Location: Duluth, MN, 55802 (also hiring in Houston, TX, Boston, MA, Minneapolis, MN, Cushing, OK, Salisbury, MA)
Role Type: Onsite – Frequent Travel Required
Working Conditions
- Office environment with frequent scheduled travel to construction sites across the U.S. pipeline system (20–30 days per quarter).
- Project-driven disruptions to personal activities, including extended hours and occasional after-hours calls (5–10 occurrences quarterly).
High-Level Description
The Sr Commissioning Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing project commissioning and start-up deliverables to ensure equipment is ready for safe and reliable operation. This role requires strong field coordination skills, hands-on technical expertise, and the ability to independently perform commissioning tasks.
Specific Accountabilities
- Provide technical input into commissioning procedures and support continual improvement.
- Participate in engineering design reviews across mechanical, process, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines.
- Coordinate field commissioning activities for projects, managing contractors or internal technicians.
- Develop comprehensive commissioning and start-up execution plans (resources, cost, schedules).
- Independently perform in-house commissioning activities including configuration, calibration, startup, and troubleshooting.
- Apply technical expertise to commission equipment, wire/configure/test PLCs, instrumentation, control panels, and communication systems.
- Ensure commissioning activities meet Enbridge processes, scope, schedule, cost, and quality standards.
- Manage issues identified during commissioning and resolve them using technical expertise.
- Oversee equipment handovers from Construction to Commissioning and Commissioning to Operations.
- Provide planning oversight for outage management in greenfield and brownfield projects.
- Schedule and coordinate work under tight deadlines while ensuring safe work conditions.
Scope & Dimensions
- Collaborate with project teams, construction, and operations to ensure safe, reliable equipment operation.
- Strong knowledge of industry safety practices (permitting, Lock-Out-Tag-Out, Electrical Safety).
- Provide direction and guidance to commissioning contractors and coordinators.
Contacts
- Work closely with project teams and construction contractors during commissioning handovers.
- Oversight of 3rd Party Commissioning Contractors when required.
Reporting Relationships
- Provide mentorship and guidance to Commissioning Coordinators and team members.
- Report to Project Managers.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Required:
- Technical College Degree/Diploma.
- 10+ years of technical experience.
- Working knowledge of design and construction codes (API, NEC, CEC, CSA Z662, NFPA 11, etc.).
- Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to lead and coordinate diverse teams.
Preferred:
- Previous commissioning experience in the oil & gas industry.
- Hands-on experience with rotating and static equipment.