Senior Commissioning Engineer - Infrastructure Handover

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Riyadh is seeking a Senior Commissioning Engineer to oversee program-wide testing, commissioning, completion, and handover of complex infrastructure. You will coordinate across civil, MEP, utilities, ITS, power, drainage, and other systems to ensure documentation, testing, and acceptance are complete.

You will drive readiness gates, supervise multidisciplinary teams, review contractor plans, and maintain handover trackers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of professional engineering experience.
• Significant experience with infrastructure testing, commissioning, completion and handover.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement program-wide testing, commissioning, completion, and handover strategies aligned with PMO requirements.
• Establish handover procedures, readiness criteria, workflows, checklists, responsibility matrices, and acceptance gates.
• Define Substantial Completion, Final Handover, and closeout stages.
• Review contractor T&C plans, I&TPs, and submissions.
• Monitor Construction Acceptance Tests and verification activities.
• Coordinate commissioning interfaces across civil, mechanical, electrical, utilities, and ITS systems.
• Verify test results, commissioning records, and asset transfer readiness.

Skills

Testing & Commissioning

Infrastructure handover

Handover management

PMO governance

Education

Civil/Mech/Elect Eng degree

Tools

Aconex

PMWeb

Unifier

Job description

Senior Commissioning Engineer - Infrastructure Handover

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Construction

Function: Engineering

Experience: 10 years, with significant infrastructure testing, commissioning, closeout, and handover experience

Job Type: Full-time

Job Details

• Country: Saudi Arabia
• City: Riyadh
• Industry: Construction
• Function: Engineering
• Salary: 28000-42000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality: Any
• Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Senior Commissioning Engineer will provide program-level assurance over the transition of completed infrastructure from construction into safe, documented, and operationally ready assets. Rather than focusing on a single discipline, the role will coordinate completion requirements across civil infrastructure, MEP, utilities, ITS, power, drainage, and other interconnected systems. Its business impact lies in preventing incomplete documentation, unresolved interfaces, outstanding defects, failed testing, or approval gaps from delaying acceptance and transfer to receiving entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement program-wide testing, commissioning, completion, and handover strategies aligned with PMO requirements.
• Establish handover procedures, readiness criteria, workflows, checklists, responsibility matrices, and acceptance gates.
• Define clear requirements for Substantial Completion, Final Handover, and subsequent closeout stages.
• Review contractor and PMCM commissioning strategies to confirm alignment with contractual and technical requirements.
• Oversee Testing and Commissioning activities across multidisciplinary infrastructure packages.
• Validate commissioning sequences, test methodologies, acceptance criteria, system functionality, and integration requirements.
• Review contractor T&C plans, method statements, Inspection and Test Plans, procedures, and supporting technical submissions.
• Monitor completion of Construction Acceptance Tests and other required verification activities.
• Confirm that test results and commissioning records provide adequate evidence of system performance.
• Coordinate commissioning interfaces between civil, mechanical, electrical, utility, power, and ITS systems.
• Verify critical dependencies such as electrical supply to ITS assets, drainage connectivity, traffic signal operation, and utility interfaces.
• Identify interface gaps capable of preventing integrated testing or operational acceptance.
• Review As-Built Drawings for completeness and consistency with installed assets.
• Verify submission and acceptance of Operation and Maintenance Manuals.
• Monitor preparation of training plans and confirm that required operator training is completed and documented.
• Review warranties, guarantees, recommended spare parts, and other contractual handover deliverables.
• Verify completeness of Testing and Commissioning Reports before package acceptance.
• Review asset registers and ensure required asset information is prepared for transfer to receiving organizations.
• Coordinate GIS submissions and digital asset information where required by project standards.
• Maintain structured handover trackers showing documentation status, testing progress, approvals, outstanding works, and responsible parties.
• Manage readiness assessments for Substantial Completion.
• Monitor snag and punch-list closure and identify items that could prevent contractual completion.
• Confirm that Road Safety Audits and other operational readiness evidence are completed where applicable.
• Evaluate partial completion proposals and advise PMO leadership on associated technical and operational risks.
• Monitor contractor and PMCM performance against agreed handover milestones.
• Identify delays, incomplete submissions, unresolved defects, and acceptance risks requiring corrective action.
• Escalate critical handover constraints and recommend practical recovery measures.
• Coordinate with municipalities, utility providers, traffic control organizations, and other relevant authorities.
• Support acquisition of permits, approvals, clearances, and acceptance documentation required for asset transfer.
• Engage receiving entities early enough to confirm documentation, testing, training, and operational acceptance expectations.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary handover and commissioning workshops.
• Coordinate technical responses where receiving organizations raise comments or acceptance conditions.
• Support establishment of Defect Liability Period strategies and responsibilities.
• Define mechanisms for recording, assigning, monitoring, and closing defects after asset transfer.
• Ensure warranties and contractual obligations remain traceable throughout the Defect Liability Period.
• Advise PMO leadership on completion status, commissioning risks, outstanding approvals, and operational readiness.
• Prepare handover dashboards, readiness reports, action trackers, and management presentations.
• Maintain traceable closeout records through appropriate PMO and document management systems.
• Use Aconex, PMWeb, Unifier, or comparable platforms to manage completion and handover information.
• Conduct site visits across Riyadh to verify physical completion, testing status, interface readiness, and closeout progress.
• Provide technical leadership to project teams on complex commissioning and asset transfer matters.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of professional engineering experience.
• Significant experience with major infrastructure projects during testing, commissioning, completion, and handover phases.
• Membership with the Saudi Council of Engineers.
• Practical experience working on infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia.
• PMO or client-side experience on major programs or megaprojects is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of multidisciplinary Testing and Commissioning processes.
• Proven experience managing construction closeout and formal asset handover.
• Familiarity with Saudi Arabian authority approvals and infrastructure handover procedures.
• Strong understanding of roads, tunnels, utilities, power, drainage, MEP, and ITS interfaces.
• Able to assess system integration and identify dependencies that could prevent successful commissioning.
• Experience reviewing As-Built Drawings, O&M Manuals, warranties, test records, asset registers, and completion dossiers.
• Knowledge of GIS and digital asset handover requirements is advantageous.
• Experience coordinating with contractors, PMCM teams, authorities, operators, and receiving entities.
• Strong understanding of Substantial Completion and Defect Liability Period requirements.
• Proficiency with Aconex, PMWeb, Unifier, or comparable project information platforms is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability when dealing with incomplete or conflicting handover requirements.
• Able to manage numerous packages, stakeholders, and completion priorities simultaneously.
• Strong technical reporting and stakeholder communication skills.
• Willing and able to undertake project site visits across Riyadh as required.

Skills Set

• Testing and Commissioning
• Infrastructure commissioning
• Construction closeout
• Asset handover
• Handover management
• Operational readiness
• Substantial Completion
• Final Handover
• Defect Liability Period
• Commissioning strategy
• Integrated systems testing
• MEP commissioning
• Tunnel systems
• Road infrastructure
• Intelligent Transport Systems
• Power systems
• Utility interfaces
• Drainage interfaces
• Construction Acceptance Tests
• Inspection and Test Plans
• Method statement review
• Snag management
• As-Built Drawings
• O&M Manuals
• Asset registers
• GIS handover
• Warranties and guarantees
• Spare parts documentation
• Road Safety Audits
• Interface management
• Authority approvals
• PMO governance
• Aconex
• PMWeb
• Unifier
• Digital handover
• Completion assurance

Why Join Us

Riyadh 's expanding infrastructure portfolio creates sustained demand for commissioning and handover professionals who can bridge the critical transition between construction completion and operational use. This position offers exposure to interconnected roads, tunnels, utilities, power, MEP, and ITS assets while providing significant responsibility for completion assurance, authority coordination, and digital asset handover. The role offers an experienced Construction professional the opportunity to influence how major infrastructure assets are tested, accepted, documented, and transferred into operation.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, infrastructure, program management, and technology solutions for complex projects worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, its teams support major infrastructure programs through engineering management, PMO governance, testing and commissioning, technical assurance, construction closeout, and coordinated handover of assets to operators and receiving authorities.