Commissioning Project Manager - Electrical 

Purpose 

Our Commissioning teams support clients in building resilient, sustainable, and cutting-edge mission-critical facilities worldwide. We ensure predictable project completion and operational readiness for our customers' critical needs.

As a Commissioning Project Manager, you will be part of our Quality & Commissioning team, leveraging your technical expertise and project management skills to coordinate and oversee all levels of commissioning. You will lead high-performing teams, ensuring successful project execution and customer satisfaction.

Key Requirements:

• Oversee the end-to-end commissioning process for electrical, mechanical, and control infrastructure within mission-critical projects, ensuring on-time completion with minimal risk.
• Develop and implement a commissioning strategy aligned with customer requirements, ensuring clear scope definition and stakeholder coordination.
• Manage the tagging process to drive an iterative completion state.
• Provide technical leadership, resolving challenges to maintain project momentum.
• Act as the point of contact for all commissioning activities.
• Chair daily progress meetings, addressing deviations and mitigating risks.
• Ensure adherence to safety protocols, including PTW, SSOW, and LOTO systems.
• Align project setup and execution with industry best practices.
• Apply Lean Management principles to optimize efficiency and eliminate waste.
• Manage commissioning from L1 to L5, ensuring smooth equipment and system handover.
• Collaborate with the Quality Manager and project stakeholders to meet safety and regulatory standards.
• Support construction completion and pre-commissioning strategies, ensuring seamless transitions to start-up testing.
• Work closely with planning and scheduling teams to align construction with commissioning requirements.
• Develop and manage a detailed commissioning plan, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and procedures.
• Streamline documentation processes, ensuring testing is only considered complete when supporting paperwork is accurate and available.
• Coordinate AP & SAP systems for a safe and efficient energization program.
• Utilize data-driven decision-making for commissioning progress tracking.
• Manage and set expectations for OFCI and CFCI vendors through workshops and collaborative planning.
• Ensure seamless system turnover compliance.
• Provide hands-on leadership, decisive action, and detailed daily/weekly reporting.

Technical Skills

• Extensive experience in installation, commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of heavy commercial/industrial MEP systems.
• Strong Project Management capabilities.
• In-depth knowledge of MEP commissioning.
• Power Quality expertise.
• Understanding of Flush/TAB procedures.
• Background in construction completions.
• Proficiency in control system integration (PLC, BMS, SCADA, EPMS).
• Expertise in data center technical systems (MV & LV Switchgear, UPS, STS, Generators, ATS, AHUs, Chillers, Fan Walls, Control Systems, etc.)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Control Systems, Building Services, Aeronautical, Marine, etc.).
• 10+ years of direct experience in MEP commissioning/commissioning management.
• Alternatively, a trade background (electrical/mechanical) with extensive hands-on MEP commissioning/management experience (10+ years).
• Strong expertise in base discipline, with knowledge across multiple technical domains for data center MEP systems.
• Project Management Certification or equivalent experience.
• Experience managing commissioning projects from planning to execution.

For further information on this role in please contact on Gavin Moran on 087 4108620 or connect@hero.ie

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