Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer — Startup & Testing Lead

Kiewit; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

TDY/per diem program

Relocation support

Job summary

Kiewit seeks a Senior Commissioning & Startup Electrical Engineer to lead electrical commissioning, testing, energization, and turnover activities for major industrial projects across North America. You will develop strategies, review testing programs, and ensure safe startup of critical electrical infrastructure.

The role requires strong engineering fundamentals, hands-on commissioning experience, and willingness to travel/relocate to project sites; remote work possible depending on project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 10+ years of progressive electrical engineering, commissioning, startup, operations, or industrial project experience.
• Experience supporting commissioning and startup activities for industrial, power, manufacturing, mission-critical, or data center facilities.
• Experience with medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution systems.
• Experience with electrical testing, startup, and energization activities.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, testing, and operational readiness activities, including exposure to FPT and IST.
• Strong understanding of electrical system redundancy, including N, N+1, and 2N architectures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel and relocate to project sites across North America.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of electrical pre-commissioning, commissioning, startup, testing, turnover, and readiness activities.
• Develop, review, and execute commissioning procedures, startup plans, energization plans, test scripts, and turnover documentation.
• Lead electrical testing activities including FWT, SAT, FPT, IST.
• Support electrical energization planning and execution, including readiness reviews and switching plans.
• Validate system performance during startup, failure-mode testing, and readiness activities.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, operations, vendors, and commissioning teams to support startup objectives.
• Maintain accurate commissioning records, test documentation, and turnover packages.
• Review electrical design documents and vendor documentation to support activities.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Commissioning

Startup

Testing

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Travel

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Kiewit seeks a Senior Commissioning & Startup Electrical Engineer to lead electrical commissioning, testing, energization, and turnover activities for major industrial projects across North America. You will develop strategies, review testing programs, and ensure safe startup of critical electrical infrastructure.

The role requires strong engineering fundamentals, hands-on commissioning experience, and willingness to travel/relocate to project sites; remote work possible depending on project