Lead Commissioning Manager — Autonomous Maritime Systems

Kraken Technology Group Limited; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday per year

Flexi working

Private Medical Insurance

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Group Income Protection

Health Care Cash Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric Car Scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Professional membership reimbursement

Job summary

Kraken Works Limited is seeking an experienced Commissioning Manager to lead the commissioning and FAT of advanced unmanned maritime platforms. You will develop strategies, build a scalable commissioning function, and work with Engineering, R&D, Production and Product Development to ensure safe, high-quality delivery.

You will guide a multi-disciplinary team, own commissioning from build to customer acceptance, and report progress to senior leadership while promoting continuous improvement and

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience managing commissioning, integration, testing or engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of complex marine, electrical, mechanical and software-integrated systems.
• Experience developing commissioning procedures, acceptance criteria, testing documentation and operational guides.
• Strong understanding of configuration management and controlled engineering processes.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making and communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Self-motivated with ownership of delivery outcomes.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel for trials and acceptance activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the Commissioning Team, ensuring delivery of all commissioning activities.
• Accountable for commissioning from build completion through to customer acceptance.
• Develop and maintain commissioning processes and best practice across the business.
• Collaborate with R&D, Engineering and Production to embed commissioning from early stages.
• Create commissioning guides, plans, test documentation and acceptance procedures.
• Ensure commissioning documentation is reviewed and approved ahead of requirements.
• Establish robust configuration management throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead gates, reviews and sign-offs during testing and acceptance.
• Control vessel configurations, software baselines and hardware revisions.
• Identify and resolve commissioning issues with technical teams.
• Manage schedules, priorities and resources across programmes.
• Monitor performance, quality and efficiency; drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure safety and quality standards are met.
• Provide readiness updates and metrics to senior leadership.
• Foster accountability, ownership and operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Communication

Problem solving

Travel flexibility

Mentoring

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Kraken Works Limited is seeking an experienced Commissioning Manager to lead the commissioning and FAT of advanced unmanned maritime platforms. You will develop strategies, build a scalable commissioning function, and work with Engineering, R&D, Production and Product Development to ensure safe, high-quality delivery.

You will guide a multi-disciplinary team, own commissioning from build to customer acceptance, and report progress to senior leadership while promoting continuous improvement and