Commissioning Engineer: Start-Up Leader for Industrial Gas Plants

Air Products; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Products in the UK invites an ambitious Commissioning Engineer based in our European Head Office in Chertsey, Surrey, with occasional mobilisations to project sites across Europe and Africa. You will lead site commissioning for ASUs and industrial gas facilities, develop schedules in MS Project, and coordinate teams and vendors to drive safe, timely start-ups while adhering to HSE.

This role offers a clear development path toward Commissioning Manager or Project Manager responsibilities and

Responsibilities

• Lead site commissioning, system handover, start-up and performance-support activities for ASUs and industrial gas facilities.
• Develop and maintain integrated commissioning and start-up schedules using Microsoft Project.
• Prepare commissioning strategies, execution plans, system priorities, resource requirements and progress updates.
• Coordinate technical workflows across construction, operations, engineering teams, vendors and project management.
• Identify and resolve commissioning risks, constraints, defects and interface issues through disciplined follow-up.
• Verify readiness for energisation, introduction of process fluids and start-up in accordance with approved procedures.
• Monitor schedule performance and communicate status, critical-path impacts and recovery actions to the Project Manager.
• Support project engineering work and broader project delivery goals outside active commissioning phases.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to improved commissioning methods, planning and knowledge transfer.
• The role supports the Project Manager as a Project Engineer outside active commissioning periods.
• This role provides a development pathway toward future Commissioning Manager or Project Manager responsibilities.

Job description

Air Products in the UK invites an ambitious Commissioning Engineer based in our European Head Office in Chertsey, Surrey, with occasional mobilisations to project sites across Europe and Africa. You will lead site commissioning for ASUs and industrial gas facilities, develop schedules in MS Project, and coordinate teams and vendors to drive safe, timely start-ups while adhering to HSE.

This role offers a clear development path toward Commissioning Manager or Project Manager responsibilities and