Our client is seeking an experienced Completions and Turnover Lead to oversee the planning, development, and execution of systems completion, turnover, commissioning, and handover activities for a major industrial project. This role is critical to ensuring all engineering, quality, construction, commissioning, regulatory, and operational deliverables are successfully completed to support safe startup and efficient facility handover.
Overview
The Completions and Turnover Lead is responsible for developing and implementing project completions processes and strategies throughout the full project lifecycle. Working closely with engineering, construction, quality, commissioning, operations, and regulatory teams, this position ensures all systems, documentation, certifications, and handover requirements are properly tracked, managed, and executed through the Completions Management System (CMS).
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement project completions procedures, processes, and execution strategies.
- Determine completions staffing requirements to support project milestones and execution plans.
- Lead the implementation and optimization of the Completions Management System (CMS) to meet project requirements.
- Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure tag lists, component lists, job packages, system drawings, and related deliverables are developed and transferred into the CMS.
- Work with quality teams to establish and manage inspection, testing, and quality documentation requirements within the CMS.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop preservation strategies and track preservation activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate regulatory deliverables, permits, logs, and compliance requirements with project teams and regulatory stakeholders.
- Establish system and subsystem completion strategies, turnover philosophies, numbering conventions, and acceptance criteria.
- Develop preliminary system scope drawings, including PFDs, P&IDs, and single-line diagrams.
- Define system certification, mechanical completion, commissioning, startup, and final handover processes.
- Identify testing requirements for facility acceptance, including performance, unit, and system testing activities.
Construction Phase Responsibilities
- Train project and contractor personnel on completions processes, interfaces, procedures, and CMS requirements.
- Support contractor kick-off meetings to communicate project completions requirements and expectations.
- Ensure baseline engineering, quality, and operational data is loaded into the CMS.
- Track certification activities and required project documentation through system and subsystem completion stages.
- Manage Management of Change (MOC) impacts and associated certification requirements within the CMS.
- Monitor and communicate turnover readiness, documentation status, construction progress, and completion metrics.
- Coordinate mechanical completion walkdowns, manage punch lists, and track deficiencies to closure.
- Facilitate mechanical completion achievement and system turnover to commissioning teams.
- Establish commissioning deliverable tracking processes, including commissioning procedures, redlines, PSSRs, and punch lists.
- Recruit, mentor, train, and oversee completions personnel throughout project execution.
Post-Construction Responsibilities
- Support operational readiness reviews and turnover activities through the CMS.
- Manage commissioning records, procedures, and final handover documentation.
- Track and close commissioning punch list items and PSSR action items.
- Verify completion requirements for commissioning, startup, system acceptance, and final handover.
- Manage system and unit performance testing documentation and results.
- Expedite final turnover packages, approvals, signoffs, and project closeout deliverables.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or equivalent combination of technical education and project experience.
- Experience: 10-15 years of experience supporting industrial construction, oil & gas, energy, or related industrial projects.
- Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of engineering disciplines, construction execution, commissioning, turnover, and startup activities.
- Completions Expertise: Demonstrated experience developing and executing systems completion, turnover, certification, and handover programs.
- Software: Strong computer skills with experience utilizing project databases, document control systems, and completions management software.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively engage internal and external stakeholders.
- Leadership: Proven ability to build relationships, influence teams without formal authority, and manage competing priorities in challenging environments.
- Work Style: Self-starter with exceptional organizational skills and the ability to thrive under pressure while maintaining attention to detail.
Working Conditions
- Primarily site-based, supporting construction, commissioning, and startup activities.
- Work environments may include project offices, temporary facilities, and active industrial construction sites.
- Exposure to moving mechanical equipment, vibration, elevated work areas, airborne particles, dust, fumes, and varying weather conditions.
- Ability to work in dynamic and fast-paced project environments while maintaining a strong commitment to safety.
PLEASE NOTE: Only those eligible to work in Canada will be considered for this position and only those selected for interviews will be contacted. TRS Staffing Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, or any other criteria protected by governing law.