Senior Engineer - Testing & Commissioning

Greytip Software Private Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Greytip Software Private Limited invites a Senior Engineer to lead testing and commissioning activities for complex systems. You will prepare plans, review designs, coordinate pre-commissioning through handover, and ensure safety, quality, and compliance across multidisciplinary teams.

The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and the ability to drive tests and handovers from preparation to operational readiness at project sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline.
• Experience in testing, commissioning, start-up, system integration, or project execution.
• Proven experience leading commissioning activities for complex projects, facilities, or integrated systems.
• Ability to interpret test data, investigate failures, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, contractors, vendors, and client representatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement testing and commissioning plans, procedures, schedules, and checklists.
• Review drawings, specifications, data sheets, method statements, and approved docs to establish testing requirements.
• Coordinate pre-commissioning, commissioning, functional testing, performance testing, and integrated system testing.
• Verify installations are correct and ready for testing.
• Supervise testing activities and ensure work adheres to procedures and project requirements.
• Witness tests, record results, analyze findings, and confirm acceptance criteria.
• Support energization, start-up, and operational readiness of systems and equipment.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, quality, safety, vendors, contractors, and client reps.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers, technicians, supervisors, and commissioning staff.
• Review vendor commissioning documents, test reports, operation manuals, and technical submissions.
• Resolve interface issues between disciplines, systems, equipment, and stakeholders.
• Participate in design reviews, readiness assessments, and commissioning workshops.
• Ensure testing and commissioning activities align with milestones and handover requirements.
• Inspect completed installations and verify compliance with drawings, specs, standards, regulations.
• Identify non-conforming work and coordinate corrective actions.
• Ensure test instruments are calibrated and controlled.
• Maintain adherence to risk assessments, permits, isolation procedures, and safe work methods.
• Support quality inspections, punch-list closure, audits, and final acceptance.
• Confirm systems are safe and operational before turnover to client or operations.
• Prepare commissioning plans, inspection/test plans, test scripts, checklists, schedules, and records.
• Produce progress reports, test certificates, commissioning dossiers, punch lists, and handover packages.
• Track testing status, actions, non-conformances, risks and constraints.
• Review and validate test results, as-built data, and O&M docs.
• Support final completion reports and lessons-learned documentation.
• Ensure records are accurate, complete, and traceable.
• Promote a strong safety culture throughout testing and commissioning.
• Conduct pre-task briefings, toolbox talks, and readiness reviews.
• Identify hazards related to energization, live testing, rotating equipment, pressure systems, control systems, and start-up.
• Stop unsafe work and implement corrective measures.
• Support operator training, system demonstrations, emergency testing, and handover.
• Professional engineering registration or relevant certification is preferred.
• Experience with commissioning management systems and document-control platforms.
• Familiarity with CMMS and digital testing/reporting platforms.
• Experience supporting integrated testing, performance verification, and readiness reviews.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to communicate technical info clearly.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics, Instrumentation, Automation, Civil or related engineering discipline

Job description

Job ID - 1060

Job Description

Job Description: Senior Engineer – Testing & CommissioningPosition Overview

The Senior Engineer – Testing & Commissioning is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and documenting testing and commissioning activities to ensure that systems, equipment, and installations are safe, reliable, compliant, and ready for operational use. The role requires strong technical expertise, structured problem-solving capability, and effective coordination with engineering, construction, quality, safety, vendors, contractors, and client teams.

The successful candidate will lead commissioning activities from preparation through final handover, verify that installations meet approved designs and applicable standards, identify and resolve technical issues, and support the successful transition of completed systems into operation.

Key Responsibilities

Testing and Commissioning Execution

• Develop and implement testing and commissioning plans, procedures, schedules, and checklists.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, equipment data sheets, method statements, and approved documentation to establish testing requirements.
• Coordinate pre-commissioning, commissioning, functional testing, performance testing, and integrated system testing activities.
• Verify that equipment and systems have been installed correctly and are ready for testing.
• Supervise testing activities and ensure that all work is performed in accordance with approved procedures and project requirements.
• Witness tests, record results, analyze findings, and confirm that acceptance criteria have been achieved.
• Support the energization, start-up, functional verification, and operational readiness of systems and equipment.

Technical Coordination

• Coordinate with engineering, construction, quality assurance, health and safety, operations, vendors, subcontractors, and client representatives.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers, technicians, supervisors, and commissioning personnel.
• Review vendor commissioning documents, test reports, operation manuals, and technical submissions.
• Resolve interface issues between disciplines, systems, equipment, and project stakeholders.
• Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, readiness assessments, and commissioning workshops.
• Ensure testing and commissioning activities are aligned with project milestones and handover requirements.

Inspection, Verification, and Compliance

• Inspect completed installations and verify compliance with approved drawings, specifications, standards, and applicable regulations.
• Identify incomplete, defective, or non-conforming work and coordinate corrective actions.
• Ensure that test instruments and measurement equipment are suitable, calibrated, and properly controlled.
• Maintain strict adherence to approved risk assessments, permits, isolation procedures, and safe systems of work.
• Support quality inspections, punch-list closure, technical audits, and final acceptance activities.
• Confirm that systems are safe and operational before turnover to the client or operations team.

Documentation and Reporting

• Prepare and maintain commissioning plans, inspection and test plans, test scripts, checklists, schedules, and execution records.
• Produce daily and weekly progress reports, test certificates, commissioning dossiers, punch lists, and system handover packages.
• Track testing status, outstanding actions, non-conformances, risks, and constraints.
• Review and validate test results, as-built information, equipment records, and operation and maintenance documentation.
• Support the preparation of final completion reports and lessons-learned documentation.
• Ensure all records are accurate, complete, traceable, and submitted in accordance with document-control requirements.

Safety and Operational Readiness

• Promote a strong safety culture throughout all testing and commissioning activities.
• Conduct or support pre-task briefings, toolbox talks, and commissioning readiness reviews.
• Identify hazards associated with energization, live testing, rotating equipment, pressure systems, control systems, and system start-up.
• Stop or escalation unsafe work and ensure corrective measures are implemented before activities resume.
• Support operator training, system demonstrations, emergency-response testing, and operational handover.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics, Instrumentation, Automation, Civil, or a related engineering discipline.
• Relevant professional experience in testing, commissioning, start-up, system integration, or project execution.
• Demonstrated experience leading commissioning activities for complex projects, facilities, equipment, or integrated systems.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, technical specifications, testing procedures, inspection requirements, and system handover processes.
• Ability to interpret test data, investigate failures, identify root causes, and implement effective corrective actions.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams, contractors, vendors, and client representatives.
• Knowledge of applicable industry standards, quality requirements, health and safety procedures, and commissioning best practices.
• Proficiency in preparing technical reports, commissioning documentation, schedules, checklists, and handover dossiers.
• Strong organizational, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet demanding project deadlines.
• Willingness to work at project sites and support extended hours or shift-based activities when required.

Preferred Competencies

• Professional engineering registration or relevant industry certification.
• Experience with commissioning management systems, document-control platforms, and project scheduling tools.
• Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems and digital testing or reporting platforms.
• Experience supporting integrated testing, performance verification, reliability testing, and operational readiness reviews.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Performance Expectations

• Deliver testing and commissioning activities safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved plans.
• Achieve project milestones while maintaining technical quality and documentation accuracy.
• Minimize commissioning defects, delays, rework, and unresolved punch-list items.
• Ensure successful system acceptance, operational readiness, and complete handover to the client or operations team.
• Demonstrate professional leadership, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.