Instrument and Controls Commissioning Lead

About the role

px Americas provides commissioning, start-up and operations-readiness services for LNG assets and energy sectors across North America. Reporting to the Commissioning Manager, the Instrument and Controls Commissioning Lead gives technical and execution leadership for all system commissioning activities, bridging engineering, construction, commissioning and operations teams to ensure safe and efficient system turnover and readiness for start-up.

Key responsibilities

• Provide discipline-specific technical, planning and execution support to the Commissioning Manager and manage activities within the Division of Responsibility matrix with other Discipline Leads.
• Lead the commissioning team at the interfaces between engineering and construction, mechanical completion, and handover of commissioned systems to operations.
• Ensure equipment and systems are fully commissioned and ready to operate in line with project design, standards, specifications and the Systems Completion Plan.
• Own and execute static and dynamic commissioning, supporting start-up, acceptance testing and the transition to initial plant operation.
• Identify and manage commissioning resources, tools, test equipment, plant and spares, and assign the right people and skills to meet schedule and execution requirements.
• Manage discipline teams of commissioning technicians, vendors and specialist subcontractors, and ensure complete commissioning and handover documentation.
• Review and support commissioning plans and schedules (Level 3 and Level 5) and direct execution against them.
• Maintain the Systems Completion Database and planning interface, report progress and productivity against the CSU schedule, and support commissioning procedures, acceptance procedures and turn-over packages.

Required profile

• Degree or technical diploma in instrumentation, or equivalent operational/technical background.
• Strong experience in commissioning, including supervisory roles on large industrial projects (oil & gas, LNG, petrochemicals, power or equivalent).
• Proven track record leading commissioning through mechanical completion, start-up and initial operations.
• Ability to coordinate multi-discipline commissioning in a fast-paced, live-system environment.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of process and electrical safety, control systems and integrated commissioning practices.
• PLC experience.