Completions and Turnover Lead

Fluor; Kitimat; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TRS Staffing Solutions seeks an experienced Completions and Turnover Lead to oversee planning, development, and execution of systems completion, turnover, commissioning, and handover for a major industrial project in Canada. This role ensures all engineering, quality, construction, commissioning, regulatory, and operational deliverables are completed to support safe startup and efficient facility handover.

The Lead will develop and implement completions strategies, coordinate with engineering

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or similar.
• 10–15 years of industrial construction, oil & gas, energy, or related projects.
• Strong understanding of completions, turnover, and startup activities.
• Experience developing/executing completions, turnover, certification, and handover programs.
• Software skills with project databases, document control, and completions management tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with internal/external stakeholders.
• Proven leadership to influence teams and manage priorities in challenging environments.
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement completions procedures, processes, and execution strategies.
• Determine staffing requirements to support milestones and plans.
• Lead CMS implementation to meet project requirements.
• Coordinate with engineering for tag lists, component lists, job packages, and drawings.
• Establish inspection, testing, and quality documentation in CMS.
• Collaborate to develop preservation strategies and track activities.
• Coordinate regulatory deliverables, permits, logs, and compliance.
• Establish completion strategies, turnover philosophies, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop system scope drawings (PFDs, P&IDs, single-line diagrams).
• Define system certification, mechanical completion, commissioning, startup, and handover processes.
• Identify testing requirements for facility acceptance.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

CMS (Completions Management System)

Document control systems

Project databases

Job description

Completions and Turnover Lead

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Job details

Posted

03 November 2026

Salary

CAD negotiable

Start date

17 November 2026

LocationKitimat

Job type Contract

Discipline Rail Infrastructure and Construction, Oil Gas and Chemicals

Reference170951

Job Function Turnover Engineer

Job description

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; age; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; religion; national origin; disability; veteran status; genetic information; or any other criteria protected by governing law.