Mechanical Commissioning Engineer - oil and gas

Kintec Global Recruitment; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career progression

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment seeks a Commissioning Engineer for our Houston-based team, focusing on EPC projects with offshore exposure. You’ll support commissioning planning and execution from design review through handover, traveling offshore as needed.

You will assist the Commissioning Manager and senior engineers in delivering safe, well-documented commissioning, producing procedures, check sheets, and timely close-out of issues to ensure clean handovers.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree preferred.
• 2+ years of relevant experience preferred; procedure-writing experience is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel offshore and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Assist commissioning manager and senior engineers to deliver safe, well-documented commissioning.
• Write execution plans, system commissioning procedures, check sheets, and schedule input.
• Support design reviews and pre-startup tasks (nitrogen leak testing, purging, vessel fills).
• Help set systems-completion approach at kickoff and drive through execution.
• Track progress, raise technical queries, and close-out issues.
• Coordinate with operations and other disciplines to ensure clean handovers.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Documentation skills

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Kintec Global is hiring a Commissioning Engineer for a growing EPC on a full-time basis with highly competitive salary, benefits and opportunities for real career progression. You'll be exposed to exciting offshore projects and work with leading senior engineers and managers and the latest technologies. This is a Houston office-based role with trips to site as and when required, supporting commissioning planning and execution on energy facilities — from design review through procedures, systems completion, and handover.

The role

You will support the Commissioning Manager and senior/lead engineers in delivering safe, well-documented commissioning. That means usable procedures, visible progress, closed-out issues, and a start-up team that is not inheriting gaps.

• Help write execution plans, system commissioning procedures, check sheets, and schedule input.
• Support design reviews and pre-startup work such as nitrogen leak testing, purging, vessel fills, and train circulation.
• Help set the systems-completion approach at kickoff and keep it moving through execution.
• Track progress, raise technical queries, and drive issues to close-out.
• Work with operations and other disciplines, including subsea and export pipeline, so systems hand over cleanly.
• Keep documentation complete and support weekly updates, QA/QC, lessons learned and bid or proposal material as needed.

What you need

• Engineering degree preferred (mechanical, petroleum, process, or electrical).
• Two or more years of relevant experience preferred; procedure-writing experience is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Willingness to travel offshore and internationally.
• Day-to-day confidence with Lock Out / Tag Out.
• Ability to work in a commissioning team and keep quality tight.