Commissioning Lead – Offshore Electrical (Qatar)

About the role

The Commissioning Lead will be responsible for overseeing offshore electrical commissioning activities on brownfield facilities in Qatar. This role involves close coordination with contractors, EPC teams and internal stakeholders to ensure safe, compliant and timely delivery of pre‑commissioning, commissioning and hand‑over processes.

Key responsibilities

• Validate contractors' scope of work, test and check sheets against project requirements.
• Monitor construction progress during pre‑shutdown and shutdown phases of brownfield facilities.
• Oversee offshore pre‑commissioning and commissioning execution, ensuring safety and compliance.
• Manage punch‑list creation, categorisation and clearance through weekly contractor meetings.
• Verify completeness of EPC contractor dossiers for mechanical completion, pre‑commissioning and commissioning hand‑over.
• Monitor EPC contractor preservation activities to meet project standards.
• Capture and share lessons learned for inclusion in the project register.
• Track subsystem progress using the completion management system and ensure timely hand‑overs.
• Control all mechanical completion, pre‑commissioning and commissioning documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences or Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of large‑project commissioning experience in the oil & gas industry, including at least 1 year in a supervisory or oversight role.
• Proven experience in pre‑commissioning, commissioning and start‑up on major offshore electrical projects.
• Strong understanding of completion certificate types and punch‑list categorisation.

Required skills

• Completion Management Systems (e.g., PIMS, WinPCS, ICAPS, Hexagon).
• Electrical offshore systems and brownfield commissioning processes.
• Mechanical completion and preservation activities.
• Punch‑list management and categorisation.
• QA/QC and operations interface knowledge.