Director of Commissioning & Startup Excellence

Koch; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Director, Commissioning & Startup to lead commissioning, energization, startup, and operational readiness across the project portfolio. You will shape enterprise strategy, standards, and capabilities to transition projects from construction through to commercial operation.

This role requires building scalable systems, driving safety, quality, schedule performance, and continuous improvement, with extensive cross-functional leadership and

Qualifications

• Experience in commissioning, startup, construction, operations, project execution in large industrial settings.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in energy, utility, renewable energy, EPC, or infrastructure environments.
• Experience developing commissioning plans, startup procedures, and enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise commissioning and startup strategy aligned with objectives.
• Provide oversight of cold/hot commissioning, energization, turnover and handover activities.
• Ensure safe, predictable project transitions from construction to operations.
• Develop SOPs, ITPs, startup protocols, and operational readiness requirements.
• Recruit, coach, and develop leaders; establish succession plans and talent pipelines.
• Partner with engineering, procurement, operations, QA, and other functions to align requirements.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Commissioning & startup

Operational readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Talent development

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher

Professional Engineer (PE) license

PMP / PMI-SP / Lean / Six Sigma or equivalent

Job description

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, seeks a Director, Commissioning & Startup to lead commissioning, energization, startup, and operational readiness across the project portfolio. You will shape enterprise strategy, standards, and capabilities to transition projects from construction through to commercial operation.

This role requires building scalable systems, driving safety, quality, schedule performance, and continuous improvement, with extensive cross-functional leadership and