Director of Commissioning & Startup Excellence

Flint Hills Resources; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Retirement benefits

Job summary

DEPCOM Power, based in Scottsdale, AZ, seeks a Director of Commissioning & Startup to lead enterprise commissioning, energization, and startup activities. You will shape strategy, standards, and organizational capability to safely transition projects from construction to operations, while driving continuous improvement across all programs.

The role requires building scalable systems, leading cross-functional teams, and overseeing governance to ensure predictable safety, quality, schedule, and

Qualifications

• Experience in commissioning, startup, construction, operations, or related technical leadership roles.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in large industrial, energy, utility, renewable energy, EPC or infrastructure environments.
• Experience developing commissioning plans, startup procedures, operational readiness requirements, testing protocols, and enterprise standards.
• Experience managing utility coordination, OEM integration, energization planning, and turnover processes.
• Experience leading organizational transformation, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience developing leaders and building high-performing teams.
• Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time as business needs permit.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise commissioning and startup strategy aligned with business objectives and customer commitments.
• Provide strategic oversight of cold commissioning, hot commissioning, startup, energization, turnover, and handover activities.
• Ensure successful transition of projects from construction to operations with predictable outcomes in safety, quality, schedule, and performance.
• Develop, implement, and continually improve SOPs, commissioning plans, ITPs, test forms, startup protocols, and readiness requirements.
• Establish governance and QA processes that ensure consistent execution across all projects.
• Capture and institutionalize lessons learned to continuously improve enterprise performance.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop high-performing leaders and professionals.
• Establish succession plans and talent pipelines for organizational sustainability.
• Foster ownership, accountability, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.
• Partner with Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Logistics, Construction, Operations, Quality, HSE, OEMs, utilities, and customers.
• Align commissioning requirements early to improve outcomes and reduce risk.
• Monitor leading and lagging indicators and conduct operational reviews.
• Leverage digital tools, analytics, and emerging technologies to improve startup effectiveness.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Operational excellence

Talent development

Leadership coaching

Travel readiness

Education

Professional Engineer license (PE)

Bachelor's degree or higher

PMI/Lean Six Sigma certifications

Tools

Enterprise OS/governance

Job description

DEPCOM Power, based in Scottsdale, AZ, seeks a Director of Commissioning & Startup to lead enterprise commissioning, energization, and startup activities. You will shape strategy, standards, and organizational capability to safely transition projects from construction to operations, while driving continuous improvement across all programs.

The role requires building scalable systems, leading cross-functional teams, and overseeing governance to ensure predictable safety, quality, schedule, and