A client of ours our currently seeking a Deputy Commissioning Manager for a contract based near West London.
The role:
The individual will work with the site construction delivery team to deliver all aspects of testing and commissioning. They will have extensive MEICA experience, a background in electrical engineering and testing/commissioning for major civil engineering infrastructure and knowledge of the NEC form of contract.
The work is providing a refurbishing of an existing Tunnel, with upgraded power, tunnel services, automation and tunnel monitoring systems to align to current standards or Tunnel standards.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work through design information to fully understand the scope of work and how systems are designed to work.
- Commissioning Team are responsible to manage and coordinate testing activities and outcomes. They advise the Delivery team in
- All plant and equipment is controlled by a PLC based Tunnel Control System (TCS). The tunnel control system is provided by a system integrator experienced in the operation of road tunnels.
- The individual will be expected to produce test plans which integrates the TCS control system with other performance and mechanical checks on a system by system basis.
- The individual will identify cross system tests for inclusion in the commissioning plans.
- The individual will identify and design tests that demonstrate the system reaction to various faults – power supply, equipment failure and system faults for example.
- The works require the transfer of old plant and equipment onto new electrical/ control systems. Method statements and plans will need to be prepared for a managed migration from old to new.
- The individual will coordinate resources to undertake and ‘witness’ testing works.
- The individual will put a system in place to plan, record and track commissioning works. They shall conduct investigations and checks to ensure test plans are sufficient to establish Takeover criteria.
- The individual will identify resources required and put a team in place for a commissioning activity.
- Prepare or ensure method statements are in place for the commissioning works.
- Hold/ attend site coordination meetings and plan/ schedule activities.
- Direct specialist subcontractors on site activities as appropriate.
- Liaise with the client and develop a good trusting relationship
The Individual
- Degree/ HND qualified engineer in Electrical Engineering or Industrial Control Systems.
- Chartered with IET or has the qualifications and experience to become chartered.
- The candidate should be familiar with PLCs, PLC I/O, motor starters, relay logic, simple traffic control systems.
- Hands-on supervision to ensure robust testing processes are conducted to MEICA.
- Review suppliers test documents to ensure plans for site testing are appropriate.
- The individual should be able to configure instrumentation and drives by reading the appropriate manuals.
- To complete transition tests to allow migration of part or full subsystems into an operational site.
- Familiar with coordination and notification processes in order to instigate test process on an operational site with multi stakeholder and critical risk management processes.
- The tunnels are in operation and most testing activities to be supervised will need to be undertaken during night shifts.
- The candidate must have good communication skills and be well organised.
- Regularly attend coordination meeting with discipline leads, track queries, report progress and plan testing and commissioning activities on behalf of the Delivery team.
If this role is of interest, please give Sam Blatchley a call on 07467489557.