Principal Commissioning Engineer
McDermott International, Ltd
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
We are currently exploring potential future hiring needs for this role and are building a pool of qualified candidates. Applications will be reviewed and considered for potential future opportunities.
Job Overview:
The Principal Commissioning Engineer reports to Project commissioning manager and is responsible for the execution & completion of all activities required to hand-over the Facilities to COMPANY. This includes in particular the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning of the Facilities and the handover of the final Documentation to COMPANY within the targets of HSES, Quality, Cost and Schedule. This position is required to lead the onshore and offshore pre-commissioning & commissioning activities on an Offshore wind farm HV (420 kV) GIS substation project including converter transformers & cooling system, LV, UPS Auxiliary systems.
Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Essential Qualifications and Education:
Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.
For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
We are currently exploring potential future hiring needs for this role and are building a pool of qualified candidates. Applications will be reviewed and considered for potential future opportunities.
Job Overview:
The Principal Commissioning Engineer reports to Project commissioning manager and is responsible for the execution & completion of all activities required to hand-over the Facilities to COMPANY. This includes in particular the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning of the Facilities and the handover of the final Documentation to COMPANY within the targets of HSES, Quality, Cost and Schedule. This position is required to lead the onshore and offshore pre-commissioning & commissioning activities on an Offshore wind farm HV (420 kV) GIS substation project including converter transformers & cooling system, LV, UPS Auxiliary systems.
Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- The Principal Commissioning Engineer’s main responsibilities are:
- Define the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning requirements and establish the associated procedures (including testing), plans, strategies to be implemented to satisfy these requirements.
- Define the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning detailed schedule (Level 4)
- Define the Commissioning / Performance Test Program
- Develop and maintain the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning Database.
- Supervise the activities of the Commissioning Subcontractor.
- Provide to the Design Engineering Manager any Pre-commissioning and commissioning specific inputs required to be included in the Design of the Facilities.
- Take ownership and manage the Risks and schedule associated to the completion activities.
- Identify and progress external interfaces and link with the Interface Manager.
- Defines the manpower, equipment and consumables requirements for the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning works
- Mobilize the required manpower and equipment for the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning works.
- Manage the Precommissioning and Commissioning Teams across all Project worksites
- Ensure the proper delivery of the consumables required for the Pre-commissioning and Commissioning works
- Manage the Project Pre-commissioning and Commissioning activities.
- Defines the Vendors representative requirements and ensure proper mobilization of Vendors during the Topsides Pre-commissioning and Commissioning works
- Compile the final handover documentation.
- Validate the order of Pre-commissioning and commissioning spare parts.
- Ensure that a Permit to Work policy is in place and implemented.
- Highlight to the commissioning manager any area of concern and work closely with internal stakeholders (FAB, Engg, QC) for internal interfaces.
- Assist the Commissioning Manager during periodic meetings with COMPANY and participate to CONTRACTOR Management reviews.
- Demonstrate visible leadership and commitment to excellent HSES performance. Provide expertise to safety deliverables reviews such as HAZID, SIMOPS, TRA and JSA reviews.
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelor of Sciences, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering/Mechanical
- Fluent in English
- 15 years of Experience in Projects in Oil and Gas Contracting business
- 12 years of Experience in Commissioning Business, particularly in HV Electrical substation projects.
- Experience in Renewable projects, EHV Substations, Offshore Wind Farm projects.
- Thorough understanding of the EPCI Project with good knowledge of Engineering and Construction activities
- Scheduling knowledge.
- Excellent commercial and technical acumen.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate capability to take full ownership and be accountable for the success of his role
- Proactively identify concerns and issues ahead of time.
- Knowledge of lessons learned non-compliance reports and root cause analysis reports.
- Extremely strong time management and priority management skills.
- 5+ Years in OPERCOM is a must
- Knowledge of EHV / HV switchgear, HV converter transformers, GIS, Controls & Protection schemes.
- Knowledge of Completions Management Systems ( PIMS, ICAPS, Winpcs, Co Console)
- Master's in electrical engineering/mechanical
- PMP qualification
Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.
For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
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