Senior Engineer - Testing & Commissioning

Greytip Software Private Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Greytip Software Private Limited in Pune seeks a Senior Engineer – Testing & Commissioning to plan, coordinate, execute, and document testing activities for complex installations, ensuring safety, reliability, and compliance with applicable standards.

You will lead commissioning from preparation through handover, review drawings and specs, supervise tests, resolve technical issues, and support operational readiness across engineering, quality, safety and client teams through clear documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• Experience leading commissioning activities for complex projects.
• Strong understanding of drawings, specifications, testing procedures, and handover processes.
• Excellent coordination with multidisciplinary teams and client representatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement testing and commissioning plans, procedures, and checklists.
• Coordinate pre-commissioning, commissioning, and functional tests.
• Review drawings, specs, and vendor documents for testing requirements.
• Supervise testing activities and ensure adherence to procedures.
• Prepare commissioning dossiers and handover packages.

Skills

Commissioning leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Test planning & execution

Documentation & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Job ID - 1061

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 escalateguard against 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.