Commissioning Lead - Offshore ICSS

Role Overview

As the ICSS & ESD Commissioning Lead, you will manage all pre-commissioning and commissioning operations offshore related to the ICSS - ESD discipline executed by the EPC contractor. Your responsibility will be to ensure that systems and sub-systems conform to project specifications following approved standards.

Key Challenges and Job Context

• Supervise progress of contractor activities including MCC, CSA, and RFSU.
• Maintain and ensure the efficiency of system completion databases and related procedures.
• Coordinate with the contractor to align commissioning schedules with overall project milestones.
• Organize weekly meetings with contractor counterparts.
• Report progress on pre-commissioning and commissioning to direct supervisors.
• Participate in CTP kickoff meetings and witness their execution.
• Attend all Walkdown certificate processes including mechanical completion and RFSU.
• Ensure follow-up and clearance of punch lists through regular meetings.
• Take part in offshore meetings involving contractors, clients, and vendors.
• Review and approve contractor inspection test records and check sheets.
• Engage in permit to work and SIMOPS meetings.
• Support OESS through start-up phases.

Primary Responsibilities

• Oversee contractor tasks and validate test/check sheet compliance based on project requirements.
• Monitor construction activities and progress during pre-shutdown and shutdown phases of Brownfield WHPs & RTs.
• Manage offshore Brownfield pre-commissioning and commissioning operations ensuring safety and compliance.
• Coordinate punch list creation, classification, and clearance in collaboration with the contractor.
• Review completeness of EPC contractor’s documentation for mechanical completion through to handover.
• Ensure contractor maintenance and preservation activities align with project standards.
• Collect and coordinate lessons learned to enhance project knowledge bases.
• Track subsystem progress and verify timely handovers via the completion management system.
• Control all documentation related to mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, and commissioning stages.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences or Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of commissioning experience in large-scale oil and gas projects, including at least 1 year in a supervisory or oversight capacity.
• Extensive knowledge of completion certificate types and punch list categorization.
• Proficient in using Completion Management Systems such as PIMS, WinPCS, ICAPS, Hexagon, or equivalents.
• Experience interfacing with construction, QA/QC, and operations disciplines.
• Strong organizational, reporting, and communication capabilities.
• Well-versed in HSE standards and safe system handover procedures.

Technical and Professional Skills

• Firm commitment to offshore safety protocols and procedural compliance.
• Capable of effective coordination across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent judgment for technical and organizational decisions.
• Adaptability to high-pressure environments with shifting deadlines and priorities.
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Direct experience in pre-commissioning, commissioning, and startup phases of major oil and gas projects.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and generally computer literate.
• Strong communication and influencing capabilities.