TESTING & COMMISSION MANAGER

Role Overview

Testing & Commission Manager at El Seif Engineering Contracting. The role manages testing and commissioning activities for company projects, including development of testing strategy and methodology, oversight of progress delivery, and cost-effective execution.

Company Overview

El Seif Engineering Contracting is a construction firm with over fifty years of experience across public infrastructure, military, and defense applications. The company is committed to excellence, integrity, and innovation, delivering projects with precision and attention to detail while pioneering sustainable and impactful solutions in the construction industry.

Role Purpose

Lead all testing and commissioning activities for project execution, including strategy development, progress oversight, team management, and cost control. Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards while fostering a strong people culture and driving organizational capability through knowledge dissemination and employee development.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

• Elaborate the testing strategy and methodology for all projects.
• Develop comprehensive policies, operational business processes, systems and procedures.
• Provide general knowledge of project controls, tendering, and planning.

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage the selection, management and retention of MEP Testing & Commission Engineers.
• Enforce policies and procedures to improve overall effectiveness of the function.
• Direct the development of KSA national employees across the function to support corporate objectives and Saudization targets.
• Lead the knowledge dissemination culture to ensure optimal building of internal capabilities and maximize employee performance.
• Provide leadership and guidance and monitor effective teamwork and cooperation with Finance, Human Resources, Commercial, Quality Health Safety Environment, Communication, and Technical Services functions.
• Identify training needs for project teams and ensure a plan is provided.

Governance & Compliance

• Manage and conduct the affairs of the function with the highest standards of respect, integrity, accountability, agility, quality, safety and corporate governance.
• Ensure compliance with Code of Ethics policy and adopt company values across all function employees.
• Provide leadership to reinforce a strong people culture and ethical business practices.
• Remain up to date with current health and safety legislation.
• Take reasonable care of own health and safety and that of others in the workplace.
• Follow and maintain Company standards of Quality in accordance with Company Quality System requirements.

Testing & Commissioning Oversight

• Oversee the progress of testing and commissioning activities in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Conduct, chair, minute and follow up on actions arising from formal Testing and Commissioning review meetings.
• Conduct workshop reviews together with Final Client, the Contractor and any Project Stakeholders and interface parties.
• Ensure the Contractor receives necessary timely responses to submissions in line with the overall Master Project Schedule.
• Issue all Testing and Commissioning documentation in summary form to the Client for confirmation of no objection.
• Monitor, review and report the Testing & Commission requirements and achievements.

Risk & Safety Management

• Undertake an assessment of all risks relating to Environmental Health Safety and Quality of the Works, fulfilling requisite information security requirements.
• Undertake regular reviews of supply chain and sub-contractors' methods of work to ensure they remain suitable for the task.
• Monitor works to ensure compliance with agreed systems of work.
• Ensure that all statutory inspections are carried out.
• Identify and mitigate health and safety risks in line with environmental regulations and general safety management practices.

Performance & Systems

• Identify and track KPIs for the MEP Testing & Commission team and devise plans and initiatives for improvement.
• Enhance adoption and utilization of systems and ERP.
• Use all recording tools and data to keep an accurate position of the project programme.

Organizational Development

• Provide inputs to Human Resources on succession planning, employee career growth, and organizational structure.

Qualifications & Experience

• 12 to 15 years related work experience in Construction or Engineering.
• Engineering Degree in the relevant discipline, either Electrical or Mechanical.
• Multi-discipline experience and expertise to follow up all areas of heavy construction works in the project.

Skills & Competencies

• Management and delegation skills.
• Team leadership skills.
• Communication skills.
• Decision making skills.
• Crisis management.
• Knowledge of codes of practice and International standards and Local regulations.
• Construction and general safety management.
• Environmental regulations.
• Computer applications.

Additional Information

This is a full-time position. Standard benefits include paid annual leave, public holidays, living allowances, healthcare coverage, and end of service benefits. Discretionary benefits include performance bonus, merit increase, training and development opportunities if eligible.