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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in commissioning and start-up processes, with a strong focus on safety, quality, and operational readiness. Proven ability to lead complex capital projects and influence cross-functional teams within a global matrix organization.
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Commissioning ExpertiseStart-Up LeadershipRisk ManagementProject GovernanceOperational Readiness
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Hard Skills
CommissioningTurnoverReadiness-To-OperateProcess SafetyManufacturing OperationsReliability EngineeringProject ExecutionFront-End Loading (FEL)Capital Project ManagementIntegrated Start-Up Scheduling
Soft Skills
Influencing Senior LeadersCoachingCross-Functional CollaborationProblem SolvingLeadership
Industry Keywords
Global Capital PortfolioOperational StabilizationPre-Startup Safety ReviewsZero-Incident ExecutionComplex Capital ProjectsGreenfield ProjectsBrownfield ProjectsDebottleneckingTechnology DeploymentManufacturing Technologies
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Establish global strategies, best practices, standards, procedures, tools, and governance for commissioning, turnover, readiness-to-operate, start-up, and operational stabilization
- Provide subject matter expertise and coaching throughout FEL, design, construction, commissioning, and start-up
- Provide functional leadership for commissioning and start-up activities across the global capital portfolio
- Participate in project gate reviews and assess readiness for major projects
- Develop commissioning execution plans, turnover strategies, resource plans, and integrated start-up schedules
- Identify and mitigate risks affecting safety, quality, cost, schedule, or business outcomes
- Provide recommendations on project status, risks, readiness, and critical decisions to senior project leadership
- Define expectations for RTO, systemization, turnover packages, acceptance criteria, and phased handover
- Lead readiness reviews and drive closure of critical gaps, punch-list priorities, and action items
- Align Engineering, Construction, Operations, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, and business stakeholders ahead of facility start-up
- Promote zero-incident execution and ensure compliance with process safety, environmental, regulatory, quality, and company requirements
- Support Pre-Startup Safety Reviews and operational readiness verification
- Verify critical safeguards, interlocks, alarms, protective systems, and required documentation before start-up
- Develop commissioning and start-up competency programs and communities of practice
- Coach commissioning leaders and project teams
- Capture and deploy lessons learned and build a global pipeline of commissioning and start-up expertise
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or a related engineering discipline
- 15+ years of experience across manufacturing, operations, maintenance, engineering, commissioning, start-up, or capital project execution
- 10+ years of leadership responsibility supporting major capital projects
- Demonstrated experience successfully leading commissioning and start-up for significant industrial capital projects
- Strong knowledge of commissioning, turnover, readiness-to-operate, process safety, manufacturing operations, reliability, and risk management
- Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams within a global matrix organization
- Global travel required 25-30%
- Experience with complex capital projects, including greenfield, brownfield, expansion, debottlenecking, and technology deployment projects
- Experience across multiple manufacturing technologies, businesses, or geographic regions
- Deep understanding of industry-standard capital project work processes, Front-End Loading (FEL), and project governance
Benefits
Comp & perks- Comprehensive pay and benefits package
- Equal opportunity employer
- Reasonable accommodation support for applicants with disabilities