across the project.

Manage and supervise Testing & Commissioning Supervisors, engineers, subcontractors, and specialist commissioning teams.

Develop and implement testing and commissioning strategies, methodologies, schedules, and resource plans to support project delivery objectives.

Ensure all commissioning activities are undertaken in accordance with project specifications, procedures, standards, and regulatory requirements.

Oversee the preparation, review, and approval of commissioning documentation, including commissioning plans, test procedures, work method statements, SWMS, risk assessments, permits, and handover documentation.

Drive a proactive safety culture by leading pre-starts, safety leadership activities, risk reviews, and compliance initiatives across all commissioning work fronts.

Manage interfaces between testing and commissioning, construction, systems integration, operations, subcontractors, and client stakeholders.

Coordinate multidisciplinary testing activities across rail systems, electrical, communications, signalling, mechanical, and tunnel infrastructure packages.

Monitor commissioning progress against project schedules and proactively manage risks, constraints, and critical path activities.

Lead defect management, issue resolution, and close-out processes to support successful system integration and project handover.

Ensure accurate completion of test records, commissioning dossiers, verification documentation, and final handover packages.

Provide regular reporting on commissioning progress, safety performance, risks, resource requirements, and project readiness.

Support client engagement, audits, inspections, witness testing, and acceptance activities throughout the testing and commissioning lifecycle.

Contribute to project planning and delivery strategies to achieve key commercial, operational, and project performance objectives.

About You

Demonstrated experience in a Testing & Commissioning Superintendent, Manager, Senior Supervisor, or similar leadership role on major infrastructure, rail, transport, tunnelling, or complex construction projects.

Proven capability leading large multidisciplinary testing and commissioning teams in complex, high-risk project environments.

Strong understanding of testing and commissioning methodologies, systems integration, verification and validation processes, and project handover requirements.

Extensive knowledge of safety management systems, permit-to-work processes, risk management, and safe systems of work.

Ability to manage complex stakeholder interfaces across construction, engineering, operations, subcontractors, regulators, and client teams.

Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills with the ability to drive performance and accountability across multiple work fronts.

Experience managing commissioning schedules, resource planning, and critical project milestones.

Rail, tunnel, electrical, signalling, communications, mechanical systems, or integrated transport infrastructure experience will be highly regarded.

Relevant trade qualification, engineering degree, or diploma in a related discipline.

Previous experience delivering testing and commissioning activities within major rail or transport infrastructure projects is highly desirable.

About UGL

As a member of the CIMIC Group of companies, we value diversity in our team’s backgrounds, ideas, work styles.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.

What we offer

Benefit from 16 weeks of paid primary parental leave.

Complimentary salary continuance insurance.

Discounted Medibank health insurance.

Shape your career with an Individual Development Plan.

Participate in our Wellness Program with AIA Vitality.

Access our OneRewards Discount Program.

Screening checks will be conducted as part of the recruitment process. These may include reference checks, verification of the right to work in Australia, a national criminal history check, anti-money laundering checks, and a pre-employment medical assessment (including drug and alcohol screening).