Commissioning Engineer

Sygna.; Zaragoza; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salaries

Pension contributions

Private healthcare

Regular employee socials

Business travel insurance

25 days annual leave

Buy or Sell Annual Leave Scheme

Training and development opportunities

Exclusive discounts

Referral Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Interest Free Travel Loan

Job summary

Sygna is seeking a Commissioning Engineer to support management and delivery of the commissioning process on Mission Critical projects. You will lead on-site functional testing, coordinate with project teams, and ensure QA/QC documentation meets design parameters.

The role emphasizes teamwork, quality, and hands-on problem solving. Key responsibilities include attending commissioning meetings, reviewing design/testing certs, creating handover checklists, and supporting HSE compliance across

Qualifications

• Experience in commissioning and on-site testing of building services.
• Ability to lead on-site functional testing and coordinate with project teams.
• Strong IT, planning and reporting capabilities.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Witness on-site testing and commissioning as part of the Mission Critical team.
• Review design/testing certification and method statements.
• Input into project tracking, commissioning meetings and lookahead.
• Prepare Close-out documents, Cx reports and handover checklists.
• Monitor and ensure commissioning documentation is reviewed and signed off.
• Support with ensuring full commissioning/inspection of plant/systems.
• Attend commissioning meetings and coordinate with parties for witnessing.

Skills

Communication skills

People skills

IT skills

Planning

Reporting

Job description

About Sygna

Sygna is a fully independent, international leader in commissioning and technical project management. We specialise in delivering high-performance building solutions for data centres, commercial offices, gigafactories, pharmaceutical laboratories, and historic buildings. From project inception and commissioning to post-occupancy evaluation, we certify building services and technology systems, ensuring your design is delivered accurately, efficiently, and reliably. December 2023 marked a significant milestone with the EMEA senior management team successfully completing a management buy-out (MBO) of Sygna (EMEA). Following the MBO, Sygna is experiencing record-breaking growth. Under the full ownership of our senior leadership team, we are committed to expanding our client relationships, delivering best-in-class commissioning services, and driving innovation in technical project management across global markets.

Why join Sygna

Are you someone who takes pride in delivering outstanding results, possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and has an exceptional eye for detail? If so, we want YOU to be a part of our team.

Job Description

As a Commissioning Engineer, you will play a key role in assisting with the management and delivery of the commissioning process, including leading on-site functional testing. To succeed in this role, it is important that you demonstrate strong communication and people skills, resourcefulness, and the ability to perform effectively under pressure. You will provide hands‑on and tactical support for building services commissioning management to the project team throughout the engineering process, from conception to completion, primarily on Mission Critical projects. Our focus is on teamwork, and our philosophy is to be part of the solution, not the problem. We are committed to quality in all aspects of commissioning management, including planning, programming, reporting, collaborative working, witnessing, and smooth handovers to FM teams.

General Duties

To assist the Sygna Commissioning Managers in their day-to-day activities to include but not limited to witnessing on site testing and commissioning, review of design/testing certification and method statements, input into the project tracking matrix inclusive of AIR, input into commissioning meetings, input into the 2 week lookahead and sub-contractor liaison. Excellent IT, planning, and reporting skills are essential.

Review

Support the Mission Critical team with reviewing and assisting contractors / sub-contractors in the development of all project-related QA/QC documentation, providing technical input to the formal change control processes. Reviewing the commissioning procedures, commissioning RAMS prior to commissioning activities and commissioning data against design parameters implementing any mitigation of recovery plans.

Record

Assist with authoring functional/IST test scripts, compiling ‘Close-out’ documentation and final Cx Reports, and creating and managing Handover Commissioning checklists.

Monitoring

Assist with monitoring and advising when all the commissioning documentation has been reviewed and signed off to the appointed consultants for the project.

Action

Support with ensuring that all plant/systems have been fully commissioned/inspected in line with the contract specifications, all appropriate commissioning handover documentation has been reviewed prior to handover and comment on O&M manuals produced by the contractor. Key Responsibility: You will attend commissioning meetings. Make sure that commissioning defects are communicated properly and dealt with. Ensure all parties are co‑ordinated for attending witnessing and assist Lead or Commissioning Manager on‑site functional testing.

Report

Attend and report on commissioning and testing as appropriate. Support with issuing the weekly commissioning reports, by providing the relevant information to the lead.

Health & Safety Compliance

Ensure that you always follow Sygna's Health & Safety systems and local project requirements. Ensure that you maintain relevant health and safety records to meet regulatory standards and company policies.

Governance

Follow internal Sygna company policies and any project specific requirements

Benefits Include But Are Not Limited To

• Competitive Salaries
• Pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Regular employee socials
• Business travel insurance
• 25 days annual leave each calendar year (pro-rated from start date) plus bank holidays. After 5 years of service this will increase to 30 days.
• Buy or Sell Annual Leave Scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Exclusive discounts on a wide range of products and services, including gift cards from brands like Argos, B&Q, Costa, M&S, and Sainsbury's.
• Referral Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Interest Free Travel Loan

Our clients trust us to ensure the highest standards are delivered and we are looking for people who have a can‑do attitude and share our enthusiasm for exceeding customer expectations.

Note

The general responsibilities listed herein above are not exhaustive and as such additional duties, which are related to this position in the Company, may be added to the above list at the discretion of the EMEA Managing Director as and when it is deemed necessary. Similarly, as the company grows, there should be an expectation that job roles will be refined over time, to accommodate collaboration with new and existing colleagues.

The schedule of delegated authority (SODA) applies to this role and shall always be adhered to without exception.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. The information provided will be treated in strict confidence. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.