Commissioning Manager

Lead the overall commissioning strategy for the project.

Establish commissioning philosophy, procedures, and plans aligned with ADNOC requirements.

Manage the commissioning team, discipline leads, vendors, and specialist contractors.

Ensure effective coordination between engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.

Drive safe and timely system completion and project handover activities.

Develop and maintain Commissioning Execution Plans (CEP).

Review engineering deliverables to ensure commissioning requirements are incorporated.

Establish commissioning schedules integrated with project construction milestones.

Define system boundaries, sub-system completion, and turnover sequences.

Monitor commissioning progress and initiate corrective actions where required.

Implement System Completion and Mechanical Completion processes.

Manage punch listing activities and tracking systems.

Ensure Progressive Handover and Ready-for-Start-Up (RFSU) requirements are achieved.

Oversee preparation and verification of turnover dossiers.

Ensure smooth transfer of completed systems to Operations.

Supervise pre-commissioning activities including:

Flushing

Cleaning

Leak testing

Drying

Nitrogen purging

Calibration

Functional testing

Verify completion of pre-commissioning certificates and records.

Ensure readiness of utilities and temporary systems required for commissioning.

Manage commissioning of:

Process systems

Utility systems

Electrical systems

Instrumentation and control systems

Safety systems

Telecommunications systems

Offshore production facilities

Lead energization, system testing, and start-up activities.

Coordinate with vendors and package suppliers during equipment commissioning.

Ensure successful plant start-up and stabilization activities.

Coordinate with ADNOC Offshore Operations for operational readiness and asset acceptance.

Ensure operations personnel participation in commissioning and start-up activities.

Verify procedures, spare parts, maintenance systems, and training requirements are completed.

Support development of operating manuals and commissioning reports.

Promote a strong safety culture throughout commissioning and start-up activities.

Ensure compliance with ADNOC HSE policies and project safety requirements.

Lead risk assessments, SIMOPS reviews, and commissioning HAZID/HAZOP close-out actions.

Ensure Permit-to-Work (PTW) processes are strictly followed.

Manage high-risk activities during energization and hydrocarbon introduction phases.

Coordinate commissioning activities with EPC contractors, subcontractors, and equipment vendors.

Interface with ADNOC Offshore, PMC, engineering teams, construction teams, and operations representatives.

Resolve commissioning constraints and interface issues.

Lead regular commissioning progress and readiness meetings.

Oversee execution of performance testing and system verification activities.

Ensure contractual guarantees and performance criteria are achieved.

Coordinate final acceptance testing and project close-out activities.

Manage preparation of final commissioning dossiers and handover documentation.

Bachelor's Degree in:

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Instrumentation & Control Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Process Engineering

Marine Engineering

Other relevant Engineering discipline

Master's Degree in Engineering or Project Management.

Professional Engineering Registration is advantageous.

Minimum 15-20 years of Oil & Gas industry experience.

Minimum 10 years in Commissioning Management roles on major offshore projects.

Proven experience in Greenfield Offshore EPC/EPCI projects.

Demonstrated experience leading commissioning and start-up of offshore production facilities.

Experience with gas processing, compression, utilities, and offshore platforms.

Previous ADNOC Offshore, Saudi Aramco, QatarEnergy, Shell, BP, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, or equivalent operator projects preferred.

FEED, Detailed Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Start-up, and Handover phases.

Offshore Platforms.

Gas Processing Facilities.

Compression Facilities.

Brownfield Interface Management.

Offshore Hook-up and Commissioning.

Commissioning Management

Start-Up Planning

Operational Readiness

System Completion Management

Mechanical Completion

Pre-Commissioning

Performance Testing

Turnover Management

Commissioning Assurance

Rotating Equipment

Static Equipment

Instrumentation & Control Systems

Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)

Fire & Gas Systems

Distributed Control Systems (DCS)

Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD)