Testing & Commissioning Superintendent - Multiple Opportunities

UGL – Projects-Major Projects; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; 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

Job summary

UGL – Projects-Major Projects is seeking an experienced Testing & Commissioning Superintendent to lead the delivery of testing and commissioning on a major rail tunnel project. Based in Brisbane, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to site-based commissioning teams, ensuring safe and efficient delivery of all activities across disciplines.

You will oversee planning, documentation, risk management, and client engagements, driving a proactive safety culture and on-time

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading Testing & Commissioning on major infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across rail, electrical, signalling, and tunnel systems.
• Strong knowledge of safety management, permits to work, risk assessment, and project handover requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of all Testing & Commissioning activities across the project.
• Supervise Testing & Commissioning Supervisors, engineers, subcontractors, and specialist teams.
• Develop testing strategies, schedules, and resource plans to support delivery objectives.
• Ensure activities comply with project specs, procedures, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee commissioning documentation: plans, test procedures, SWMS, permits, and handover docs.
• Promote proactive safety culture through pre-starts and risk reviews.
• Manage interfaces between testing, construction, systems integration, and client stakeholders.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary testing across rail systems, electrical, signaling, and tunnel packages.
• Monitor progress, manage risks, and address critical path items.
• Lead defect management, issue resolution, and close-out for system integration.
• Ensure complete test records and commissioning dossiers for handover.
• Provide progress reports on commissioning, safety, risks, and readiness.
• Support client inspections, witness testing, and acceptance activities.
• Contribute to project planning and delivery strategies for commercial targets.

Skills

Testing & Commissioning

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Safety management

Project planning

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Engineering degree

Diploma or 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.

Must be based in Brisbane.

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.

Please note: As part of the recruitment process, relevant screening checks will be conducted. 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).

Engineering & Project Management Services More than 10,000 employees

UGL is CIMIC Group's specialist end-to-end engineering, services and operations provider, with a rich history dating back to 1899 and now a market leader in many of the sectors in which it operates.

Working with some of the most important companies and governments in Australia and globally, UGL helps to play a role in people’s lives every day.

UGL keeps Australia moving through its transport manufacturing, maintenance and operations offering, and supports the energy sector through its renewables, power generation, resources and transmission operations.

We are a trusted sustainability solutions partner for our clients, and we are passionate about keeping our people safe.

UGL is CIMIC Group's specialist end-to-end engineering, services and operations provider, with a rich history dating back to 1899 and now a market leader in many of the sectors in which it operates.

Working with some of the most important companies and governments in Australia and globally, UGL helps to play a role in people’s lives every day.

UGL keeps Australia moving through its transport manufacturing, maintenance and operations offering, and supports the energy sector through its renewables, power generation, resources and transmission operations.

We are a trusted sustainability solutions partner for our clients, and we are passionate about keeping our people safe.

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