COMMISSIONING MANAGER

Role Overview

Commissioning Manager at NMDC Group. The Commissioning Manager is responsible for ensuring that commissioning works on assigned projects are properly planned, scheduled, and implemented according to work standards and procedures.

Role Purpose

Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of plant commissioning and start-up activities from contract award through client handover, ensuring alignment with contractual scope, client requirements, schedules, and quality standards while managing interdisciplinary coordination and vendor performance.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Strategy

• Develop in-depth knowledge of the Contract Scope of Work and familiarize with Client requirements and specifications.
• Assist in setting the strategy of execution of commissioning activities and draft the Project Commissioning Execution Plan.
• Assist in developing the commissioning detailed schedule covering the scope of commissioning activities.
• Prepare integrated schedule with construction activities to manage the transition period.

Home Office & Preparation

• Ensure the management of commissioning and start-up preparation home office activities, coordinating with all project disciplines as needed.
• Assess the scope of work involved with respect to commissioning and discuss resource requirements with the function, define clearly the needs and plan them.
• Anticipate any possible constraints in the execution of commissioning activities.
• Analyze the plant commissioning and assess the requirements of special tools, temporary facilities, and equipment required for pre-commissioning and commissioning.
• Prepare Equipment and Tools list and initiate procurement.
• Ensure Completion Management Database preparation for implementing the Progress Monitoring System.
• Ensure the transfer of lesson learned to the home office.

Technical Guidance & Procedures

• Provide guidance to the Commissioning Engineers in analyzing the scope as per contract and battery limit or guarantees.
• Ensure the preparation of procedures for systematic and sequential pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up of plant.
• Review and approve system and sub-system limits and turnover philosophy.
• Review test run procedures and operating manuals prepared by the project process leaders.
• Attend and provide input at P&ID review, HAZOP and HAZID review, spare parts order, specialist services, and 3D model review.
• Responsible for discussing and getting the approval of Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, and Operations procedures from clients.

Coordination & Integration

• Lead internal coordination meetings and ensure the progress of the project in accordance with the project schedule.
• Lead the subcontractors for the safe execution of Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activities in line with the schedule.
• Ensure Inter-discipline integration of activities required for smooth Project execution.
• Constantly monitor to identify and communicate to Construction team any priority areas of work to accomplish smooth commissioning activities.
• Review reports generated by Commissioning Engineers and provide support and technical guidance as required.

Stakeholder Management & Client Relations

• Hold regular review meetings with the client on issues such as HSE conformance and commissioning progress.
• Hold meetings with vendors to resolve any problems.
• Hand over the plant to client in line with commissioning schedules and client requirements.
• Provide necessary inputs to commissioning proposals at the tendering stage.

Monitoring, Performance & Compliance

• Set the KPIs during the entire project commissioning activities and monitor the performance.
• Track and record contractual deviations by client or sub-contractor for claims.
• Plan and Monitor all Vendors activities in line with agreed budget and schedule.
• Review and implement any changes to the Project commissioning scope of work.
• Ensure the Issuance of Commissioning related deliverables in the required quality and timeline for the Project execution.
• Report in a clear manner on work progress, flagging potential problems or delays, recommend solutions, and initiate corrective measures.

General

• Deliver any other assignment or duties as required by hierarchy.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience within the oil and gas industry.
• At least 5 years leading Commissioning works.

Additional Information

• ER raised for mobilizing Commissioning Manager against earlier approved ER 2585 for Commissioning Team Leader due to revision in HC job family classifications.
• Necessary unbudgeted mobilization is already approved.