Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer or Coordinator
Contract Duration: 6 months
Location: Karratha, site-based
Site Requirement: FIFO 2/1 roster. Working 10.5 hr days plus 30mins unpaid break
Start Date: ASAP
Reporting To: Project Commissioning Manager
Key Experience:
- Strong commissioning experience on a greenfields site
- Electrical power system commissioning and handover
- Leadership attributes, driving commissioning schedule
- Client commissioning focal point
- EPCM experience
- Strong stakeholder engagement ability
- Enjoys a fast-paced environment
Position Purpose:
- Responsible for safe and effective execution of all commissioning activities for the onshore portfolio, as directed by the Commissioning Manager
- Promote QHSE awareness, ensuring safe working and behaviour during the site campaign
- Direct and lead construction disciplines and all commissioning activities for projects
Main Accountabilities:
Electrical System Accountability:
- Lead electrical power system commissioning
- WP execution management
- Engineering support including fault finding
- Start-up readiness and technical support for power system
- Power system handover management
- Power cut-over system transition
General Accountability:
- Participate in schedule and execution development to ensure realistic and achievable schedules
- Take accountability for manning plan and participate in discipline team selection and recruitment
- Provide direction, guidance, and leadership to team members
- Promote QHSE behaviors and culture to achieve targets
- Ensure hazard assessments and Job Safety Analysis completed to project requirements
- Effectively manage, coordinate, and communicate scope and schedule requirements to work teams
- Liaise and coordinate with management and onshore support teams to drive commissioning schedule
- Assign resources to WP creation and expedite work packages
- Expedite resource, material, tool, and equipment requirements
- Input/review manhour/duration estimation for site schedule activities
- Expedite Software FATs
- Review and approval of sparing; provide applicable spares registers for RFI milestones and expedite procurement/logistics
- Review Supplier documentation, especially around FAT/onshore SAT procedures
- Expedite and input to Vendor mobilisation contracts
- Interface with commissioning focal points and Project PIC for technical discussions
- Organise, prepare, and implement Pre-commissioning & Commissioning HAZID, including presentation and reporting
- Monitor and expedite punch closure
- Review and revise CCLBDs as required
- Attend meetings for progress, information, and actioning
- Provide input and estimation for VO creation and submittals
- Provide input to progress reporting
Skills and Experience
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant trade certification
Knowledge/Skills:
- Proven track record in planning, preparing, and executing onshore commissioning scopes and/or shutdowns
- Knowledge of multi-discipline specifications, rules, and regulations
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams
- Sound commercial acumen
- Familiarity with blue collar industrial relations management
Experience:
- Minimum 8 years' experience in onshore Oil and Gas Projects, preferably from an Electrical background
- Strong greenfield onshore facilities, construction, and commissioning expertise
- Experienced discipline commissioning engineer
- Demonstrated QHSE leadership
- Proven record managing schedule changes
- Experience with identification, definition, and requisitioning of materials, tools, and consumables
- Experience in PTW and hazard assessment
Personal Attributes:
- Delivery focused, self-motivated, and proactive
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills
- Effective management and interpersonal abilities
- Ability to work with subcontractors and clients
- Sets and maintains clear objectives for the team
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
- Solid planning and organisation skills
- Ability to technically and commercially manage client and subcontracts
Additional Information:
- Site based
- 2:1 Rotation
If you are seeking a challenging and rewarding role in a fast-paced environment and wish to contribute your skills to a dynamic commissioning team, we encourage you to apply.