Senior Commissioning Manager — Thermal Power (Hybrid)

Jacobs; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Commissioning Lead to oversee end-to-end commissioning across mechanical, electrical, controls, and process systems for large industrial projects in the United States. You will coordinate with engineering, construction, and OEM teams to ensure safe energization, testing, and turnover.

The role requires 15+ years of experience in thermal power/industrial commissioning, a strong safety mindset, and proven leadership of multi-discipline teams on fast-track projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Controls Engineering.
• 15+ years leading commissioning, startup, or operations readiness in thermal power generation or heavy industrial facilities.
• Strong safety culture with ability to intervene and correct unsafe situations.
• Collaborative, agile, and resilient mindset.
• Experience leading commissioning activities on multiple fast-track projects.
• Experience with integrated SIMOPs/phased construction, commissioning, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily commissioning execution across mechanical, electrical, controls, and process systems.
• Review system boundaries and develop a project start-up and turnover sequence for each system.
• Provide input to commissioning plans, procedures, system readiness checklists, and turnover strategies aligned with project milestones.
• Oversee commissioning of major equipment including gas turbines, HRSG/boiler systems, pumps, and balance-of-plant systems.
• Coordinate with construction teams to validate mechanical completion, punch list closure, and system turnover packages (ITRs, MC certificates, redlines, and as-built documentation).
• Validate pre-commissioning activities by 3rd parties/vendors, OEMs, commissioning agents and contractors to ensure project expectations are met.
• Review and validate first fill, commissioning consumables, and spares strategies against commissioning strategy and risk scenarios.
• Oversee multi‑discipline subcontractors performing commissioning of fuel gas systems, steam and condensate systems, feedwater, cooling water, substations, switchgear, instrumentation, DCS/PLC controls, and relays.
• Ensure compliance with commissioning procedures, OEM requirements, project specs, and applicable industry standards.
• Lead system walkdowns, equipment inspections, functional testing, loop checks, logic verification, and performance testing.
• Collaborate with engineering to resolve technical issues, RFIs, control logic discrepancies, and system integration challenges.
• Maintain safety protocols including lockout/tagout, system isolation, energized work controls, and risk assessments.
• Track progress, identify constraints, support schedule development, and report on system readiness and commissioning risks.
• Serve as primary interface with client representatives, OEMs, and regulatory bodies during testing and acceptance activities.
• Maintain punch-list management and expediting closures.
• Drive final turnover and documentation for commercial operation.

Skills

Commissioning leadership

Safety culture

Team leadership

P&ID interpretation

SIMOPS experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Controls Engineering

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Commissioning Lead to oversee end-to-end commissioning across mechanical, electrical, controls, and process systems for large industrial projects in the United States. You will coordinate with engineering, construction, and OEM teams to ensure safe energization, testing, and turnover.

The role requires 15+ years of experience in thermal power/industrial commissioning, a strong safety mindset, and proven leadership of multi-discipline teams on fast-track projects.