Testing & Commissioning Superintendent - Multiple Opportunities

UGL Pty Limited; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave 16 weeks

Salary continuance insurance

Health insurance

Development plan

Wellness program

Discount program

Job summary

UGL Big Projects seeks an experienced Testing & Commissioning Superintendent to lead the delivery of testing and commissioning on a major rail tunnel project. You will oversee site-based commissioning teams, ensuring safe, timely execution aligned with project milestones and client expectations.

Reporting to the Project Testing & Commissioning Manager, you will drive strategies, documentation, and handover packages while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards and procedures.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Testing & Commissioning leadership role on major infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams in high-risk environments.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, systems integration, and project handover.
• Experience with safety management, permits-to-work, risk management.
• Ability to manage complex stakeholder interfaces across construction, engineering, and client teams.
• Rail, tunnel, electrical, signaling, or mechanical systems experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of all testing and commissioning activities.
• Supervise Testing & Commissioning Supervisors, engineers, subcontractors, and teams.
• Develop strategies, schedules, and resource plans for project delivery.
• Ensure activities comply with specifications, procedures, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and approve commissioning documentation and handover packs.
• Drive safety culture with pre-starts, risk reviews, and compliance initiatives.
• Monitor progress and manage risks and critical path across interfaces.
• Lead defect management and close-out to support system integration.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Safety leadership

Project coordination

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Trade qualification

Job description

UGL Big Projects. Big Careers. 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.